Reigning champions City won a historic treble last season and are currently top of the league after seven games. But they are no longer unbeaten after suffering a shock 2-1 defeat to Wolves on Saturday.
Gaeville sticks neck on line by claiming Man City won’t win Premier League title
Manchester United legend Gary Neville is backing Arsenal to pip Manchester City to the Premier League title this season, with Pep Guardiola’s side suffering a shock loss to Wolves on
Gary Neville has reiterated his belief that Arsenal will win the Premier League this season, with Mikel Arteta’s side ‘encouraged’ by Manchester City’s back-to-back losses.
Reigning champions City won a historic treble last season and are currently top of the league after seven games. But they are no longer unbeaten after suffering a shock 2-1 defeat to Wolves on Saturday.
The loss came just three days after they were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Newcastle, who beat them 1-0. And Neville believes those two losses will “give a lot of encouragement to Arsenal “.
He also praised the Gunners after they bounced back from their 2-2 draw with rivals Tottenham in the North London Derby to comfortably beat Bournemouth 4-0 on Saturday, with the win leaving Arteta’s men just one point behind City. “I’ve got Arsenal to win the league this year,” Neville said on his podcast.
“That post-treble feeling, what it would have taken out of those City players and staff would have been enormous. They could easily win the league this season and obviously it is just one game, but little results like that give the other teams encouragement.
“We know City have lost games in the past and gone on long winning runs so we can’t write them off but it will give a lot of encouragement to Arsenal. Against Newcastle, it was a serious team that Pep Guardiola took up there and at Wolves, they’re conceding a goal or two, they’re going behind in games and they look human.
“It will be interesting. If Arsenal keep their players fit, they’ve got a great chance this season. It was a good response from Arsenal [against Bournemouth ]. They’d have come out of the North London Derby disappointed. They’ll face those moments in the season.
Manchester City suffered their first Premier League defeat of the season against Wolves on Saturday (
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“They’ll be confident that they are back in the title race. The gap isn’t going to four points or six, when you wonder if you will ever catch them. Stay with them and get to that point where there are nine or 10 games to go again. Arsenal won’t run away and win the league, your first title is very rarely like that, you have to get over the line crawling.”
That post-treble feeling, what it would have taken out of those City players and staff would have been enormous. They could easily win the league this season and obviously it is just one game, but little results like that give the other teams encouragement.
“We know City have lost games in the past and gone on long winning runs so we can’t write them off but it will give a lot of encouragement to Arsenal. Against Newcastle, it was a serious team that Pep Guardiola took up there and at Wolves, they’re conceding a goal or two, they’re going behind in games and they look human.
“It will be interesting. If Arsenal keep their players fit, they’ve got a great chance this season. It was a good response from Arsenal [against Bournemouth ]. They’d have come out of the North London Derby disappointed. They’ll face those moments in the season.
