||Premier League: Man Uniteds Phil Jones is keeping his focus ahead of Arsenal game || The Red Devils head into the Old Trafford game sitting in eighth in the Premier League table - eight points behind Arsene Wengers leaders. The Gunners have been boosted by the summer recruitment of record signing Mesut Ozil, but Jones is not fearing playing against the German international in the centre of the field. He told the Daily Star Sunday: It doesnt daunt me playing against Ozil, Aaron Ramsey, Tomas Rosicky, Mikel Arteta and Santi Cazorla. Its an exciting game to look forward to - one you relish when the fixture list comes out in the summer. Ozils a quick player but I could pick out another ten players in the Premier League who are quicker than him. Whos quicker? Theo Walcott for one - and he might be playing for Arsenal in this match, too. There are loads of players who are quicker than Ozil - I could reel them off if I had to. But we are more than capable of dealing with quick players. We have got some quality players in this side who can adequately deal with that. Careful Theres not much talk of Arsenal in our dressing room, though. Theres more talk of what were about and what weve got to do in this match. Phil Jones He added: Of course we have to be careful. We know Ozil is a great player and we know we have to watch out for him. But its not all about Arsenal - its about Manchester United as well. There are two teams in it. I am sure we will study their positives and also their weaknesses and we can exploit that. Possibly we wouldnt have looked at Arsenal as potential title rivals at the start of the season. But I think they have been the surprise package. They are in a rich vein of form and we know we are in for a tough game. I watched their Champions League game in Dortmund (in midweek) and they did well and deserved to win. And Dortmund is a tough place to go - they are a top side. Theres not much talk of Arsenal in our dressing room, though. Theres more talk of what were about and what weve got to do in this match. We are eighth in the table but we are not at all concerned about that. Weve come into some form lately and there is loads more to come from Manchester United.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 13:37:05 +0000
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