'Arsenal forgot how to win the Premier League' - Cech takes aim at Wenger style

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Unai Emery has overseen five straight wins following a slow start to the campaign, and the goalkeeper feels the Gunners have become savvier
Petr Cech admits that Arsenal may have forgotten how to win the Premier League under Arsene Wenger, hinting that the veteran coach concentrated too much on style compared to results.
Unai Emery took over from Wenger in the summer and has attempted to start from scratch at the Emirates, though he has not enjoyed a perfect start.
Indeed, the Gunners lost their opening two games of the season, to Manchester City and Chelsea, and did not keep a clean sheet until the weekend, when they beat Everton 2-0.
Four straight wins have left Arsenal six points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool, who have enjoyed a perfect start to the season, but Cech is wary of the fact that the club has not won a league title since 2004.
“For any club who wins titles in the recent years, you have a team with the know-how how to finish it off - and you can see it in any sport," he told reporters.
"Take Tiger Woods - it's 10 years since he won a Major tournament. The longer it goes on, the harder it becomes.
“This club has not won the league for over 10 years so, obviously, you need to get back into knowing how to do it.
"We started with the new manager from scratch, basically, and we try to get this mentality of winning every game, progressing every game, working every day and, hopefully, we can build this up and win the title sooner rather than later. That will make a big difference.
“In the past,
I would say the Arsenal way was more important than getting the points sometimes  and this is not how you win the league

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