Arsenal dressing room's view on title race doubts is clear after Man City 'game-changer'

Arsenal missed out on the chance to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table as they drew with Wolves this week

Alan Shearer has explained why Arsenal ‘won’t have liked’ the reaction to their draw with Wolves in the Premier League. The Gunners were forced to settle for a point in their 2-2 stalemate at Molineux on Wednesday night, which saw them miss out on the chance to extend their lead over Manchester City.

Mikel Arteta’s side are now five points ahead of City in the Premier League table, having played one game more.

That game in hand will see City face Crystal Palace in a rearranged fixture with a new date yet to be confirmed. Arsenal are also set to travel to the Etihad Stadium later in the season.

The Gunners have now dropped points in their last two Premier League matches, having also draw with Brentford in their previous fixture.

As a result, Shearer has explained why Arsenal's players will not like the noise that may centre around them potentially losing their advantage to City in the title race.

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“Cracks are starting to show now for Arsenal, and I think because of being 2-0 up and then being pegged back as they were by the team bottom of the Premier League in Wolves it doesn’t look good,” Shearer told Betfair.

“I pretty much expected this. I never thought they'd run away with it. Very rarely do teams do that, particularly with teams that haven't won it for a long time like Arsenal.

“So, from that point of view, I get it and understand it but that would be a concern, and whether they like it or not, Arsenal probably haven't liked people going on about them bottling it, them chucking it away and the pressure being on them.

“They probably haven't liked it. Well, they won't like what'll happen in the next few days now, because the noise will get a lot louder.

“There’ll be a lot more of that now because of what happened on Wednesday, and you can imagine how loud it'll be if Tottenham beat them on Sunday as well.”

Shearer continued: “The Premier League title is also still in Arsenal’s hands because if they win every game, they win the league.

“Technically it's in both of their hands and everyone was always going to look to that game, at the Etihad in April. That was always going to be a key game anyway, and it obviously clearly is.”

Shearer also pointed out the game of the season so far which has proven to be a 'game-changer' from City's point of view.

“City play Newcastle, whose record at City is dreadful, as we know,” Shearer added. “So yeah, there are still going to be twists and turns in between now and the end of the season.

“I think there'll be a time where City will be top, and where Arsenal will be top, and I guess it's probably going to come down to that game in April.

“I do think Man City's result at Anfield was a game-changer in terms of City going for the league, because if they hadn't have got that, it might have been very different. They wouldn't have put so much pressure on Arsenal.”

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