'Arsenal don't aspire to be more like Chelsea' - Gunners should look at European Champions as a 'competitive rival', says Holding

 The defender doesn't think the gap between the two clubs is as significant as the final 2020-21 Premier League standings might suggest

Arsenal don't aspire to be more like Chelsea, according to Rob Holding, who believes that the Gunners should look at the reigning European Champions as a "competitive rival".

Chelsea bounced back from a slow start to the 2020-21 season after Thomas Tuchel was drafted in to replace Frank Lampard in January, securing a fourth-place Premier League finish while going all the way in the Champions League.

In stark contrast, Arsenal ended the campaign down in eighth and dropped out of European competition for the first time in 25 years, but Holding is adamant that the two clubs are more closely matched than the final table suggests.