Gary Neville expects Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal to ‘limp over the line’ in the Premier League this season

Gary Neville thinks 86 points will be enough to win the Premier League this season, suggesting Arsenal will “limp over the line” come May.

It has taken in excess of 90 points to win the title in all but one of the last six years, with City hitting 100 points in 2017-18. However Neville expects a more modest haul will be enough to win this year’s title.

“I think this is a traditional season. For Arsenal to get over the line, it will be a little bit like Blackburn did against Manchester United in 1994/95.

“You don’t win the title easily, you just don’t,” added Neville.

“It is a struggle to win your first title after a number of years

“But in terms of Arsenal having a massive lead currently, I think we should take our minds back to Saturday afternoon after Arsenal had lost and we were thinking, ‘[the gap] is going to be two points’. That lead can just evaporate inside a week.

“This could happen again in two weeks, in three weeks, in six weeks – this could go on for months.

“There will be another weekend where Arsenal lose, and Manchester City can go to two points and then City play Arsenal after that and go one point in front. That could have happened in the next 10 days.”

Next up for Arsenal in the Premier League is Brentford on Saturday.