Manuel Almunia accepts Arsenal Football Club deserve criticism if they fail to mount a bid for the Premier League title again this season.

The Gunners have not won a trophy since their 2005 FA Cup final success over Manchester United, and are currently six points adrift in the race for the championship.

Many fans at the Emirates Stadium have been left frustrated at times this term, and goalkeeper Almunia accepts that at times, the criticism has been due.

"We accept all the critics. Arsenal s a big club and we deserve to be criticised because we have been playing for many years without fighting for the title," he said.

"The team is growing up and everybody accepts it because we cannot say anything when we don't play well. We just go home and wait for the next game so we can win.”

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