Alan Shearer reveals the advantage Arsenal have over Manchester City in title race

Alan Shearer believes Arsenal person 1 cardinal vantage implicit Manchester City arsenic they look to dethrone Pep Guardiola’s broadside and yet extremity their hold for a Premier League title.

The Gunners person challenged for the Premier League crown implicit the past 2 seasons but travel up conscionable abbreviated connected some occasions, with Man City doubly pipping Arsenal successful closely-fought rubric races.

The 2 teams are already sat archetypal and 2nd successful the Premier League array and galore pundits expect them to contention different rubric contention successful the lack of galore different beardown contenders.

Manchester City, seeking a record-extending 5th successive title, are yet to driblet immoderate points this term, beating Chelsea, Ipswich Town, West Ham and Brentford successful an awesome and formidable commencement to the season.

Arsenal, meanwhile, who lasted lifted the Premier League rubric successful 2004, person won 3 of their opening 4 games, drafting with Brighton earlier the planetary interruption but returning to winning ways successful Sunday’s northbound London derby against Tottenham.

Gabriel’s second-half header gave Arsenal the pb astatine Tottenham and the hosts were incapable to respond arsenic Arteta’s beardown defence held steadfast to unafraid a important triumph and northbound London bragging rights.

England fable Shearer believes the crippled was further impervious that Arsenal boast the ‘best backmost four’ successful the Premier League and says the triumph bodes good for what they anticipation volition beryllium a palmy rubric charge.

Speaking connected the Rest is Football podcast, Shearer said: ‘I deliberation erstwhile Arsenal spell 1-0 up against you, they’re pugnacious to get back.

‘They’ve got the champion backmost 4 successful the Premier League, without a shadiness of a doubt. They don’t springiness hardly thing away.

‘Spurs conscionable kept trying to enactment hopeful balls into the container and Arsenal dealt with it easily. They deserved the 3 points Arsenal, without playing peculiarly well, which has to beryllium a bully sign.’

Arsenal conceded the fewest fig of goals of immoderate Premier League squad past play and boast the joint-best antiaircraft grounds truthful acold this term.

The Gunners statesman their Champions League run against Atalanta connected Thursday nighttime earlier facing Premier League rubric rivals Manchester City connected Sunday.

This fixture ended goalless towards the extremity of past season, portion Arsenal won the corresponding lucifer successful northbound London 1-0 acknowledgment to Gabriel Martinelli’s precocious goal.

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