Gary Neville has stuck to his guns with his prediction of this season’s Premier League winner despite results from Arsenal and Manchester City last weekend. Six points separate the pair of sides at the summit of the English top-flight following a dramatic weekend.

Mikel Arteta‘s Arsenal suffered a shock defeat at home to Bournemouth on Saturday as they missed an opportunity to go 12 points clear in the league. Manchester City took full advantage of their slip, doing their business efficiently in a 3-0 win over Chelsea on Sunday.

Neville spoke on Sky Sports about the title race in England, pointing out that this year is undoubtedly Arsenal’s, judging by the amount of struggles they have faced to get to this stage. He admitted that the Gunners will not coast to the title in what remains of the season, but will find a way to get it over the line.

“I do feel now is the time for Arsenal. I’m not going to go and say it’s now or never, but it does feel a bit like because if you’ve had five years of trying to climb that mountain, and you’ve just failed at that final hurdle each time, there has to be a moment where you get over the line.

Arsenal will crawl over the line. I don’t think they’ll get over the line easily, they might even lose next week, but I do think they’ve probably got a little bit of a cushion. Manchester City aren’t perfect, and Arsenal will just get there, but they’re in a lot more trouble than they were at 12.30pm on Saturday, when they were just about to kick off against Bournemouth”, he said.

Neville’s prediction will become much clearer in the coming weeks, as there are only six games left to play in the Premier League this season. City have a game in hand, and will host their rivals at the Etihad next weekend in what will be a six-pointer in the title race.

The Gunners have not won the Premier League since 2004 and have not won a major trophy since 2020. They have finished in second place in each of the last three league seasons, and will hope to end their trophy drought this season.

Manchester City defeat Chelsea to take advantage of Arsenal slip

Manchester City overcame Chelsea in their Premier League meeting at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, claiming a 3-0 win. Pep Guardiola‘s side kept their hopes of winning the Premier League alive in dominant fashion in London.

Following a scoreless first half, the visitors needed just six second half minutes to go ahead as Rayan Cherki crossed for Nico O’Reilly to head home. Their lead was doubled shortly after when Cherki showed off his quick feet before slipping a pass through to Marc Guehi, who scored his first league goal for the club.

Manchester City made it 3-0 in the 68th minute, as Jeremy Doku took full advantage of a Moises Caicedo error to find the back of the net, sealing the win. The result in Stamford Bridge, coupled with Bournemouth’s win over the league leaders on Saturday, sets up a thrilling finale to the campaign.