Alan Shearer predicts change in title race after Arsenal and Liverpool results

Liverpool presently pb the mode successful the Premier League table, with Arsenal sitting conscionable 4 points down Arne Slot's Reds up of this weekend's circular of matches

Alan Shearer believes that Liverpool volition propulsion distant from Arsenal successful this weekend's games.

The Reds are presently apical of the Premier League, with the Gunners their closest challengers successful second. Arne Slot's men presently clasp a four-point pb and besides have a crippled successful hand implicit the remainder of the top-half.

They question to Brentford connected Saturday, with the Bees riding precocious from their comeback against Manchester City. They had fallen 2 goals down to Pep Guardiola's broadside but scored doubly successful the last 10 minutes to assertion an improbable draw.

Their location signifier has been awesome this season, though their dreadful results distant has near them successful the bottommost half. And Shearer believes the leaders tin comfortably woody with Thomas Frank's side.

"Brentford drew with City, coming backmost and scoring 2 precocious goals and getting the draw, and they could have, possibly should person nicked with a accidental they had, truthful they’re a pugnacious broadside to bushed astatine home," Shearer said arsenic helium predicted a Liverpool win.

"Liverpool came up against a coagulated defence against Forest, and a truly bully pass goalkeeper, drafting different crippled distant from home. In this 1 though I deliberation Liverpool volition person excessively overmuch for Brentford. I cognize they’ve got a Champions League crippled connected Tuesday, but they can’t spend to deliberation astir that."

While Shearer believes Liverpool volition beryllium celebrating different 3 points connected Saturday, helium has tipped closest challengers Arsenal to beryllium near disappointed. The Newcastle fable has tipped the Gunners to beryllium held to a gully by Aston Villa successful Saturday's precocious game.

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Shearer added: "Arsenal were overmuch amended against Spurs, that being said they inactive missed chances and I’m inactive not convinced that they’re successful a bully spot up apical and I won’t beryllium until they get a apical people guardant successful there. This volition beryllium a tougher trial for them, and I’m going to accidental this 1 volition beryllium a draw."

If the games play retired arsenic Shearer predicts past Liverpool volition reconstruct their six-point pb of helium Gunners. But Reds brag Slot has insisted that that accidental is not connected his caput heading into the weekend.

"No, I don't look astatine it that way," helium said. "I didn't adjacent cognize that they were playing aboriginal than us. I lone look astatine the hostile that we person to look and that's a pugnacious one. [Brentford] was my archetypal Premier League crippled [at Anfield].

"Then I already thought, 'If this is going to beryllium the absorption we get each week past this is simply a much hard league than the Eredivisie.' They've had a precise bully play until now, had a 2-2 against [Manchester] City – large game, some teams creating a batch of chances – and their manager has done a fantastic occupation for truthful galore years now.

"You tin spot that it is simply a squad that has worked unneurotic with their manager for a agelong time. That's my lone absorption and not connected erstwhile bash Arsenal play oregon erstwhile bash Chelsea play oregon erstwhile bash each the others play. We lone absorption connected ourselves and the squad we person to face."

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