Manchester City’s recent win at Wolves was an ominous moment for their title rivals, says Gary Neville, who believes there is a sense of inevitability surrounding Pep Guardiola’s side and their Premier League challenge.
The reigning champions looked set to drop two points at Molineux, but John Stones’ controversial injury-time strike robbed them of all three points and means they are a point behind early leaders Liverpool, who later beat Chelsea at Anfield. Super Sunday.
“It’s moments like this, even this early, that make you think (they’re going to do it again). It’s two important goals for Stones in the last month,” said Neville. Gary Neville Podcastreferring to the defender’s late equalizer against Arsenal.
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The main episodes of the confrontation of the English “Wolves” – “Manchester City” of the Premier League
“I remember the goal they scored last season at Newcastle through Oscar Bob and I was watching it and thinking:
“They will be delighted (to win at Wolves) and they were, we saw them celebrating with the fans. That’s a big win.
“What City did today is cross the line, which is what City do.
Neville paid both Liverpool and Chelsea after covering the Reds’ 2-1 win at Anfield, but he believes Arsenal have the best hope of ending City’s Premier League title run. the string.
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Will these two teams (in Anfield) win the title, I don’t think so,” said Neville. “What Liverpool are doing defensively at the moment is interesting. I would like to appreciate it for Christmas. I still think they are short.
“Chelsea are short, they are not going to win the league. I think Arsenal is the only team that can face City. But you can’t afford to be too many points behind.”
“Arsenal” disappointed in “Bournemouth”.
Arsenal are now three points behind City after Mikel Arteta’s side lost at Bournemouth on Saturday.
In the first half of that game, William Saliba was sent off. Arsenal have been sent off for the third time this season in the Premier League, with the Gunners also dropping points against City and Brighton when they went down to 10 men.
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Despite being reduced to 10 men, Gary Neville still believes Arsenal needed to beat Bournemouth if they were to beat Manchester City and win the Premier League title.
Neville, however, says there can be no excuses for Arsenal if they want to become title contenders. In those situations, they still have to go for victories.
“You can lose any game in football but the most disappointing thing is that they didn’t go and win against Brighton or Bournemouth. “With the quality they have, they should still be able to win those matches,” Neville said.
“Point one. don’t remove the players so much. It sounds easy, but you have to deal with it and stop it.
“And if you go down to 10 men, you have to go and win.
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Premier League Bournemouth-Arsenal highlights
“All in all, Arsenal are still very early in the season, early enough for them to recover and be really dangerous and win the league. But I was disappointed with them (at Bournemouth) and I think they should be disappointed with themselves. “.
The Gunners can’t make any more excuses
Neville says Arsenal cannot make excuses for missing players through injury, and the same applies if Saliba is suspended for next Sunday’s big game against Liverpool, LIVE. Sky Sports.
“No Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard or Jurien Timber against Bournemouth. I understand that, but we are talking about playing Bournemouth, who are a good team, but they have a 20-man squad to deal with Champions League football and a few injuries. “We know that players will be missing at certain points in the season,” Neville said.
“Saka is always playing. If you were to say you miss him once, twice, three times a season, there will be one away game at Bournemouth to which you can say:
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Arsenal without Saliba in the match against Liverpool. they had an excuse a few seasons ago (when he got injured off the field) and admittedly, he was a big loss. But they have added players to the squad to be them. able to deal with it now.
“You can’t go one game away with a one-game suspension and go from here (high) to here (low). You must remain consistent and reliable if you are injured.
“We’ve seen City without Erling Holland and Kevin De Bruyne and they’re still getting on. I know they are a machine, but I have a lot of faith in Arsenal and I love the way they are developing.
“Next week we can’t talk about so-and-so not playing, there’s a lot of money, there’s been a lot of improvement, now it’s time to go and show it.
They still have a great chance. It’s very early in the season. Next Sunday is a big test for Liverpool and a big ask for Arsenal without Saliba.
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