Paul Merson has dominated 4 ‘huge groups’ out of the Premier League title race after Arsenal beat Brighton to maneuver seven factors away from defending champions Manchester Metropolis.
Arsenal boast a big lead within the title race after they proved too robust for Brighton and noticed Man Metropolis drop factors towards Everton earlier within the day.
The Gunners opened up a commanding lead on the Amex Stadium and clinched a 4-2 victory – their 14th win of the season – regardless of a late Brighton fightback.
Arsenal loved a close to flawless first-half to the season however there have been fears the World Cup break – and an harm to Gabriel Jesus – might derail their Premier League title problem.
However Arsenal have thus far dismissed these fears, coming from behind to beat London rivals West Ham on Boxing Day after which outclassing Brighton of their ultimate sport of 2022.
Merson believes Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal are the actual deal and says his former membership’s type has already dominated 4 ‘huge groups’ out of the title race.
Arsenal at the moment are 11 factors forward of fourth-placed Manchester United, with the likes of Tottenham, Liverpool and Chelsea even additional behind.
‘It’s of their fingers,’ Merson stated on Sky Sports activities. ‘There are groups – huge groups – that may’t win the Premier League now.
‘You’re taking a look at Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs, Man United. For me it’s Arsenal or Man Metropolis except one of many different groups go on essentially the most extraordinary run in Premier League historical past.
‘I don’t see anybody stopping Arsenal proper now. They're enjoying very properly, it’s not been a fluke. They went to Outdated Trafford and obtained beat, and I didn’t assume they deserved to. There’s methods of dropping matches and so they bounced again.
‘The opposite evening, they went 1-0 all the way down to West Ham and so they got here again and brushed them apart. They're proper in it, no query. This isn't a fluke, they're the place they're as a result of they're an excellent soccer group.
‘There’s 26 video games left, they’ve obtained to do it for an additional 22 most likely. They’ve given themselves a bit of hole the place they'll afford to lose just a few video games. Man Metropolis are usually not going to win each sport.
‘Arsenal are proper on this, I couldn’t discuss extremely sufficient about them. However that is the Premier League, it modifications so rapidly.
‘These three fixtures: Newcastle, Tottenham, Man United. In the event that they beat Newcastle, you anticipate them to get a end result at Tottenham, in the event that they get a end result at Tottenham I’d anticipate them to beat United.
‘In the event that they don’t Newcastle, you don’t anticipate them to beat Tottenham, they don’t beat Tottenham then you definitely don’t anticipate them to beat United. It’s a domino impact. For the time being, they’re doing every part proper.’
Arteta, in the meantime, hailed his Arsenal gamers after their ‘huge win’ over Brighton, telling Sky Sports activities: ‘A giant win towards a extremely good facet.
‘We had been ruthless and medical and there have been moments as properly we needed to dig in and endure as a result of they're a extremely good facet. It was a giant take a look at for us. We had been an actual risk each time we had been across the ultimate third.’
On Arsenal’s seven-point benefit on the high of the Premier League, Arteta added: ‘We have now to play each sport, now now we have to focus once more and assessment the match to see what we did properly and issues we will enhance.
‘We all know what occurred however now we have to deal with what we will do which was to come back right here towards a troublesome facet and win.
‘We have now sufficient want. Our success goes to be with what now we have to do. That is what we would like and now we have to maintain bettering as a group and play higher and dominate in all areas.’
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