Gary Neville has suggested Manchester City will be ‘smelling blood’ after Arsenal dropped more points against West Ham United yesterday.
The Gunners threw away a two-goal lead against David Moyes’ side at the London Stadium.
They got off to the perfect start. Gabriel Jesus gave them a very early lead, and Martin Odegaard then doubled their advantage on 10 minutes.
It looked as though West Ham would be in for a long old afternoon.
But they got back into the game after Gabriel brought down Lucas Paqueta in the penalty area. Said Benrahma converted the spot-kick.
The Hammers then levelled through Jarrod Bowen in the second-half.
The draw followed City’s 3-1 win over Leicester City on Saturday night.
The results mean Pep Guardiola’s side are now just four points behind Arsenal, and we will now see just how strong the Gunners’ nerve really is.
After the game, Neville spoke on his podcast about the title race.
He gave his view about how City will feel about Arsenal’s latest result.
He said: “For Manchester City, as much as they are a powerhouse, it’s still a daunting task. Even though you’ve got two games in hand and you play against them. It’s still not nice to look at the table and see that you’re seven points behind
“Manchester City will be buoyed tonight. They’ll be feeling ‘hang on a minute, something’s happening’. I would be if I was them, I’d be smelling blood.
“Arsenal have got to resist those thoughts. They’ve just got to not look at the news papers, social media and the reports the next couple of days. Because there’ll be the suggestion that City are coming on top.”
Neville maintains City will pip Arsenal to the title.
A good weekend for Manchester City as Arsenal drop points again
That’s two draws in a row now for Arsenal, who are now massively under the spotlight.
City are relentless right now. It’s 10 wins in a row for Guardiola, and all aspects of the team are looking strong.
This is uncharted territory for Arsenal.
City have been in this position before, and of course, have won four titles in the last five years.
As Neville says, the City dressing room will undoubtedly have been buoyed by that result yesterday.
