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Alan Shearer names who he thinks are the favourites for the Premier League title as Arsenal close gap on Liverpool

Lucas Arnold

Thu 5 December 2024 7:35, UK Updated Thu 5 December 2024 9:20, UK

Following their 2-0 win over Manchester United, both Arsenal and Manchester City gained points on Liverpool who failed to win at Newcastle United.

Despite Mohamed Salah’s brilliance, Liverpool were pegged back by Newcastle late on thanks to a rare piece of misjudgement by Caoimhin Kelleher which Arsenal took full advantage of.

Arsenal dominated United from corners, something Ruben Amorim confessed🐓 that his side needed to learn from.

Nicolas Jover’s set-piece prowess is nothingꦏ new in north London, and yet opposition sides are still unable to stop Arsenal, which could be a key factor in the title-race.

Liverpool are still seven points ahead of the Gunners, but Mikel Arteta’s side now s💛eem a lot more confident.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
1	LiverpoolLiverpool	14	11	2	1	29	11	18	35
2	ChelseaChelsea	14	8	4	2	31	15	16	28
3	ArsenalArsenal	14	8	4	2	28	14	14	28
4	Man CityManchester City	14	8	2	4	25	19	6	26

Alan Shearer thinks Arsenal will be Liverpool’s biggest challenger

That being said, Alan Shearer shared his updated thoughts on the Pr🌼emier League title race whilst covering Wednesday’s 🍨action for .

Shearer confessed that Liverpool were still favourites after their strong staꦍrt, but admitted that Arne Slot’s side will have to answer some questions internally with Arsenal upping t🧸he pressure.

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He said: “Liverpool are favourites now for the Premier League title after their start to theও seasꦫon.

“It’🧔s not all going to be perfection for them though. They will have to answer some questions, like they did at Newcastle tonight.

“Arsenal are the closest ๊to them and they are the ones that are g💜oing to challenge them.

“I don’t see Manchester City coming back from where they are, even though they are back to winning ways. 𒉰They’ve left themselves with a lot to do.

“It’s going 𝓀to be tough 🌜for Arsenal though, because they will have to be close to perfect.”

Chris Sutton was wrong about Arsenal’s weakness

Recently, Chris Sutton thought Liverpool h🌜ad an advantage over Arsenal in terms of winning the Premier League.

Sutton pointed to Liverpool’s superior squad depth during a period in which Conor Bradle🗹y and Kelleher were stepping up big.

However, it was Arsenal’s squad pl🔯ayers who impressed during their 2-0 win over United.

Jakub Kiwior sent a statement to Arteta, a ಞcentre-back who the club can’t afford to s♉ell in January.

And whilst Jarell Quansah and Joe Gomez were largely indif𒐪ferent at St James’ Park, Arsenal’s s🍬tand-in defenders helped secure three vital points at the Emirates.