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Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane believes Arsenal are in a better position this season to win the Premier League after closing the gap to Manchester City.
Last year, the Blues were trailing the Gunners for a vast majority of the campaign. However, in the head-to-head clashes, Pep Guardiola's side flexed their dominance beating them twice in the Premier League and once in the FA Cup by an aggregate scoreline of 8-2.
However, this season is proving to be a tighter run contest. After a blip in recent weeks, City sit six points behind Mikel Arteta's men and lost a close encounter with the north London side back in October.
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Speaking on the Stick to Football podcast, brought to you by Sky Bet, Keane said that he believes he has seen signs this season that Arsenal will be able to hold off the challenge of City. He explained: "The last three games [for Arsenal], the one at Brentford was a 1-0 win, a clean sheet away from home. It was an ugly game and a tough game, but I always felt they would get a goal in that game, and they did.
"Then against Luton, they’re all over the place, giving bad goals away, but still won so they’re winning different types of games even if it’s a bit ugly. The biggest rivals last year [to City] was Arsenal and when they played last year, in two league games and the FA Cup, they [City] were so far ahead of them.
"Whereas this year you look at Arsenal, and that will give them belief that they can compete and beat them. I don’t know if they had that real belief last year that they could beat them, but I think if you’re in Arsenal’s camp, you must think: ‘Do you know what lads,
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