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I don't know if we can win the title, admits Arsenal star Gael

After their Champions League quarter-final defeat at Anfield Arsenal now have only the Premier League title to play for and defender Gael Clichy has admitted he doesn't know if the shellshocked Gunners can sustain a title challenge.

Arsenal lost 4-2 against Liverpool on Tuesday night to leave the unlikely prospect of topping the domestic competition as their only hope of a trophy this season and Clichy made it very clear that being known as great entertainers is no longer any substitute for silverware.

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Realistic: Arsenal's French left back Gael Clichy

He said: "In the end we did not qualify and that's all that matters. We know we have the quality to score on any ground and we proved that last night.

"At 2-1 we did not give up. We had the chances to score and we took one of them.

"So we were through with only a few minutes to go. But you cannot concede a goal like this [the third goal] and then another one to Babel at the end.

"It is really disappointing. Even if we have improved from last season, the main thing we wanted was to get through, to qualify, to win things. And even if we have progressed as a team, we are still out of the Champions League."

Looking ahead, the Frenchman was uncertain about his side's title aspirations, adding: "Can we win the title now? I don't know. We showed at Anfield again, at a difficult place, that we have talent and that we can score goals.

"We have the quality. But we will see in the next five games if we can be champions."

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