Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta expects more twists as the Gunners fight with north London rivals Tottenham for Champions League qualification.Artetas side seemingly turned a corner in 2022 as they surged to fourth in the Premier League, but consecutive lo ses against Crystal Palace and Brighton and Hove Albion have handed the advantage to Spurs.Antonio Contes team sit three points ahead of fifth-placed Arsenal, who have played a game fewer, as the pair Ondrej Kase Men Jersey contest alongside West Ham for a place in Englands top four.But Arteta, speaking ahead of the clash with Southampton on Saturday, insists there should be more changes and drama expected as the season heads towards its conclusion.Asked who was in control of the top-four push, he responded on Friday: Whoever Dennis Rasmussen Kids Jersey manages to win more games and play better.Theres going to be some twists still for sure and the pre sure and situation is going to keep changing between now and the end of the season. We have to be focused on us and what we have to do.Every game is important , but obviously when you lose, the next game takes more importance and we know that.Arsenal are set to visit Tottenham in the penultimate week of the season in what is being billed as a decider for the final Champions League spot, but Arteta does not feel more pre sure despite the rivalry.I think its related to our history and we want to be not fourth, but third, second or first, and thats what we have to do, he added.Thats always within every supporter and anybody who has any connection with the club, so the moment you see the team doing better and having better aspirations, your tendency is to get excited about it and I think thats the right reaction. Arsenal began their 2021-22 campaign with three consecutive league lo ses in August, and defeat at Southampton would reproduce the same unwanted feat.Artetas team are in Kevin Shattenkirk Men Jersey much better stead now, but the Spaniard dismi sed suggestions that the Gunners would have settled for fifth in the Premier League after their abject start.At the start of the season? You cannot take anything because you dont know how things are going to develop, he continued.You could ask me a week into the season or two weeks before, I could maybe give you a different answer, but no, no.Alexandre Lacazette has not scored from open play in the league since a strike in December against Southampton, who he has been involved in seven goals in six top-flight appearances against.Reports suggest Lacazette mi sed training in midweek, but Arteta a sured there is a good po sibility he will play, while he hailed Bukayo Saka, who is the only English Jean-Sebastien Giguere Men Jersey player to have registered both 50-plusshots and 50 or morechances created in the competition this term.Hes a great kid, and he has a really clear idea Reto Berra Men Jersey of what he needs to expect, he said of the England international. The better he does, the more difficult they are going to try and make it for him, thats for sure.I think he needs the protection that all the players need at this level, nothing different, nothing special.The best players and the talented players are always going to be, closely looked at, and they are going to close the space and they are going to be tight on them.Bukayo has to recognise that is going to be the case. Referees have to recognise that as well, early in the game, and then try to protect them.