By Richard Clarke
At the moment
Emmanuel Adebayor just wants respect for the way his side are
performing - the trophies can come later.
The in-form Arsenal striker seems to have a longer memory than some
of the British media. Before the season began Arsène
Wenger's were widely considered to be in serious dangerous of
slipping out of the top four places. Now they are receiving the
highest praise after a sensational start.
Arsenal have beaten the dangerous Sevilla 3-0 in their opening
Champions League Group H tie while Saturday's 5-0 drubbing of
Derby put them two points clear at the top of the Premier League
with a game in hand. Speaking after that game, Adebayor dismissed
title talk at this stage, he was much more interested in changing
opinions.
"I don't care about that," he said. "I don't
want people to think that we will win the title or the Champions
League. I just want them to respect us for what we are doing at the
moment.
"I think they [are altering their attitudes]. Recently I read
the newspapers and people are changing a little bit. In the summer
it was very difficult. We just want to prove to people that they
are wrong so at the moment we just will keep our focus and do our
job."
Of course, the season is only six weeks old and, in the next six
weeks, Arsenal will face Liverpool and Manchester United, two
direct title rivals.
"A lot of people say that these will be test games,"
replied Adebayor. "But then when we played against Sevilla
people said it was a test game.
"For me there are no test games. We just go out and try to
win."
