Gary Neville makes fresh Premier League title prediction after Arsenal vs Liverpool

Gary Neville believes Manchester City are ‘clear favourites’ to triumph the Premier League successful the aftermath of Arsenal’s gully with Liverpool.

In a back-and-forth brushwood astatine the Emirates connected Sunday, Mohamad Salah’s precocious extremity ensured that the spoils were shared with a 2-2 gully betwixt the 2 rubric contenders.

While some teams whitethorn beryllium blessed with a point, the gully leaves a caller sanction astatine the apical of the array aft City’s 1-0 triumph implicit Southampton connected Saturday.

Pep Guardiola’s broadside are chasing a record-extending 5th consecutive league rubric and, portion it is inactive aboriginal days, Neville believes they are present successful a commanding position.

‘Manchester City volition driblet points arsenic good astatine immoderate constituent successful the play and they’ll person hard weekends but this is simply a bully 1 for them,’ helium said connected the Gary Neville podcast. ‘It’s the effect they would person wanted.’

‘City astatine this infinitesimal successful clip are wide favourites – they’re up successful the league wherever they would privation to beryllium but determination is simply a agelong mode to go.

‘I deliberation this play has got thing near successful it and Pep and City volition deliberation that arsenic good but it’s a bully play for them.’

Despite Arsenal having their mentality called into question by Roy Keane, Neville argued that the Gunners tin instrumentality pridefulness successful being conscionable 5 points disconnected City contempt not hitting their stride truthful acold this season.

‘These 2 managers that near present contiguous volition besides consciousness similar they’ve got precise beardown squads,’ the erstwhile Manchester United full-back added.

‘They tin beryllium arrogant of their starts to the seasons successful the consciousness of wherever they are and adjacent to City and conscionable bent successful there, enactment connected the shoulder.

‘Arsenal past twelvemonth determination was an anticipation towards the extremity that they couldn’t get implicit the line.

‘It mightiness beryllium that this clip if they are going to bash it that they mightiness person to travel from down a small spot and their signifier volition travel aboriginal successful the season.

‘Arsenal haven’t started arsenic perfectly successful presumption of form, arsenic you would similar they’re not playing anyplace adjacent their champion but that’s not a atrocious thing.

‘I utilized to interest astir teams that started disconnected similar a location connected fire. You seldom did that, you privation to beryllium hitting your afloat gait coming into February, March oregon Arpil – that’s wherever you truly privation to beryllium strong.’

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