Gary Neville hails return of Arsenal's Invincibles spirit but insists Mikel Arteta must retain composure in title race
Arsenal beat Manchester United in a five-goal thriller to keep their Premier League title hopes alive; Gary Neville: "It was wave after wave of attack, and it felt like that 20 years ago when you were playing against such a good Arsenal team."Gary Neville believes he sees 'Arsenal 20 years ago' when Arsene Wenger's Invincibles ruled English football.
Mikel Arteta said Arsenal saw him regain a five-point cushion at the summit after his 3-2 win over Manchester United, but his title win for the rest of the season was 'almost perfect'. ” claims to be.
The Gunners are currently unbeaten in their last 13 Premier League games, the longest unbeaten streak in the competition since December 2018 when he went 14 games unbeaten.
"It was really fun," Neville said on Sky Sports' latest podcast, "In the last half hour, I felt Arsenal had better quality. “Arsenal felt like it was 20 years ago. Whenever I played against them, I always wanted them to shoot or cross from distance.
“They will push you back into the box over and over. I keep going deeper, tighter and under pressure. It's one attack after another, and that's exactly what it felt like 20 years ago against a great Arsenal side."
With Arsenal now scoring his 50 points in his first 19 games and five of his last six champions surpassing his 90 points, Arteta believes they I know I have to keep an electric pace.
Now is the time to cool off.
In early January, when Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale and Spurs striker Richarlison got into an altercation and fans kicked Ramsdale back into the crowd, Arteta was not involved in an unpleasant incident against Tottenham. Then he said instead, after watching defender Rob Holding exit less than 30 minutes into the Spurs' loss in May, the players could keep their heads up during the heated competition. stressed that it is important.Arsenal's tempers will be put to the test in the second half of the season, but Neville believes the arrival of Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko will ironically give Arteta's team from Man City the experience they need to face the test. .
"Twenty years ago I don't think managers were like Conte, Klopp, Pep and Arteta as we see them today."
"These Arsenal players are going to be under a lot of pressure in his next 19 games. It will take a lot of composure, especially in his final 10," said the player. You need passion, but sometimes you need calmness and quiet authority.
"I have to calm down. There are players like Zinchenko and Gabriel Jesus who know what it's like and they've been there before. It's really exciting to see what this Arsenal team can achieve.
"They still have to go on and prove they can win the title. It will be really difficult. They have two more games against Manchester City and they have them on their backs."
"They are giant powerhouses Manchester City and Pep Guardiola. Sitting there tonight, I can imagine not worrying too much about it.
“Pep Guardiola has the mentality that Sir Alex Ferguson and Kenny Dalglish had - a great manager and a great personality who can be a little perky at times. They can be very difficult when
"During Thursday's (Man City v Tottenham) commentary, I said that these great managers feel like they get bored sometimes when they win the same way. Their way of looking at the game. "I've seen it with Sir Alex Ferguson and others. It's coming from a good place, but they can be pretty difficult and controversial -- and I think Pep was at that moment He knows he's going to struggle in the second half of the season and I think City need that consistency, even though Arsenal have seven players who have played every game , City appear to be swapping four jersey numbers every week.
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