Rene Meulensteen has sensationally claimed that Manchester United can’t be ruled out of this season’s Premier League title race.
After just two wins from their first six games of the brand new season, pressure was already starting to mount on Ruben Amorim.
Nonetheless, a routine victory against Sunderland, followed by an outstanding win at Anfield for the primary time in almost a decade, has provided a renewed sense of optimism around Old Trafford.
The Red Devils still sit ninth within the table, but are actually just two points off Liverpool, who sit in third following their third successive league defeat.
Arsenal proceed to cleared the path, with Mikel Arteta’s side showcasing their superb defensive capabilities once more with a shutout victory against Fulham.
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And in between the 2 are Manchester City, who now sit in second place, just three points behind the Gunners, after three wins on the bounce.
But while many suspect that the title race will likely be contested between those three clubs, Meulensteen thinks the season remains to be far too young to make such sweeping predictions.

And the Dutchman, who worked under Sir Alex Ferguson at United for several years, even refused to rule out a surprise title charge from the Red Devils in the event that they can construct on their promising recent performances.
‘There will likely be little twists and turns across the corner,’ Meulensteen told CasinoHawks when asked about this season’s title race.
‘If Arsenal lose perhaps one or two players and perhaps they lose one or two games, all the pieces changes.

‘That would easily occur in a run-in. So I still think Arsenal, Man City, and Liverpool are going to be fighting for the Premier League and we will’t rule out Man Utd in the event that they go on this run we hope for.
‘It could possibly be three wins in a row and suddenly the entire momentum shifts right into a positive power.
‘Then suddenly it could possibly be wide open because they’re only two points off Liverpool despite how the season has began.’

Meanwhile, the Dutch coach is confident that his fellow countryman Arne Slot won’t get sucked into the noise surrounding Liverpool’s poor form and can as a substitute get his side back to their best before too long.
‘I even have high respect for Arne Slot because I’ve known him for thus long. He won’t change,’ he added.
‘He’ll be the identical, very measured and really honest in his opinion and observations. He doesn’t make things worse than they are surely because he knows they’re playing some really good football and creating possibilities, they only don’t put them at the back of the web.
‘Last yr, sometimes you catch a wave, you catch a flow, and all the pieces that you just hit goes in. Now they’re hitting a wave that goes against them. You have got to ride the wave, turn around, and jump back on it. But that may only be done by not changing anything.
‘As I said, he’s very measured in his comments, all of them make sense. He has a natural calmness about him, and that is strictly what you would like inside the club to reassure the players. Yes, we brought in a number of recent players. Yes, they need just a little little bit of time.
‘How can we fix it? We fix it on the training ground. Work hard, keep working hard, keep buying in, keep doing the things that we ask you to do, and eventually, we’ll click.’
‘You usually know that in the event you lose games with the expectations that Liverpool has, you create noise. But that’s from the skin. You should ensure that that after we’re in, it stays nice and calm.
‘Don’t start pointing fingers at one another. Just point fingers at the problems that must be addressed, work at it, improve it, and move on.’
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