Paul Merson believes Arsenal will have a chance to win at the Etihad this weekend if John Stones and Kyle Walker miss the game against Manchester City.
Both players sustained injuries during the international break and are doubtful for the upcoming match against Arsenal.
City remains the favourites and they have one of the best squads in world football, so they can easily replace these players.
Arsenal is expected to field a very strong team for the match as they aim to maintain their position at the top of the league table.
Mikel Arteta’s men are already being taken seriously in the title race, and Merson believes they could secure a positive result in Manchester, contingent upon the strength of the City team.
Metro Sport quotes him saying:
‘If Kyle Walker and John Stones don’t play I don’t see Arsenal not getting a result.
‘If all the player are fit for City, they’ll win this, because they just turn up and win big football matches. This result will hinge of the fitness of the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, Walker and Stones.’
Just Arsenal Opinion
We will hardly see anyone that will back us to defeat Manchester City and that is understandable because they are currently the favourites to win the title.
However, we can also thrive as underdogs because City is now under pressure to win.
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Paul Merson a pundit that rarely mince words slightly sits on the edges of the fence for this one.
Usually the former Arsenal man is bold in his prediction and always on the money too.
Surely the aging Kevin De Bruyne is a world class player that can single handedly win a game, to have Kyle Walker and Stone missing at the same time, surely Arsenal would be in with a shout, but with Pep. Notorious for his mind games we will probably never know who is really available until game time.
“Hardly anyone will back us”, JA opinion says!
Clearly JA has NOT read all those GOONERS WHO TAKE PART IN Dans prediction league then.
Almost ALL of THOSE say we will win.
Not that any of those could possibly be biased of course! Perish the thought!