Gary Neville has over the season, insisted that Manchester City will win the Premier League ahead of Arsenal despite the Gunner leading the Premier Leading with fewer matches to the end of the season. However, the former Manchester United man has had a change of mind claiming are the favorite to win the Premier League if they can defeat Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.
Gunners have a huge task to accomplish on Sunday. A win over struggling Liverpool could mean Arsenal has all but secured the Premier League title. A defeat or a draw against Liverpool will close the point gap between them and Manchester City. This could put extra pressure on Arsenal in their quest to win their first Premier League title in 20 years.
Liverpool hopes to get the needed result at home to boast their chance of finishing in the top four this season after an embarrassing defeat against Manchester City.
Neville believes the Gunners’ chance of winning the Premier League is 50/50 now and could secure the Premier with a win over Jurgen Klopp’s side.
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What did Gary Neville say?
Gary Neville said on Skyport: It’s 50-50. My mind was certain that Manchester City were going to win the league about six to eight weeks ago.
“I absolutely thought that by now Arsenal would have dropped lots of points and they would not be where they are. But now I think it’s 50-50.
“I’m not going to put everything on the Liverpool game (on April 9), but our manager used to say if you won at Anfield at this time of year you would win the league.
“Quite often that proved to be the case. If Arsenal go to Anfield and win, I would say definitely it would be their title.
“The confidence from that would be unbelievable. Anfield is a terror of a place to go.”
Meanwhile, Mikel Arteta has hailed his side following their 4-1 win over Leeds United.
He said at a press conference: “We had a few things going on with some individuals,’ he said. ‘It has been a concerning few days because we could not decide until this morning if some players would be available and the line-up.
“After an international break you do not know if they are in the frame of mind to come back and do the things necessary to win this league. I am really happy with the performance.
“They made it tricky for us. We lost the ball in bad areas to a team that put four really fast players than run in transitions. After, we took control of the game and we’re really good in the boxes today.
‘I am so happy for Gabby [Jesus] after all the work from him and the staff throughout the last five months. Today, he got rewarded for that.”
Reacting to Manchester City win over Liverpool, he added: “We were aware of the result as it is a huge game and we wanted to watch parts of it.
“But when we got here it was just to focus on us and what we can do as a team. They are used to it. We can only control what we can do.”
