'Not enough' - William Saliba makes Arsenal Premier title prediction amid Liverpool chase

Arsenal defender William Saliba says that the Gunners’ recent run of good form is ‘not enough’ as he predicted ‘better times’ ahead in their quest for Premier League and Champions League glory.

After failing to win in their final three games before the international break, Arsenal have returned to action with a 3-0 home victory over Nottingham Forest and a 5-1 win at Sporting CP. The result against Sporting gets their Champions League qualification hopes back on track after a 1-0 loss to Inter Milan earlier this month.

In the Premier League, they are nine points behind Liverpool. The league leaders take on Manchester City at Anfield this weekend while Arsenal host London rivals West Ham United. Although Saliba has been pleased with Arsenal’s return to form, he insists that the Gunners now need to maintain it if they are going to challenge for major honours.

He told the Arsenal club website: “I think we had two or three weeks before the international break when it was really tough, but now, we get back and we play two really good games. But it’s not enough, we have to keep going like this and we have a big game on Saturday. But it’s good, it’s good for the confidence that we won today and let’s keep going like this.

“The coach always told us to believe because we are a really good team. We had some bad times, but now better times are coming so we have to stick together and keep going like that.”

The win over Sporting was Saliba’s 100th appearance for Arsenal. On that milestone, he added: “I’m very proud, I hope I will have more games with this amazing club, I have to keep going but of course 100 games here is amazing.”