The race to win the Premier League title has entered the final stretch, with Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City all continuing to battle it out at the summit
Ex-Liverpool and Manchester City goalkeeper David James has ruled Arsenal out of the Premier League title race, claiming that the real fight will be between his two former clubs.
James has labelled it a “two-horse race,” despite Arsenal being top of the table with eight games to go. Even taking into account the Gunners’ phenomenal run of form since their mid-season break, the ex-England goalkeeper doesn’t believe that Mikel Arteta’s side are “good enough” to become league champions for the first time since since 2004, Arsenal’s famous Invincibles campaign.
Instead, James rates both Liverpool and City’s higher, each of whom have experienced winning the title in recent seasons. Speaking exclusively to Mirror Football on behalf of Soccer Aid for Unicef, the 53-year-old argued: “Personally, I think it’s a two-horse race.
“This is going to sound really bizarre, and I know Arsenal are in there and I know Arsenal are winning games, but I don’t think Arsenal are good enough to win the title. And I say that with respect.
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“I think this is between Manchester City and Liverpool to the point that even if Arsenal are still mathematically capable of winning the title with a few games to go, it’s not that they’re going to win it.
“It’s sort of like Seb Coe versus Steve Ovett versus Steve Cram (the three former Olympian runners). Those three are racing, they’re going into the final stretch, you know they’re going to be close to each other, but there’s only two possible winners.”
James, speaking before City and Arsenal’s drab 0-0 draw last Sunday which gave Liverpool – who have nine games left to play – the upper hand, continued: “What we’ve seen from Liverpool I think has surprised everyone.
“I wasn’t surprised up until a couple of weeks ago with where they were – because I thought there was a nice balance to them and there still is – the surprise has been in the last couple of games. Granted, they’ve been cup games where young players have come in, shown no fear and more importantly, played like they’ve been involved for a long while.
