Arsenal will aim to revive their fading title aspirations as they visit the Theatre of Dreams on Sunday.
Mikel Arteta’s team had an opportunity to reduce Liverpool’s lead at the top of the table to just five points recently. However, a defeat to West Ham and a draw with Nottingham Forest have left the Gunners trailing by 13 points. ..Continue Reading
After struggling in front of goal and managing just two strikes across four matches, Arsenal lifted spirits with an emphatic 7-1 Champions League win over PSV in midweek, greatly improving morale at the Emirates.
Six different players got on the scoresheet for the Gunners in the Netherlands, marking the largest-ever away victory in the first leg of a Champions League knockout round.
Manchester United, on the other hand, were held to a 1-1 draw by Real Sociedad in the first leg of their Europa League round of 16 clash in Spain.
The Red Devils, having secured only two wins in their last seven matches across all competitions, will be looking to bounce back as they host Arsenal, who remain in pursuit of a dramatic resurgence in the title race.
Revealing his prediction for this weekend’s Premier League clash, Neville said on The Overlap’s It’s Called Soccer! show: ‘Manchester United are playing so poorly at the moment but they do sometimes lift their game against big opponents.
‘I think that will be the case on Sunday. The crowd will be with them, I think it will be 1-1.’
Rebecca Lowe, host of the YouTube show, said: ‘I’m going 2-0 to Arsenal. Sorry Gary!
‘I know Arsenal haven’t got any strikers but I just don’t see a way that Manchester United win that game.’
Arteta was full of praise for his Arsenal team after they made Champions League history with an incredible win over PSV.
‘I really enjoyed the match – thank you to the players for the performance they put in on a big night for us against a really good side,’ he said.
‘The way they went through in the last round against Juventus was really impressive so the manner that we’ve done it, the way that we’ve played, the goals that we scored; thank you because it was a special night.’
When asked how big the PSV win could be for the rest of Arsenal’s campaign, Arteta added: ‘Well, it obviously gives us a lot of joy, confidence and belief.
‘But this is football, it’s not what we did three days ago, or today, it’s about what we’re going to do tomorrow, or at Old Trafford, how we behave and able to win again, and that’s it.
‘Enjoy tonight because it was a very impressive performance, an unbelievable score, so we deserve that, and now take that, and keep improving as a team.’
