{"id":43528,"date":"2026-02-20T18:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/mikel-arteta-hits-back-at-bottlers-tag-as-arsenal-tense-for-title-again\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T18:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:48:15","slug":"mikel-arteta-hits-back-at-bottlers-tag-as-arsenal-tense-for-title-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/mikel-arteta-hits-back-at-bottlers-tag-as-arsenal-tense-for-title-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikel Arteta hits back at &#8216;bottlers&#8217; tag as Arsenal tense for title again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/mikel-arteta-hits-back-at-bottlers-tag-as-arsenal-tense-for-title-again\/#Mikel_Arteta_tags_in_for_Bottlers\" >Mikel Arteta tags in for Bottlers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/mikel-arteta-hits-back-at-bottlers-tag-as-arsenal-tense-for-title-again\/#Can_Arsenal_win_the_title\" >Can Arsenal win the title?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta reacts during Arsenal vs. Crystal Palace (Photo by Alex Pantling\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arsenal are fighting for the Premier League title but their results in recent weeks have been very mediocre.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They have dropped some points in recent weeks (just two wins in their last seven league games) and understandably there has been speculation about their ability to get over the line. There are claims that Arsenal could snatch the league title again after recently dropping points against bottom-of-the-table Wolves.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mikel_Arteta_tags_in_for_Bottlers\"><\/span>Mikel Arteta tags in for Bottlers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Asked about the possibility of a Bottlers tag ahead of his pre-match press conference, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta declined to take the question, saying the word was not part of his vocabulary and he was not concerned about tags.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mikel Arteta said of the bottler tag: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think of it that way because it&#8217;s not part of my vocabulary and I don&#8217;t think anyone would want to do that as an intention, but I don&#8217;t want to use that word, but that&#8217;s who I am.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_Arsenal_win_the_title\"><\/span>Can Arsenal win the title?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wolverhampton-wanderers-v-arsenal-premier-league-1-414x276.jpg.webp 414w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wolverhampton-wanderers-v-arsenal-premier-league-1-630x420.jpg.webp 630w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wolverhampton-wanderers-v-arsenal-premier-league-1-768x512.jpg.webp 768w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wolverhampton-wanderers-v-arsenal-premier-league-1-770x513.jpg.webp 770w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wolverhampton-wanderers-v-arsenal-premier-league-1-900x600.jpg.webp 900w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wolverhampton-wanderers-v-arsenal-premier-league-1-1200x800.jpg.webp 1200w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wolverhampton-wanderers-v-arsenal-premier-league-1-1536x1024.jpg.webp 1536w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wolverhampton-wanderers-v-arsenal-premier-league-1.jpg.webp 1614w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 630px, (min-width:900px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 97vw, (min-width:414px) 414px, 100vw\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mikel Arteta, Arsenal manager (Photo by Michael Regan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It will be interesting to see if Arsenal can bounce back strongly and get a win here. They have a formidable team and are doing very well overall. They need to be more consistent if they want to win the league title. Manchester City are breathtaking and have a wealth of experience winning the league. Arsenal need to get their squad together if they want to beat Manchester City and Josep Guardiola to the title.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool and Manchester City haven&#8217;t been at their best this season. This is a great chance for Arsenal to win the league title and return to the top of English football. We cannot afford to fail at this stage of the season. They&#8217;ve come close to that gap in recent seasons and are hoping to finally get over the line.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mikel Arteta reacts during Arsenal vs. Crystal Palace (Photo by Alex Pantling\/Getty Images) Arsenal are fighting for the Premier League title but their results in recent weeks have been very mediocre. They have dropped some points in recent weeks (just two wins in their last seven league games) and understandably there has been speculation about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-43528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}