Sky Sport pundits, Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville, believe that Arsenal have a great chance of making the top four after beating Watford on Monday night.
The Gunners claimed a 1-0 win against 10-man Watford at Vicarage Road, their first victory on the road since Boxing Day.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang pounced on Ben Foster’s error to put Arsenal in front and Troy Deeney was sent off for an elbow on Lucas Torreira a minute after.
Despite Arsenal’s current position, Carragher still thinks the Gunners will struggle to qualify for next season’s Champions League through the league, while Neville admitted he was impressed that Unai Emery had guided such poor side into the top four.
“No [they’re not favourites]. I said before, I didn’t think they’d get in the top four because of their away form.
“I didn’t expect them to win tonight, obviously the circumstances have gone with them tonight.
“Unai Emery is not soft, that was a great result, but not a great performance. That doesn’t matter. The fact the opposition team were down to ten men and probably should have got something, that’ll be a worry for the other away games.
“You look at the home games and think they’ll look after themselves for Arsenal. But the away games, you still feel they’ll have to win one of them. Looking at it… ]they should win] one [out] of three, with the team Arsenal have, but you’d still fear for them away from home. Six points for me is a guarantee and that gets them to 72.
“Whether they could pick up another three or four points, that would be enough. But they’re not easy games away from home,” Carragher said on Monday night football.
Neville, on his part, said on Arsenal’s run-in: “I think I said before the game, for them to be where they are with a game in hand over Chelsea, navigating the Europa League – we’ve always talked about how difficult it is to play Thursday and Sundays.
“I think it’s a brilliant performance when you think of Chelsea and Manchester United have spent a fortune. Chelsea have the better squad, with Eden Hazard. Arsenal are nowhere near that. When you look at that Arsenal team… there’s a lot of questions to have answered.
“You think of Ramsey leaving, of Ozil, the defenders, the midfielders still don’t look right, you’re not convinced about the goalkeeper, the full-backs look like they could change every week and yet, he’s getting that level of performance out them. I think it’s a brilliant performance.”
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