Jonas Eidevall believes that our supporters can play a vital role in our Continental Tyres League Cup final with Chelsea, and he has urged his players to ensure they're left satisfied on Sunday.
Thousands of Gooners will make the journey to Wolverhampton during a bank holiday weekend to once again cheer us on in their masses, and that dedication has not been lost on Jonas.
Speaking in his pre-match press conference on Friday morning, our head coach was asked about our exceptional support on the road this season and our 'one club' mentality ahead of a massive weekend for the entire club.
"Once again, if I take the supporters’ perspective onto it, see the travelling supporters for both games on an Easter Sunday and tell me that we don’t have one of the most committed fan groups around in the country," said Eidevall. "I think it’s incredible and really shows how big the support is for both teams.
"The fans are very important for creating the atmosphere and belief on the stage, and our fans have been so great in doing so. When we speak about motivation for the players, to win for our fans, for all the hours that they put in travelling and supporting our team, it's for them we need to play, it’s for them we need to win.
"What they're doing for us, it's so special. If there is something that needs that extra push for that, it's our supporters. We want to do everything to reward and repay them for the faith that they're putting into us and Sunday is a great opportunity for us to do that, so we're going to do our very best."
Those Gooners watching on around the world will be hoping for a repeat of last season when we beat the Blues to lift the trophy for the sixth time in our history, and ensure we end the campaign with some silverware.
However Jonas is hopeful that there will be even more to celebrate come the campaign's end, and feels that his team just have to tackle each hurdle as they come and believe that their league rivals will stumble somewhere before the finishing line.
"I think it's so important to take things game by game," he added. "Now we have the cup final and who knows, maybe another team runs into what we did against West Ham away and you have two stonewall penalties and you don't get them for you in that game and then that might change.
"It's a 22-game league, so the margins are going to be so close, but we can only control what we can control and that is taking one game at a time and making the very best out of it."
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