{"id":328779,"date":"2026-05-04T03:20:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=328779"},"modified":"2026-05-04T03:20:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:50:04","slug":"gary-neville-names-horrible-game-that-might-cost-arsenal-the-title-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/gary-neville-names-horrible-game-that-might-cost-arsenal-the-title-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Neville names ‘horrible’ game that might cost Arsenal the title | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gary Neville won eight Premier League titles at Man Utd (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gary Neville has identified the \u2018horrible\u2019 game that might cost Arsenal the Premier League title.<\/p>\n

Arsenal, chasing a primary league title since 2004, moved six points clear at the highest of the table with an emphatic 3-0 win over Fulham on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Viktor Gyokeres gave the Gunners an early lead on the Emirates Stadium and scored again on the stroke of half-time after Bukayo Saka had doubled Arsenal\u2019s lead.<\/p>\n

Mikel Arteta\u2019s side didn’t boost their goal difference any further within the second half but a snug victory still piled the pressure on title rivals Manchester City.<\/p>\n

Man City have two games in hand to try to close the gap on title frontrunners Arsenal, the primary a potentially tricky away game against Everton on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Neville expects Pep Guardiola\u2019s team to scale back Arsenal\u2019s lead on the Hill Dickinson Stadium and says all eyes will then be on the Gunners and a London derby against West Ham on the weekend.<\/p>\n

Arsenal are 17 places and a whopping 40 points above West Ham within the Premier League however the Hammers have improved in recent months to spice up their survival hopes.<\/p>\n

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Arsenal beat London rivals Fulham 3-0 (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018I watched Arsenal last night and dissatisfied is the fallacious\u00a0word\u00a0but Mikel Arteta may be considering that they might have scored a pair more and whether or not they might regret that,\u2019 Neville said on his Sky Sports podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018But\u00a0he\u2019ll\u00a0be completely happy with the\u00a0win\u00a0and he\u00a0has to\u00a0remind the players\u00a0to take their possibilities and be clinical and ruthless. Those are the messages he will probably be\u00a0giving\u00a0I imagine.<\/p>\n

\u2018They\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0sit back now in\u00a0games,\u00a0they should keep going. I feel Man City will beat\u00a0Everton\u00a0nevertheless it could be\u00a0absolutely stunning\u00a0in the event that they were to drop points there, it might be stunning.<\/p>\n

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Mikel Arteta after Arsenal beat Fulham (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018I\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0think it’ll occur. It\u2019s\u00a0an enormous week because\u00a0I feel the sport Arsenal\u00a0are most definitely to drop points in is West Ham away.<\/p>\n

\u2018That\u2019s\u00a0the sport they need to fear most.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0a horrible one because West Ham are fighting for his or her lives and want the points.\u2019<\/p>\n

Jamie Carragher, meanwhile, was impressed by Arsenal\u2019s performance against Fulham and said it \u2018actually\u2019 puts more pressure on Man City as they travel to Merseyside.<\/p>\n

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Pep Guardiola\u2019s Man City visit Everton on Monday (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018Arsenal were incredible,\u2019 Carragher said. \u2018I feel\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0the perfect\u00a0they\u2019ve\u00a0searched for some time, perhaps since they beat Tottenham within the north London derby.<\/p>\n

\u2018They were helped just a little bit by\u00a0Fulham\u00a0but they appear\u00a0energetic\u00a0and it was big by way of helping the goal difference as well.<\/p>\n

\u2018They\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0look\u00a0fatigued or drained or nervous which they\u00a0have of\u00a0late but again, a few of that was all the way down to how poor Fulham were.<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019ll\u00a0see the way it plays\u00a0out\u00a0but\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0actually put just a little bit on Manchester City now who’ve a tricky game against Everton.<\/p>\n

\u2018I feel Man City will win\u00a0that\u00a0nevertheless it might come all the way down to goal difference now so just\u00a0winning won’t be enough.\u2019<\/p>\n

After facing West Ham, Arsenal\u2019s final two Premier League fixtures are against already-relegated Burnley and Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n

Manchester City, meanwhile, face Brentford, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth and Aston Villa as they seek a seventh Premier League title since 2018.<\/p>\n

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