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Apr 17, 2016 at 4pm UK
 
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Arsene Wenger sets sights on Champions League qualification

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits that his side's main priority this season is now to finish in the top four following their 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted that his side's main priority now is to finish in the top four following their 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace this afternoon.

Any slim title hopes were all but extinguished when Yannick Bolasie fired home a late equaliser at the Emirates Stadium to cancel out Alexis Sanchez's opener.

The Gunners now sit fourth in the Premier League table, just four points above Manchester United, and Wenger hinted that he had now given up any hope of bridging the 13-point gap to leaders Leicester City.

"It is very difficult - we had a lot of possession but did not make enough of it. We lacked a change of pace, sharpness. They defended well. We put a lot of effort in but came out with a frustrating result," he told BBC Sport.

"It is hard to accept but the competition goes on and we focus on the next one. I don't know how it works mathematically but we are too disappointed to think about the league.

"We have to think about the Champions League and fight to be in the Champions League. We have another home game on Thursday and have to prepare for that."

The Gunners take on West Bromwich Albion on Thursday having won just one of their last six home games in all competitions.

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