Former Manchester United captain and pundit, Gary Neville has stated that high-flying Arsenal will not win the 2022/23 Premier League title despite being 8 points clear at the top of the log.
Arsenal took advantage of Man City’s 2-1 slip in the Manchester Derby, by beating rivals Spurs 2-0 in the North London Derby to consolidate their place at the top of the table. But Neville still insists that City will win the title, as he expects Guardiola’s men to go on an extended winning run.
Arsenal now boasts 15 wins from the 18 Premier League games they’ve played this season, with their only defeat coming in a 3-1 loss against Manchester United in September, though they’ve bounced back from that defeat to take 32 points from a possible 36
Speaking on Sky Sports, Neville said: ”If Erling Haaland starts to kick on if City start to purr, if the defence starts to shore up a bit more than it has done, and they need Ruben Dias back if they can, I think City will win it.
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“At some point, there will be a very difficult period for Arsenal this season. Is it conceivable that Arsenal are going to continue as they are? I don’t think it is. Could they draw two and lose one in a three-game period, and if they did that, their lead is gone, and the pack is up with them?
“That’s what I think is going to happen, we’ll see a traditional Premier League season where a team goes out, the pacemaker, and then they’ll get drawn back in a little bit.
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“But I still think that this season is going to be far better for Arsenal than I ever imagined it would be.”
Neville did say he hoped Arsenal would go on to win the league.
“I know Arsenal fans will batter me, as they have been doing for the last four months, I hope you win it! I think for Mikel Arteta, it’s so difficult for young managers to break that [Antonio] Conte, [Jurgen] Klopp, [Carlo] Ancelotti, [Pep] Guardiola, [Jose] Mourinho mould and become one of those super managers. You can’t break them.
“If Arteta wins the league this season, he breaks into that bunch. He’s doing it anyway, because his football is fantastic. But he needs to win that trophy. A Champions League, a Premier League, they are the super managers, the ones that win those trophies. So, fingers crossed that they do win it, if Man Utd can’t, which I don’t think they can, because I’d rather have that for the Premier League.
“Man City have won too many titles for me!“