BOTTLERS to BATTLERS

Arteta's Gunners show they are ready to fight to end

- Steve Bates

WOLVES......0 

ARSENAL....2

❱ TROSSARD 45, ODEGAARD 90

IT’S widely accepted Arsenal will have to do it the hard way if they’re to break a run of 20 years without a league title.

In contrast to title rivals Liverpool and Manchester City, pundits reckon they have the toughest games on the run-in.

And if this juddering collision with Wolves is a measure of what’s to come, Mikel Arteta’s Gunners really will be worthy champions if they manage to finish on top.

Bottlers? Forget it.

This clash quickly turned into a double banana skin for an Arsenal side who needed to quickly shake themselves down after a hellish week at home and abroad.

Fortunately, Arteta has plenty of quality to call on and on a nervy night for away fans, Leandro Trossard showed what a steal he was at £21m in January last year.

Trossard couldn’t crown his move with the title last year but his sweet goal on the stroke of half-time settled nervy Arsenal supporters who are maybe fearing the worst again.