Arsenal secured an important 3-2 victory over Manchester United to end their January run in the Premier League five points clear of defending champions Manchester City. However, former Manchester United Gary Neville is still not sure about their chances as title contenders and believes that his former side's biggest rivals Manchester City are still going to win the Premier League.
"I don’t see them going on to win the League. I think Manchester City will win the League because I think what they’ve got in them is a special run," Neville told Sky Sports. "I think that at a point in the season, Arsenal will lose one or two matches and City will be right on their shoulders and it’ll become very difficult for them."
During their match against the Red Devils, It was actually Marcus Rashford who gave his team the lead, but Eddie Nketiah and Bukayo Saka scored on either side at halftime to take Arsenal ahead. On a day which saw some exceptional goals scored, Lisandro Martinez was the lone non-Englishman to score. But his equaliser did not help at the end of the day, with Eddie Nketiah finding the net in the final minutes to give Arsenal a much-deserved three points.
The English forwards of the country shone on the night, with three of the four goalscorers born in the country. But while Eddie Nketiah scored both his goals from close range — A header and a tap-in — it was actually the two wingers Rashford and Saka's goals that grabbed eyes. Both strikes were long rangers and found the bottom corner of the net.
Given the way United first gave up their chance of winning three points and then one point, Neville also believes that his childhood club are not close to the current big wigs of the tournament.
“I don’t have an opinion, it can be a perception. I know my team so well. I know where we are, I know we are here and I know where we want to be, and we are still far from that. I know the level of the other teams, especially one that has won everything in the last five or six years, and we are not there yet."
