Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger admitted his side would struggle to claim a top-four Premier League place after
their 2-1 defeat at rivals Tottenham.
Arsenal are seven points behind third-placed Spurs and five behind Chelsea in fourth with 10 league games left.
"We have to fight and it will be difficult now, because
we dropped points that we couldn't afford to drop," said the Frenchman.
"But we will fight and we will keep our spirit."
Arsenal have not finished below Spurs in the league
since 1995 and outside the top four since 1996, when they finished
fifth.
They are currently in their 15th consecutive season of participation in the Champions League.
However, they are 3-1 down after the first leg of their
Champions League tie against Bayern Munich in London with the return on
12 March in Germany.
And their hopes of hopes of qualifying for European
football's elite competition via a top-four finish suffered at White
Hart Lane, where the Gunners were punished for a spell of poor defending
late in the first half.
Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon capitalised to score twice for Spurs in the space of three first-half minutes.
Can Arsenal produce a repeat comeback?
Arsenal beat Tottenham in the derby on 26 February
last season to move seven points behind their rivals - a gap they
eventually overhauled.
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