Premier League: Arsenal got home with no point after their away game against Aston VIlla. Their point gap with Man City is down to only two points after Pep Guardiola’s side won their game with a 3-0 score.
Gary Neville via Sky Sports, saying that Arsenal must not ‘panic’ after the 2-1 defeat at Villa Park and followed by Man City’s 3-0 victory against Sunderland, decreasing The Gunners’ advantage to just two points in the Premier League table, with Villa lurking at 3rd position, one point away from City.
While Mikel Arteta as the Arsenal’s manager will feel the ‘breath on the neck’ from Man City, The Gunners must maintain their focus and retain the consistent run of form in the season of inconsistency, says Neville.
“That’s a game you can lose,” he said on The Gary Neville Podcast about Arsenal’s loss at Villa.
“I wouldn’t be panicking at all if I was Arsenal off the back of that. You’re going to lose a game or two, you just are, and you’re going to win a lot of games.
“They could sit there and think that Manchester City are a couple of points off them but they’ve had a tough week, Arsenal. You could argue it’s been Arsenal’s toughest week of the season [facing Chelsea away, Brentford home, Villa away].
“They’ll realise that Manchester City have got those types of weeks coming at points in the season as well. I don’t think it’s a time to panic but they’re certainly going to feel that breath on the neck of Manchester City and Pep Guardiola and I think City will think, ‘If we can stay this close until April, May, let’s see what they’re made of.
“That’s what Manchester City have to do, they have to hang in there and sit on their shoulder and see what they’re about and see what they’re made of and see what they’re like in a real title race again.”
Current Man City Team Give Opponents Chances In the Premier League
Gary Neville also noted some issues that create vulnerability from Man City, and said that this Man City team is still giving Arsenal a chance for the Premier League title.
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“Man City give you a chance,” he said. “The teams of Manchester City that won the league all those years on the run didn’t give you much of a chance at all.
“[But now] every time I’ve watched them I think, ‘yeah you’ve got a chance of scoring goals [against them]. They’ll get a bloody nose from a time or two.
“But Arsenal are going to have to be reliable and consistent as they have been in the first part of the season to win the league.
“This is the season of inconsistency. Everybody’s all over the place. We’ve seen it with Liverpool, Chelsea [against Leeds], Manchester United on Thursday… The teams that you would have expected to be in around the top six – Tottenham – they’re all over the place.
“Villa were down at the bottom couple of months ago now they’ve risen. So everything’s really strange.
“Christmas is an important period. There’s loads of points to play for. Massive month, December, with more Premier League games than ordinarily in any other month.
“City should be encouraged but I still think that Arsenal are favourites – but not as much as I did maybe a week or so ago!”
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Current Matchweek 14
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal ARS | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 19 | 33 |
| 2 | Manchester City MCI | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 19 | 31 |
| 3 | Aston Villa AVL | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | Crystal Palace CRY | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | Chelsea CHE | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| 6 | Everton EVE | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Brighton and Hove Albion BHA | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | Sunderland SUN | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Liverpool LIV | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur TOT | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 22 |
| 11 | Newcastle United NEW | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 22 |
| 12 | Manchester United MUN | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 22 |
| 13 | Bournemouth BOU | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 20 |
| 14 | Brentford BRE | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Fulham FUL | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 24 | -4 | 17 |
| 16 | Leeds United LEE | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 29 | -10 | 15 |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest NFO | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 15 |
| 18 | West Ham United WHU | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 29 | -12 | 13 |
| 19 | Burnley BUR | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 30 | -14 | 10 |
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers WOL | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 29 | -22 | 2 |
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