Arsene Wenger has written off Arsenal's chances of catching leaders Chelsea
Arsenal are third in the Premier League, nine points behind league leaders Chelsea and four points off second-place City.
But Wenger is under no illusions about his side's battle for a top-four spot with Manchester United, Liverpool, Southampton and Tottenham all in hot pursuit.
And ahead of the Gunners's trip to QPR tomorrow (7.45pm), the Frenchman has revealed he believes his team are far from ready to mount a title challenge.
"At the moment we are nowhere near to winning the Premier League, and nowhere near close to being in the race," Wenger said.
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"But what we want is to do as well as we can without speculating on the weakness of any team. The only thing you can say is that it's very tight.
"You look in front of you, Manchester City are four points ahead of us, and you look behind you, there's plenty of people chasing us.
"That will be very, very tight and it will be down to consistency in our results and mental strength. That will certainly be needed again on Wednesday night."
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Whilst Wenger doesn't reckon Arsenal can catch Chelsea he is hopeful of pipping City to second spot.
"At the moment we are too far from Chelsea to say we are in the title race, but you never know what can happen," he added.
"I speak as well about Man City, why should they give up for the title? They have done it three years ago by being eight points behind.
"If you ask a team who is four points behind us, they will say it's realistic to try and catch us. Manchester City are four points in front of us so mathematically of course that is possible."
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