Jamie Carragher says Arsenal will win the Premier League title if they beat West Ham at the London Stadium on Sunday, live on Sky Sports.
The assessment was made after title rivals Manchester City salvaged a late 3-3 draw with Everton on Monday Night Football.
This means Arsenal maintain a five-point lead at the top of the table with three games remaining (Pep Guardiola’s side have four). Simply put, the Gunners need to win all three of these games to win their first Premier League title in 22 years.
Their next match is at the London Stadium on Super Sunday, but they could feature as Champions League finalists in the second leg against Atletico Madrid at the Emirates on Tuesday.
Sky Sports pundit Carragher believes the title race will be over if Arsenal win in east London, telling Monday Night Football: “From Arsenal’s point of view, it’s a league game tonight.
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“But can you imagine the stadium tomorrow (against Atlético)? The excitement for the competition, the energy from the fans in the stadium, reaching the Champions League final and the league being in your hands with three games left.”
“If Arsenal beat West Ham next Sunday, they will win the league.”
But former Gunners striker Thierry Henry has warned that West Ham could become Arsenal’s Everton and take a dramatic new turn in the title race.
“Now it’s back in Arsenal’s hands, it’s no longer in Man City’s hands,” he said.
“I said earlier that City could drop points against Everton and I was worried about West Ham.
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“So I’m going to stay in my lane and not celebrate too early because nothing is being done, but I could see it happening.
“You could see they were a bit nervous because City had collapsed. They made some mistakes but got Everton back into the game.
“Arsenal knows Man City dropped two points, but don’t start thinking, ‘Well, maybe…’. There’s no maybe. Win the game, don’t look at City. It’s in your hands.”
Guardiola is in good spirits despite losing control over the fate of the title race
It was a roller coaster of emotions for Pep Guardiola, who visited Hill Dickinson Stadium for the first time. At the end of the first half, the team was leading 1-0, but a series of mistakes saw Everton take a 3-1 lead.
However, Erling Haaland’s immediate response cut the gap to one point, and a late goal from Jeremy Dok secured the score.
Speaking to Sky Sports after the match, Man City’s manager was in good spirits: “It was a really good performance. We played a great first half. It was very difficult because of their physicality.”
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Manager Josep Guardiola praised Everton and insisted Man City would not concede the title after Monday’s thrilling 3-3 draw
“In the second half they stepped up. We didn’t have much control and conceded a goal. Then they came back and made a proper English game and were very aggressive in the duels.”
“We’re going to get points and keep going until we finish them. “Everton away is always difficult, but I admire their composure and aggressiveness.
“It’s better than losing. We played to win. That just shows what a team we are. We worked hard and we got it done. It’s not in our hands. It was in our hands before. It’s different now.”
“We have to do that in four games in the Premier League and it will be quite similar against Brentford. We will see what happens.”
