Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has tipped Arsenal because the strongest contenders to win the Premier League title forward of Liverpool and Manchester Metropolis.
Nevertheless, Carragher additionally warned that the Gunners may develop into nervous because the title race intensifies within the later months of the season.
Arsenal at the moment high the Premier League desk, three factors forward of second-placed Manchester Metropolis and 4 forward of third-placed Liverpool after eight matches.
“I feared this taking place,” Carragher, a former Liverpool defender, advised The Gary Neville Podcast. “It nearly appears like as soon as that invincibility is gone – a bit of bit like with Man Metropolis final season – each [rival] group appears like they have an opportunity.
“And can Arsenal or Manchester Metropolis be too distant from them? I believe Arsenal proper now appears to be like just like the best-equipped group to win the title.
“However Arsenal will get nervous in March and April as a result of they haven’t received a league for thus lengthy. And Liverpool and Manchester Metropolis want to ensure they’re not too far out in entrance the place they’ll’t have an effect on that.
“And that’s the factor with Liverpool, now shedding these foolish factors. I believe they are going to lose extra. They have to maintain Arsenal inside arm’s size of them.”
