Peter Schmeichel names the only team who can rival Manchester United for fourth spot

The Pink Devils have a four-point buffer to fifth place (Photos: Getty Photos)

Peter Schmeichel has backed Manchester United to safe fourth place this season, although feels Arsenal may pose the most important menace of the chasing pack.

The Pink Devils gained an entertaining conflict towards Leeds at Elland Street on Sunday 4-2, making a four-point hole to fifth-placed West Ham within the Premier League desk – although Arsenal, Wolves and Tottenham all have video games in hand on United.

Arsenal may go 5 factors above United in the event that they win their three video games in hand, and Schmeichel has been impressed with the north Londoners’ type just lately.

United have opened up a spot to the chasing pack (Image: Getty)

However he has highlighted that United have really accrued extra factors – 11 from the final 15 obtainable in comparison with 10 for Arsenal – and would at all times favour factors on the board over video games in hand.

Requested who he's backing within the top-four battle throughout an interview on BBC 5 Dwell Breakfast, Schmeichel mentioned: ‘I believe Arsenal have proven some nice type.

‘However really, on present type within the final 5 video games, Man United is slightly bit higher than Arsenal. It’s exhausting to see however they're.

‘I believe having the factors on the board fairly than video games in hand [is more important].’

Reflecting on United’s efficiency towards Leeds, he continued: ‘Manchester United in intervals of no success is a good, nice story and you'll learn so many issues.

‘Folks behind the scenes saying that is popping out of the dressing room, there’s division, all of this we all know has occurred time and time once more.

‘And the factor is, when you’re contained in the coaching floor, Outdated Trafford, you keep shut, you by no means inform anyone something. So these tales, they’re actually simply taken out of skinny air.

Arsenal beat Brentford 2-1 on Saturday and look in good type (Image: Getty)

‘And it was necessary – actually, actually necessary – that the staff got here out yesterday, in essentially the most troublesome of circumstances, and confirmed the world that they're United, and so they play as a staff.

‘It was an important win, let me completely clear about that it was an important win, however I nonetheless suppose there's a lengthy, lengthy, lengthy method to go for this staff.

‘They’ve nonetheless received, when it comes to soccer, so many extra issues to show.’

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