QPR V Arsenal - view commentary, squad, and statistics of the game live.Ramsey: Five will keep QPR aliveChris Ramsey believes five more victories will keep QPR in the Premier League.The Rangers boss believes 37 points could be enough to keep the Loftus Road club in the top flight, but admitted QPR do not have "the luxury" of setting a specific survival target.Rangers host Arsenal on Wednesday night, with Ramsey maintaining there is more pressure at the bottom of the table than the top.Ramsey has backed QPR to pull off their great escape, despite only sitting outside the relegation zone on goal difference ahead of the Premier League's midweek action."To be honest with you I very rarely look at the table," said Ramsey"Whatever the other teams do will be irrelevant."We know that if we can get four or five wins that we're going to be there right until the end."The target is to win every game that we can."I don't think we have the luxury of setting a specific target.Ramsey is yet to select a captain to replace Joey Barton, suspended after his red card for aiming a blow to Tom Huddlestone's groin in QPR's defeat to Hull.However, the Rangers boss hinted he has several candidates in mind to fill the role against Arsenal.Ramsey also tipped his squad to cope with the loss of experienced midfielder Barton, especially given the attacking riches the Gunners will bring to Loftus Road."I haven't selected a captain yet," said Ramsey
"I think there's one or two (who can captain the side)."The senior players have impressed me, but the captaincy in football is not like it is in other sports
It's important to a point but it's about each individual doing their job."It's disappointing to lose him because Joey is a wholehearted player who has been involved since we've come on board."He's always going to be a big loss but we've got Sandro and maybe Nedum (Onuoha) and (Mauricio) Isla back in contention."Joey is a loss but we have to use the squad as best we can and make sure everyone does their part."Arsene Wenger believes his Arsenal side are currently "nowhere near" being involved in the race for the Premier League title - but believes a consistent run could change all that.The Gunners currently sit third in the table and are nine points adrift of league-leaders Chelsea, with Manchester City four points clear in second spot.The chase for the top four has closed up in recent weeks with Arsenal likely to come under heavy pressure from the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham and Southampton in the hunt for Champions League qualification.Wenger takes his side across London looking for a seventh win in eight league games but, even with such a strong run of form, Wenger feels a push for the title is not currently feasible."At the moment we are nowhere near to winning the Premier League, and nowhere near close to being in the race," he said."But what we want is to do as well as we can without speculating on the weakness of any team
The only thing you can say is that it's very tight."You look in front of you, Manchester City are four points ahead of us, and you look behind you, there's plenty of people chasing us."That will be very, very tight and it will be down to consistency in our results and mental strength
That will certainly be needed again on Wednesday night."Whilst closing in on Capital One Cup winners Chelsea seems an outside bet for Wenger, he is hoping a drop in form form reigning champions Man City could open up the chance to pip Manuel Pellegrini's side to second spot."At the moment we are too far from Chelsea to say we are in the title race, but you never know what can happen," he added."I speak as well about Man City, why should they give up for the title? They have done it three years ago by being eight points behind."If you ask a team who is four points behind us, they will say it's realistic to try and catch us
Manchester City are four points in front of us so mathematically of course that is possible.Wenger confirmed Aaron Ramsey is ahead of schedule in recovering from a hamstring injury and is back in the squad for the short hop to Loftus Road.As well as having Ramsey at his disposal, Wenger is hoping Francis Coquelin could also play despite fracturing his nose in Sunday's victory over Everton, with the midfielder set to sport a protective mask
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