GARY NEVILLE has backed Arsenal to finish fourth after only tipping Manchester United to secure Champions League football last week. The Gunners are in pole position to finish behind Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea following Sunday’s 2-0 victory against Leicester. Mikel Arteta‘s men, who have leapfrogged the Red Devils into the top four, have won […]
GARY NEVILLE has backed Arsenal to finish fourth after only tipping Manchester United to secure Champions League football last week.
The Gunners are in pole position to finish behind Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea following Sunday’s 2-0 victory against Leicester.
Mikel Arteta‘s men, who have leapfrogged the Red Devils into the top four, have won their last five Premier League matches.
The North London outfit have even won nine out of their last 11 outings – conceding just seven goals in that period.
But despite their great form, Neville insisted last week how he doesn’t trust Arsenal to maintain their run as he tipped United for fourth.
That came after United lost 4-1 against rivals Manchester City, while the Gunners beat Watford 3-2 away.
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The Sky Sports pundit said: “I still think Man United could do it. I don’t trust Arsenal fully, I think it would be brilliant for Mikel Arteta and those young players. They’ve been fantastic.
“But, I do think they have got some big games still to play. I think Manchester United have still got to go to Arsenal as well, there is a long way to go and United could still do it.”
However Neville has now made a U-turn on his prediction after Arsenal’s win over Leicester – despite United emerging victorious against Tottenham.
Though he has stressed that Arsenal still need to prove that they can be trusted.
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Speaking on Monday Night Football, he remarked: “The reason I said about a week or so ago that you can’t fully trust Arsenal is because they’ve not delivered yet.
“The pressure now, I think is on them in the sense that now there is an expectation that they’ll finish fourth. I think they’ll finish fourth.
“But they’ve got Liverpool on Wednesday night, Aston Villa away on Saturday.
“They’ve got Tottenham still to come, Manchester United to play.
“Manchester United have got difficult games as well.
“But now they’ve got to go on and prove that we can trust them and they can go and deliver Champions League football which was against all expectations at the start of the season.”
Neville’s Sky Sports colleague Jamie Carragher has also praised Arsenal as he highlighted Arteta’s tactical tweak in midfield.
