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Watford goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes has labelled Arsenal a 'small team' and played down the north London side's Premier League title chances after the Hornets ended their FA Cup campaign on Sunday.
Goals
from Odion Ighalo and Adlene Guedioura dashed the Gunners' hopes of
becoming the first club since Blackburn Rovers in the 1880s to win the
competition three years in a row.
Arsenal
suffered their 13th defeat in all competitions this season, three more
than last campaign, with at least 10 games left to play, and former
Tottenham goalkeeper Gomes believes their supporters' wait for another
Premier League title will go on.
'It
is the best time to play Arsenal and we came to the match very
confident. When you see Arsenal playing against big teams, they look
like a small team,' he told ESPN Brasil.
'They
don't look like winning a title soon. We knew once we had the ball we'd
be able to pass it around since Arsenal gives you too much space. They
are not strong defensively.'
Arsenal are third in the league, eight points behind leaders Leicester City, who play Newcastle United on Monday.
They
trail Barcelona 2-0 going into the Champions League last-16 second leg
in Spain on Wednesday, with pressure mounting on manager Arsene Wenger.
Despite a
third straight defeat at the Emirates leaving the locals restless, the
Frenchman was deeply angered by speculation over his future, insisting
it is 'becoming a farce'.
Wenger
is facing the prospect of a season without silverware, but he came out
fighting in the press after exiting the FA Cup saying: 'What is going on
at the moment is very, very difficult to take for the players, but
judge us at the end of the season.
'We
have come to the end of a very, very long run in the FA Cup, so it is
very sad, but we want now to focus on the next game, which is always a
big challenge and you are always in the middle of a drama.
'It
is becoming a farce. We have lost a game. Arsenal has lost games before
in history and we will lose again in the future. We will stick together
and cope with it and prepare for the next one with complete belief.
'Supporters
stand behind the club and we want to fight until the end of the season
for every single game. It is nothing to do with confidence. Of course
the team have enough confidence.'
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