Gary Neville backs Arsenal to ‘win league’ but only if they fix one thing

Liam GracePublished Oct 21, 2024, 4:13pm|Updated Oct 21, 2024, 4:14pm

Gary Neville believes Arsenal are inactive much than susceptible of landing this season’s Premier League rubric – but determination is thing they indispensable hole first.

Arsenal, who haven’t been champions of England since 2004, suffered a costly 2-0 defeat to AFC Bournemouth connected Saturday, which has dented their trophy hopes aft Liverpool and Manchester City both won connected Sunday.

The Gunners were expected to prime up maximum points connected the southbound coast, but William Saliba’s aboriginal reddish paper proved costly arsenic the Cherries conjured up a victory.

Neville feels it is inactive ‘early’ capable successful the play for Arsenal to crook things astir – but lone connected 1 condition. The shot pundit argues Arsenal indispensable hole their mindset and amusement much resilience erstwhile they are reduced to 10 men successful matches.

‘If they bash spell down to 10 men, they person got to spell and win,’ Neville said connected his Sky Sports podcast.

‘On a wide enactment of Arsenal, inactive precise aboriginal successful the season, aboriginal capable for them to recover, aboriginal capable for them to inactive beryllium truly unsafe and triumph the league.

‘But I was disappointed with them [against Bournemouth] and I deliberation they should beryllium disappointed successful themselves.’

Neville added: ‘I bash genuinely judge that against Bournemouth astatine 0-0 with 10 men they should spell and triumph that match. They person to triumph that lucifer and they cannot suffer that match.

‘Obviously you tin suffer immoderate crippled of shot – but I deliberation that is the astir disappointing happening is that they haven’t won against Brighton, haven’t won against Bournemouth and I deliberation they should beryllium with the prime they have.

‘[They request to] halt getting players sent off, which sounds truly easy, but sometimes teams spell done periods wherever they bash get players sent disconnected and you person got to woody with it and halt it.’

The erstwhile Manchester United defender besides says that determination is 1 ‘excuse’ Arsenal can’t usage successful their adjacent top-flight lucifer against Liverpool astatine the Emirates.

‘Arsenal without Saliba against Liverpool – they had the excuse a mates of seasons agone [when helium was retired injured successful the run-in],’ Neville said.

‘That was accepted, helium was a large nonaccomplishment But they’ve added players to the squad to beryllium capable to woody with that now.’

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