Arsenal's Premier League title charge took a slight dent following a 0-0 draw against Newcastle United last night (Tuesday).
The Gunners struggled to break down the Magpies' resolute defence and whilst it will feel like two points dropped for Mikel Arteta's men, they still find themselves eight points clear of second-placed Manchester City, albeit having played one game more than the reigning champions. However, Manchester United legend Gary Neville isn't convinced that Arsenal will lift the trophy in May, comparing the north Londoners to Erik ten Hag's side instead.
Speaking about United on Tuesday night, Neville said: "Yeh, they’re getting stronger. I was just saying there I think they’ve got a lot more players than Arsenal and Mikel Arteta is doing an incredible job because you feel he’s so finely tuned, if he lost a centre-back he’d be in trouble, whereas with United they’ve got four centre-backs, that strength in depth.
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"I think they’ve got a long way to go, it’s going to be a really interesting few weeks. United have got City next at home then Arsenal away which is really tough so we’ll know a lot more in a few weeks.
"Before this game tonight it was 16 games played - that is nowhere near title talk, you’re miles away, absolutely miles away. These two teams tonight, I know there’s been title talk, I didn’t see the champions here tonight, personally, but I didn’t think they were champions at the start of the season, so where they are is remarkable."
Arteta and Co will be eager to prove Neville wrong and go all the way this season, with the club's last league title coming back in 2004 when the Arsenal 'Invincibles' famously went the full season undefeated.
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