THE FUSE

Speaking on The Rest is Football podcast, Richards was keen to balance his praise with a reminder of the pressure ahead, stating: "All I would say – and I don’t want to be the negative one – is they haven’t won anything just yet. In terms of results they’ve been pretty faultless but in terms of style of play, they score a lot of set-pieces and own goals. I don’t think it’s wrong for people to pick that out but I also don’t think it’s right for people to be negative and say Arsenal don’t play good football. The objective at the end of the season is to win the league, who cares how you get over the line?"