Owen Hargreaves has warned Arsenal that Manchester City shouldn’t be ruled out of the Premier League title race just yet.
City sealed a powerful 4-1 win at home to Borussia Dortmund within the Champions League on Wednesday night with Phil Foden scoring twice, while Erling Haaland and Rayan Cherki also found the online.
Within the Premier League, Pep Guardiola’s side currently sit six points behind leaders Arsenal but some extent ahead of Liverpool, who they host on the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
Arsenal have been installed as clear favourites to win their first Premier League title since 2004 this season as a result of their impressive begin to the campaign.
Nevertheless, Hargreaves believes City will pose a major threat to Arsenal’s title challenge.
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‘I feel he [Guardiola] knows his team is getting back to its best,’ Hargreaves told TNT Sports.
‘I feel it helps having Donnarumma in goal and Haaland at the highest of the pitch, however it just seems like they’ve got these good little players, Cherki coming on and scoring a superb goal, him and Foden are going to be some fun supporting Haaland.
‘I feel he’s got an awesome squad again this season. I feel last 12 months all of the injuries, Rodri, after which the boldness went down, rapidly I feel they’re slowly constructing, doing well within the Champions League, second within the Premier League, obviously got an enormous game at Anfield on Sunday, in the event that they win that then it’s game on for all the things.
‘I feel as great as Arsenal are, they haven’t done it, they haven’t won it yet, they usually’re getting there, they’re going to win it will definitely.
‘However the last team you wish chasing you is these guys, they’ve been there and done it for such an extended time, the players and the manager.
‘But I feel they’ve put themselves in an awesome position, Arsenal, but this City team are going to chip away quietly.
‘And in the event that they can get Rodri back into the combination with this team, with what they’ve, then it’ll be an interesting title race.’
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