Gary Neville admits he’s ‘less confident’ in his prediction that Man City will win the title

Gary Neville has admitted that he is less confident in his prediction that Manchester City will beat Arsenal for the Premier League title.

The Sky Sports pundit has ruled out Arsenal’s chances in recent months, despite the Gunners now having a five-point cushion at the top of the table.

He recently said in the Overlap that Man City will win the title, because Arsenal will be hit with “panic” and “anxiety” during the final months of the season.

However, now he has told her sky sports that Arsenal could win the league for the first time in 19 years, even if they still ‘anticipate’ Man City overtaking them.

Neville said: “I think Arsenal have a good run on paper, the next five or six games look favorable for them.” They can really prepare for that encounter.

Gary Neville is less confident Man City will win the title as he thought they would “get it together”

Arsenal have a five-point lead at the top of the table following their 4-0 win over Everton.

“These are teams that Arsenal, in good shape, are going to beat. But there are a couple of games there that if you’re not quite right, Fulham out, the way they’re playing will cause problems.”

He went on to add: “I see Arsenal doing well in the coming weeks, it will come down to the last six or eight games and if City are on their heels I anticipate City will overtake them.”

“But right now, I’m less confident in my prediction than I was four or five weeks ago. I thought that City would have been fixed.

“City don’t deal with that left-back position, City keep tinkering, tinkering with the team and the system, Bernardo on the left-back like he was in the last 10 minutes against Nottingham Forest, things like that will always give you a chance. “. .

“And Arsenal deserve to be there, they’ve been the best team by far this season.”

Neville’s comments highlighted City’s problem at left-back, following the club’s decision to let Joao Cancelo join Bayern Munich on loan.

Arsenal extended their gap at the top to five points thanks to their 4-0 win over Everton earlier this week.

Man City had taken points from Arsenal’s lead last month with a 3-1 win at the Emirates, only to miss out on this by losing points in a 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest.

Neville still ‘anticipates’ Man City winning the title despite his waning confidence

He recently criticized Arsenal for their jubilant celebrations at Villa Park and suggested ‘panic’ and ‘anxiety’ would prevent them from winning their first league title in 19 years.

As reported this week, Neville told Overlap that Arsenal’s jubilant celebrations after coming back to beat Aston Villa 4-2 last week showed they are “too emotional”, while giving the belief that they will throw away the title. overboard in the last weeks of the season.

He said: ‘Arsenal have struggled in the latter parts of the seasons, last season being the most recent example of this.

“That’s why Manchester City will win the Premier League, because when they get to the last 10 games, Arsenal will start to panic a little bit, the anxiety will kick in, the pressure will build.”

“If Arsenal do it and win the league, it will be an incredible achievement, but they haven’t been around the corner like Manchester City.”

“When he gets to the final 10 games and really kicks in, [Kevin] DeBruyne, [Erling] haland, [Ruben] day, [Ilkay] Gundogan, Bernardo Silva, Kyle Walker – these guys who have been there before, they will keep going. But there are teams that cross the line for the first time and this could be Arsenal’s year.

Neville criticized Pep Guardiola’s team for not dealing with his problematic left-back position