Gary Lineker predicts Premier League title race following Arsenal's draw with Man City

Gary Lineker believes the Premier League title is Liverpool's to lose following Arsenal’s goalless draw with Manchester City on Sunday afternoon. The Reds' 2-1 win over Brighton earlier in the day sent them top, with the draw at the Etihad Stadium seeing them open up a two-point gap, although just three points separate the top three.

Lineker had tipped Arsenal for the crown at the start of the season and is sticking by his prediction. Alan Shearer told The Rest Is Football podcast that he believes the Gunners will be in the fight for the duration of the run-in, to which Lineker replied: “If only one of us had tipped them at the start of the season!”

Fellow pundit Micah Richards reacted: “Look at him, he’s back on the Arsenal train now!” which prompted Lineker to rebut: “No, I said it all along. I never wavered. They tried to get me to waver, but I never wavered.

“But it’s going to be tight. The kind of good thing about this result is that it keeps it a three-horse race — but it would have been anyway, whatever the result. Liverpool have taken advantage of this particular result.”

Arsenal face Luton at home on Wednesday before Manchester City take on Aston Villa and Liverpool battle Sheffield United on Thursday. Next weekend, City travels to Crystal Palace while Arsenal visit Brighton and Liverpool return to Old Trafford to take on Manchester United.

Gabriel impressive, Saliba great, Jesus wasteful — Arsenal player ratings vs Manchester City

Erling Haaland gets two-word response from Gabriel Magalhaes as Pep Guardiola steps in

This week, then, could shake up the table further with every game increasing in pressure with all three also balancing European competition during these final few months.

Want to keep up to date with