Source: Telegraph
Robin van Persie happy to share goals glory for good of Arsenal
Arsenal have played only nine games so far, but have already had 14 different goalscorers, with the team having scored in every game and collectively already accumulated 27 goals at an average of three a game.
Van Persie has taken on a similar role to Emmanuel Adebayor at Manchester City or Didier Drogba at Chelsea as the team's figurehead in attack and, with only one goal so far this season, accepts that further improvement is necessary.
"The way we are doing it now is that everyone is sharing the goals," he said. "I should score more personally but, as long as we share the goals and everyone is passing it at the right moment, I am happy.
"If this one person scores 40 or 50 goals I would rely on him. But that happens once every 10 years. I'm quite happy to share the goals."
Of Arsenal's 4-2-3-1 system this season, Van Persie added: "I don't feel that I'm at the top of my game as a main striker yet. I have to improve on many things but it is quite new and the main thing is that the boss really backs me on this one.
"He really thinks I can succeed as he has a lot of trust in me. I will do my best to play as many games for the team. Personally, when you get a chance you want to score. When you don't score you are not happy with yourself but the first thing for me is that we win games and I can give assists and help the team.
"If I have a chance I should score and I need to score. I'm confident it will be okay very soon."
After Arsenal's surprise defeat last season at Fulham, Van Persie is expecting a particularly difficult game on Saturday. However, he says that continuing the club's good form against teams from outside the so-called 'big four' will be decisive in whether Arsenal can mount a a challenge for the Premier League title.
"It is very, very tough," he said. "I saw the game against Everton and they were very decent and it was a very good goal from Damien Duff. It's going to be hard but as long as we can put the pressure on the opponent, play together and share the goals then I'm quite confident.
"If you look last year, the way Manchester United became champions was against the smaller teams.
"They won against all the teams from 19 to 10. That is why they became champions. So it is very important to win these games maybe even more in the end."
