The battle for the two remaining top-four spots in the English Premier League will go down to the final day after Manchester City and Arsenal both clinched victories.
"We have two leagues".
A statement on onlinegooner.com asked fans not to turn up for the mid-week game against the Sunderland: "We are calling on fans that feel the same way to boycott tomorrow evening's match". "That will be four points more than previous year, so let's focus on finishing as well as we can.We had a hard period and we recovered from it".
However, Arsenal must beat Everton and hope that Liverpool drop points at home to Middlesbrough if they are to sneak in to the Champions League, despite already having surpassed their tally of points for last season, when they finished second.
Arsenal are now fifth in the table, three points behind fourth-placed Manchester City and four adrift of third-placed Liverpool, who have played a game more.
"Everybody is well aware that I've said he is one of the best goalkeepers in the country", Sunderland manager Moyes told Sky Sports. "We want to keep him with us because we know he is so important for our team".
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Wenger's latest contract is up at the end of this season, and failing to reach the Champions League could yet sway his decision about whether to stay on.
Wenger says back-to-back defeats against Everton and Man City turned Arsenal's season. Hence, Wenger would need the services of Sanchez on the day but the result will be deemed inconsequential if his side fail to take all three points against Sunderland. "I think we have a good chance".
Defending his team's season, he added: "It would be the first time you make 75 points and you're not in the top four".
Arsenal players want Alexis Sanchez to stay at the club next season, defender Laurent Koscielny has said, as speculation continues to swirl about the Chilean international's future.
Using strictly that metric, he's right that it is odd that Arsenal could not finish in the Top Four and something outside the club is to blame.
"Apart from the League Cup, where we play always the younger players to give them a chance to develop, we take all the other competitions seriously", he said. We didn't play well on Saturday, we know that but I think you can see Sunderland had a go, tried to score at times but we were outclassed by a better football team.
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