Mikel Arteta's team won the Premier League for the first time in 19 years to support their effort to win. Maintains that Arsenal will not give up onEuropean League.

PHOTO | COURTESY Arteta says Arsenal will go for both Europa and EPL trophies

Arteta's Premier League champions are five points ahead of second-place Manchester City with 11 games remaining.

The Gunners kept their lead in the title battle and could be aided by withdrawing from the Europa League because it would give them more recovery and preparation time.

Yet, Arteta disagrees since the Arsenal manager is attempting to revive a winning mentality at a team rooted in mediocrity for the past two decades.

After a 2-2 draw in Portugal the previous week, Arsenal and Sporting Lisbon's Europa League round of 16 matchups are precariously poised going into their home matchup on Thursday.

The two competitions are our top priority, Arteta stated.

"Winning the previous match and having the confidence and the right emotion to approach the following game is the finest way to prepare for any sport."

The philosophy of Arteta has so far stood out to visibility.

This season, Arsenal has played seven Premier League games right after playing in the Europa League, winning six and drawing one.

PHOTO | COURTESY Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta in action

The visitors strolled to a 3-0 victory against Fulham on Sunday, winning the match by halftime despite returning to London in the wee hours of Friday morning.

When Arteta squares up against Pep Guardiola, manager of City, for the Premier League championship, it's master vs trainee.

Between 2016 and 2019, Arteta served as Guardiola's assistant for three years.

Arsenal's style of play under Arteta is clearly influenced by Guardiola, as is the mentality the Spaniard attempts to establish.

- "Addiction" To Winning -

Between 2018 and 2021, City won the League Cup four times in a row under Guardiola.

PHOTO | COURTESY Arteta is keen to win at least two trophies this season

The City manager thinks winning trophies is an "addiction" instead of desiring a less crowded fixture schedule.

Throughout the previous 19 years, Arsenal has succeeded in the FA Cup, taking home the trophy five times, including in Arteta's inaugural season as manager.

But Arsenal won only one European title in the 1993–1994 Cup Winners' Cup.

Despite the possibility that his young team may run out of gas in the remaining weeks of the season, Arteta is unwilling to compromise because he is desperate to change that terrible record for a club of Arsenal's magnitude.

To make the May 31 final in Budapest, Arsenal must defeat a formidable cast of well-known athletes in Europe's second-tier championship.

Manchester United defeated Real Betis convincingly 4-1 at Old Trafford to advance to the quarterfinals.

As Juventus visits Freiburg, they still have work to do. They have a 1-0 advantage.

Six-time champions. Despite being in a relegation struggle in La Liga, Sevilla is still a threat in the Europa League's knockout rounds, leading Fenerbahce 2-0 as they travel to Istanbul.

Roma won the Europa Conference League last season under Jose Mourinho, giving them their first European championship in 61 years.

After defeating Real Sociedad 2-0 at home last week, the Italian heavyweights are also in an excellent position to advance to the eighth round.