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Arsenal play Blackburn away in their penultimate game of the season.Denilson, and Almunia are out for the next two games and Arshavin is a doubt for tomorrow’s match.

Wenger’s pre match conference comments:

“Compared to the difference that existed early on in the season, we have made progress. But now we want to finish as close as possible to the team who will win the title.There is still an outside chance they will drop points and that means we can finish within maybe five points of them.”

“The squad is convinced we have a strong chance next year because we have room for improvement. If you assess our situation, going forwards we have been very, very efficient – our goal-scoring rate is very good. Where we want to set ourselves a target next season is we conceded nearly 40 goals, and that is too many to win the League. This is one area where we want to improve.”

Well we had those disappointing results at Tottenham and at Wigan.Unfortunately that is where we lost the title. With five games to go, we were in a very strong position. I believe if we had won at Tottenham, then we would have been level with Chelsea today. And that of course brings immense regrets.But to be faithful to what we have done during the season it is important that we finish well, first to be in the top three, then be as close as possible to the top teams.”

Some Match facts from bbc sport:

• This is the 115th time Blackburn and Arsenal have met. Arsenal have won twice as many times as Blackburn (56 wins to 28).

• Blackburn have not won in their last seven Premier League matches against Arsenal, losing the last four.

• Robin van Persie has scored seven goals in seven matches against Blackburn, more than he has scored against any other Premier League club.

Priya@Footballfantalk.com

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