Gary Neville expects the Premier League title race to be concluded before the end of the season as he hinted at Arsenal potentially dropping points against Man United and labelled Man City's run of perfect form as 'inevitable'.
Arsenal and City continued their game of leapfrog at the Premier League summit over the weekend as the reigning champions thrashed Wolves, while Arsenal eased past Bournemouth.
The Gunners remain top with a one point advantage over Pep Guardiola's side who are attempting to win a fourth consecutive top-flight crown, however, the Manchester chasers have a game in-hand that if they win would put them out of Arsenal's reach.
Neutral supporters hope the two-horse race to the title keeps going until the final day of the season - Sunday May 19 - but former Man United title-winner, Neville, expects it to be over before then.
Arsenal have to beat United at Old Trafford in the penultimate game of the season and Neville admitted he could see the Gunners dropping points that would give Man City a chance to storm ahead at the top of the Premier League.
Meanwhile, City face a midtable Fulham prior to travelling to face their bogey team, Tottenham, before hosting West Ham on the final day of the campaign, but Neville admitted there is an 'inevitability of City' that breathes confidence about their title ambitions.
Speaking on Sky Sports, Neville said: 'A few weeks ago when I said they had to be perfect and they have just had that one slip-up against Aston Villa, there's an inevitability of City at this stage of the season, getting the job done, knowing what they need to do.
'They have got that difficult game against Spurs on paper in 10 days but the way Spurs are at this moment in time I think it will be difficult
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