TNT Sports commentator Darren Fletcher revealed the unusual reason why Arsenal had to interrupt their final training session before the match against Bournemouth.
The training clearly had the desired effect, with Arsenal continuing their good form of late as they maintained their title push with a 3-0 win over The Cherries.
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A penalty in the first half of Bukayo Saka opened the scoring earlier Leandro Trossard And Declan Rice scored in the second half with goals.
The result was enough to create a four-point lead at the top of the Premier League, which was subsequently reduced to one Manchester city took Wolves apart in a 5-1 win.
TNT Sports commentator Fletcher suggested that the secret of ArsenalThe success of their title chase may come down to the intensity of their training sessions.
Fletcher revealed this Mikel Arteta was forced to step in and intervene during Arsenal's final training before the match Bournemouth game.
That was because the Gunners' players brought such intensity to the session that he feared injuries could pile up during their run-in.
In the first half, Fletcher said: 'They're impressing early here, Arsenal.
Co-commentator Lucy Ward replied: “Yes, they are on, Arsenal. They have started at a much higher pace than Bournemouth.”
Fletcher then revealed: “Earlier this morning I was told that yesterday's final training session was quite high in terms of pace and physicality.
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'So much so that Mikel Arteta felt the need to calm the situation down a bit and stop earlier than he would have liked.
“But very happy with what he saw from his players and that aggression is what we see here in the early stages.”
Reflecting on the intensity of the game afterwards, Declan Rice said: “I think you saw in the first half it was domination. We could have been up by four or five if I'm honest with you. I missed a sitter and I was stupid to be honest.”
Arsenal are one point ahead of City with two games to play.
But City still have a game in hand, which comes against Arsenal's north London rivals Tottenham next Thursday.
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