Arsenal must return to winning ways against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday evening, to challenge for the Premier League title after crushing out of the Champions League.
Mikel Arteta's team lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals at Allianz Arena. The sides drew 2-2 at the Emirates Stadium in the previous week, but were a goal short in Germany.
Prior to that, they suffered a 2-0 home defeat to Aston Villa and remained level on points with Liverpool while Manchester City are two points clear at the top of the table. Ahead of a must-win game, Arsenal will head to Molineux and pundits Paul Merson and Chris Sutton have shared their predictions with both saying Arsenal can still ensure City don't have the title race go all their own way — starting with a win over Wolves.
Former Arsenal ace, Merson, wrote in his Sports Keeda column: «How quickly does football change? All of a sudden, Arsenal are up against it and their season has unraveled in the past week. I always thought this was going to be a hard game but it's much more difficult now after their results against Aston Villa and Bayern Munich.
»The Bavarians were far the better team in the second half and I have no qualms in admitting that Arsenal got dominated. Their season could just fizzle out in the coming weeks, but they won't want to let that happen. They have to win all their remaining games in the Premier League and see where it takes them.
«If Arsenal manage to get wins against Wolves, Chelsea and Tottenham in their next three games, then Manchester City will need to win each of their remaining games to seal the title. This will be a hard game for the Gunners, away from home, but they will look to respond after what has
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