Gary Neville claims Arsenal are 'FAR more likely to win the league this year' because Mikel Arteta's side have combined 'pretty football with doggedness and resilience'

Gary Neville believes Arsenal are amended placed to spell each nan measurement successful nan Premier League this play than past clip retired aft adding a 'doggedness' to their attacking play.

The Gunners came wrong rubbing region of a first title successful 19 years successful 2022-23, starring nan measurement for overmuch of nan run only to autumn distant successful nan last months, pinch Man City winning a Treble instead. 

While location were a number of wounded issues - pinch William Saliba a peculiarly sorely missed beingness astatine nan backmost - overmuch was attributed to nan Gunners' tactical brittleness. 

However, this play Arsenal person recovered ways to triumph erstwhile possibly not astatine their best, specified as against Brentford astatine nan play when Kai Havertz sealed nan triumph precocious on pinch a backmost station header after a mostly turgid performance. 

Former England correct backmost Neville believes that this adjustment to nan free-flowing onslaught of past word will yet service the northbound London side amended successful their attempts to return to nan apical of nan pile. 

'In my sentiment this squad is acold much apt to triumph nan convention than past years,' began nan Man United fable connected societal media. 'They weren’t tin of playing beneath par past twelvemonth and amassing these points. 

'City were little charismatic to watch past twelvemonth than successful erstwhile years but won nan treble. I spot this pinch Arsenal this twelvemonth successful regards to nan league. Perfect, beautiful shot is improbable to triumph nan convention unless it’s mixed pinch a doggedness and resilience. 

'Arsenal are amended this twelvemonth successful these areas and nan shot will travel successful owed course. They person powerfulness astir them and functionality that makes them a existent threat.

'This could each beryllium tosh but that’s really I’m reference them correct now aft a 3rd of nan season...'

Arsenal person retaken apical spot arsenic a consequence of their triumph complete Brentford, pinch Man City drafting to Liverpool and Tottenham losing to Aston Villa. 

Havertz netted just  his 2nd extremity of nan play contempt featuring successful each crippled of nan run crossed each competitions, but Arteta praised nan German international's work-rate and determination aft nan Brentford clash. 

‘When things travel easy you don’t worth them,’ said Arteta. ‘If things came easy past he wouldn’t person sewage nan reception he sewage coming pinch everybody hugging him and telling him really overmuch we emotion him.

‘He is an illustration for each of america to do what you person to do erstwhile you person difficulties. We could not beryllium happier that a large subordinate for illustration him wins nan game.’

However for Invincible and interim caput coach Freddie Ljungberg suggested 2023-24 mightiness not yet beryllium Arsenal's year, claiming: 'I deliberation decidedly they’re fresh to situation for nan title,' he said connected Sky Sports' Monday Night Football.

'But nan stats present are rather telling and I don’t deliberation they activity successful their favour,' he added arsenic he looked astatine Arsenal's attacking numbers.

'I don’t deliberation they really are that overmuch amended (than past season),' added Jamie Carragher 'Because really we’re talking astir a squad going from nan third-best defence to nan champion astatine nan moment, and could that make small quality make a difference? Of course. But we’re talking astir a squad going from almost nan second-best onslaught to sixth.

'I deliberation if Arsenal proceed arsenic they are, I don’t deliberation that tin triumph nan league. Because I deliberation truthful galore games are going to nan wire, and sometimes that benignant of crippled tin spell against you. You deliberation astir nan Ramsdale mistake, nan large chance Brentford had successful nan 2nd half. So those that are 1-0 tin easy spell 1-0 against you.'