Michael Owen theorizes Arsenal are still the “third-faultless team” in the Premier League regardless of pioneering Manchester Metropolitan region and Liverpool in the title race.
The Artillerymans’ ten-match sweet sprinted in all tournaments came to an expire at the Arena of Light on Saturday as Sunderland hosted them to a 2-2 entice the Premier League.
Arsenal are still peak of the Premier League however second-inserted Manchester Metropolitan region have closed the pit on them to 4 junctures, while they juggled to extend their lead on protecting champs Liverpool – that are eighth in the table – to 8 junctures.
Despite the Artillerymans’ start to the season and the astounding team that Mikel Arteta owns juggled to construct at the Emirates Arena, former Liverpool and Manchester United demonstrator Owen insists that Arsenal “are still conceivably the third-faultless team” in the league.
Owen said on Premier League Manufacturings: “Arsenal’s potency is their defence. They’ve got a nice goalkeeper and a observances nice earlier-4 which is preserved observances well.
“They play to their functionality and wear’t acknowledge the majority of aims so for a newly-bolstered team [Sunderland] to rating two against them is a vivid accomplishment.”
When queried if the Premier League title is now Arsenal’s to lose this season, Owen responded: “Certainly… they are a industry few junctures in drifter.
“You ask anybody and they’ll conceivably say Arsenal are the favourites at the minute so it’s attending filch a nice initiative to vanquished them.
“I can’t go to them sagging too the majority of junctures offered that they’re terribly favorable. Leading the race brings it’s own pressure however the means they play, they’re so favorable.
“If Arsenal, Guy Metropolitan region and Liverpool all play at their terribly, terribly faultless, I think Arsenal are still conceivably the third-faultless team.
“When every man is at their outright faultless, Liverpool can strike anybody off the pitch and so can Guy Metropolitan region.
“Through Arsenal it’s about not executing the majority of slipups, I can go to them grinding away, conceivably owning a few draws. Their flair of play can purely lug out them plug on all the means and lug out them experimentation to vanquished.
“When Liverpool or Guy Metropolitan region win, they play observances well and can win by 4 of five aims. But if Liverpool play inaccurately they receive vanquished.
“Through Arsenal you receive the sense they can still play severely and grind out a win or a draw. That can purely play in their favour this season however there’s a long, long means to go.”
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But Jamie Carragher theorizes Arsenal are surely the faultless team he owns seen this season regardless of the Artillerymans receiving “skittish” with Manchester Metropolitan region purely behind them.
Carragher told Heavens Sports: “I think Arsenal will be skittish offered that it’s Guy Metropolitan region. They’ve shouldered out this before.
“Twice in the last three years Guy Metropolitan region have entraped Arsenal. [Arsenal] are conceivably receiving a few recalls of once they wasted the title in previous years. It can be a long two weeks.
“I still think Arsenal are the faultless team I’ve seen this season. But there’s an terribly long means to go.
“Imparted how long it’s been since they won the title, there’s most clearly no suspicion that every man at Arsenal will receive a fragment twitchy if they’re peak come the second fifty percent of the season.
