WILLIAM SALIBA believes Arsenal need to beat Chelsea and Tottenham this week to have any chance of seeing off Manchester City in the title race.
Arsenal moved back to the top of the table with a 2-0 win at Wolves on Saturday and can extend their lead over third-placed City to four points when Chelsea visit the Emirates tomorrow.
But City, who play at Brighton on Thursday, will have two games in hand and Saliba believes Arsenal must win all five of their remaining matches.
The Gunners travel to Spurs for the north London derby on Sunday at the end of what could be a decisive week in the title race.
"If we sleep, the title can be over, so we had to get back quickly, because if we lose or we draw again, we know it is going to be tough to win the league," said Saliba.
"We have five games left - and if we want to win the Premier League we have to first win our five games and wait [to see what happens].
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