Dennis Bergkamp, a revered figure in Arsenal history, expresses confidence in his former team’s ability to contend for the Premier League title. However, he harbors concerns about Liverpool posing the most significant challenge.
This Saturday, Arsenal faces Liverpool at Anfield, a venue where they haven’t tasted victory since 2012. The Gunners currently lead the table after an impressive win against Brighton last week.
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Jurgen Klopp’s team, on the other hand, dropped to second place after a draw with Manchester United, relinquishing their perfect home record for the season.
Despite this setback, Bergkamp believes that Liverpool possesses a squad capable of giving Arsenal a tough competition and sees them as a more formidable threat than the reigning champions, Manchester City.
‘I think Liverpool. I’ve got a funny feeling I saw that game against United and they showed the bench and they showed the two players who were coming on and I was like ‘oh wait, they’ve got him and him and him’,’ Bergkamp told the Seaman says podcast.
‘They were all injured and if they come back at the right time they might be the biggest contenders to win.
‘It’s about managing the team through this period and then get the advantage of it later on.’
On the progress Arsenal have made under Mikel Arteta, Bergkamp said: ‘I think everything is there for them to do well. They’re getting back to playing good football again, being dominant and everything.
‘You need a little bit of help from the other teams, that’s working out well at the moment and I learned this from the English players when I played, that once you go past this period then it all starts.
‘Then you have an eye on the the trophies you’ve got the European games that get more tense.
‘You have to dig into your squad. They’re in contention now, more than that, and they might win it.’
