Martin Keown sends Spurs top four warning to Arsenal after Aston Villa win

Martin Keown fears Arsenal will nonetheless battle to safe a high 4 place (Image: BT Sport)

Martin Keown has warned Arsenal they nonetheless stay underdogs to clinch a high 4 place regardless of Saturday’s massively encouraging win over Aston Villa.

The Gunners, who had been comprehensively overwhelmed by Liverpool in midweek, travelled to the Midlands with out Gabriel Martinelli as a result of sickness and injured first alternative goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale.

Regardless of these setbacks, Arsenal produced a composed show and comfortably clung to the benefit offered by Bukayo Saka’s first-half objective.

Bukayo Saka’s objective earned Arsenal a 1-0 win over Aston Villa (Image: Getty)

Consequently, Arsenal moved 4 factors away from Manchester United with a recreation in hand, and 6 in entrance of north London rivals Tottenham.

Regardless of sitting in pole place, Arsenal legend Keown fears Spurs nonetheless stay favourites to clinch the ultimate Champions League qualifying place given the respective run-ins of the 2 golf equipment.

Keown acknowledged the large strides Arsenal have made beneath Arteta however fears they nonetheless want to point out they will deal with the strain that accompanies the elevated ranges of expectancy.

He advised BT Sport: ‘I believe it’s about Arsenal rebuilding their repute since you do this over a few years. If individuals suppose you’re a comfortable contact in some unspecified time in the future you fall over.

‘Now, individuals are getting a little bit of style of Arsenal, realising it’s stronger, completely totally different. They’re enjoying this good constructive soccer and going to be resilient. Gabriel at the moment on the again was tight and robust, Ben White alongside him and Partey in entrance by no means actually ventured too far. It’s good and robust in these compartments.

‘Now there’s quite a lot of video games forward and I nonetheless put Spurs as favourites to make high 4. Let’s see if they will do it. Arsenal, we now have now acquired to see, however after I take a look at the fixtures and I see video games away at Chelsea, Spurs, it’s powerful. It’s in Arsenal’s arms and in the event that they maintain performing as they're they will do it.

‘I don’t need to put an excessive amount of strain on the Arsenal gamers. I stated they're rebuilding their repute and typically they’ve been responsible of too many pats on the again and so they’ve misplaced focus. Is it totally different now? They've to point out it.

‘I just like the look of the run-in for Spurs.’

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