Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder says Arsenal are still one of the most powerful clubs in the country, even if they are a side in transition.
The Blades welcome the Gunners to Bramall Lane on Sunday for an FA Cup quarter-final which now looks like both side’s best hopes of qualifying for Europe.
“I’d quite like to have his problems, we all have our own issues, especially when things aren’t going great and they are not going great for us,” he said
“You can never not say Arsenal are not a powerful football club in the Premier League.
“They have been in the division all the way through, won things. They are going through a stage like everybody does.
“The great Manchester United team went through that stage and came through the other end so teams do.
“The likes of Arsenal and Spurs are huge powerful football clubs in this division.”
“We can take confidence,” he said. “We have had two positive results, a home win and an away draw, so we can gain confidence but only if we produce a full-tilt and maximum performance and that has to be the aim.
“I have done a lot of thinking over the last week or 10 days. It hurts, we didn’t want to restart in the manner we have done, but we have done, so I have to try and affect that and find out and get the answers from somewhere and I will look as deep as I possibly can.
“It’s still significant, a chance to win a football match, that’s how I am approaching it.
“It would have been the same if it was the FA Cup third round. I would expect a reaction and I am hoping for one, a quarter-final of a major cup competition at home to Arsenal is one of the games a player should really be looking forward to.”
Defender Jack O’Connell will be assessed after missing the first three games back with an impact injury.
