Roy Keane: Arsenal will CHOKE and fall to Man City in Premier League title race
‘I don’t think they’ll do it… I still have to fancy Manchester City’: Roy Keane claims Arsenal will CHOKE and fall to Pep Guardiola’s side in the Premier League title race – as he is unsure if the Gunners can handle ‘pressure games’
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Roy Keane has insisted he thinks Manchester City will win the Premier League – despite lying eight points behind leaders Arsenal.
Pep Guardiola’s side are the defending champions and have won four of the last five championships.
City have played one game fewer than the Gunners, meaning they will be just five points behind Mikel Arteta‘s men if they win that.
With City only having 10 games left this season, and Arsenal nine, Manchester United icon Keane admitted the latter are clear favourites to secure the title.
But speaking on Gary Neville’s The Overlap show, the Irish pundit claimed Arsenal will choke and fall to City in the title race – because he is unsure if they can handle the pressure.
Roy Keane has insisted he thinks Manchester City will win the Premier League title this season
Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal are currently top by eight points, having played a game more than City
Keane thinks Arsenal will choke because he doesn’t know if they can handle ‘pressure games’
He said: ‘They (Arsenal) are in a great position, wouldn’t have thought that at the start of the season but they’ve been brilliant, a lot of the young players have been very consistent, they can just focus on the league.
‘They’re definitely favourites for the title. I don’t think they’ll do it. I still have to fancy City but Arsenal have got themselves in a great position. You need a little bit of luck, injuries over the last few months, they’re in a great position and you have to admire them for that – can’t begrudge them.
‘I just think City are that brilliant. The games they (Arsenal) have to go and win, these are obviously pressure games and they’ve not dealt with that over the last few years. Even last year with top four they came up short, that’s the question mark that’s just hanging over them.
‘But again, they’ve been brilliant, if they did go on and win it you have to give them the plaudits, but this is the crunch time, when you sort the men out from the boys, who can get over the line?’
Arteta and Co face a tricky run-in, with tough-looking games against Liverpool, Chelsea and Newcastle, as well as a potentially title-defining clash at City’s Etihad Stadium on April 26.
However, Arsenal only need to focus on the league after their Europa League elimination, while City are still in both the Champions League and the FA Cup as well.
Next up, the north London outfit travel to Anfield to face the Reds on Sunday.
While City travel to the division’s bottom side on Saturday afternoon.
