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Arsenal edge past 'Jekyll & Hyde' Chelsea | Sesko is now a game-changer for Manchester United

3/1/202631 min

Gary Neville is joined by Peter Drury to reflect on Arsenal's crucial 2-1 victory over Chelsea at The Emirates which extended their lead back to five points. They also discuss the big improvement made by Benjamin Sesko and Gary predicts his final top 5 in the Premier League table.

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  1. Peter Drury· Guest0:00

    Welcome everyone. We're at the Emirates Stadium, which is celebratory right now off the back of another Arsenal win, two-one against Chelsea. It's a five-point gap at the top again, one game in hand. We end the weekend, in a sense, Gary, where we started it. What about this game though? There was a, there was a whole lot of jeopardy around it.

  2. Gary Neville· Host0:17

    Yeah. I mean, look, it's, it's, it's a very good week for Arsenal. You think about where they were a week last Wednesday after the Wolves game, and there were big questions. And I think one of the toughest things in a title race is when you're actually asked to play second and your competitor, your main rival's playing first. And City have had that advantage in the last week where they've played two games ahead of Arsenal. I don't know how many times that's gonna happen. I actually think that to be fair... Look, [sighs] it always happens, and to be fair, we're on TV, but it is a massive advantage to play first. So I don't know how many occasions that's gonna happen before the end of the season, but I think there is something when it gets to the last six or eight games where maybe, maybe they should play together or on the same day. I don't know how that can work 'cause obviously you wanna try and get every single game on. But I do think it's a big advantage. And Arsenal, Mikel Arteta before the game was asked by Patrick Davison whether it's an added pressure seeing your rivals win last night, and he said, "No, 'cause we just need to do our job." That's the standard answer. It absolutely is a lot more difficult. You know, if I, if Leeds get a goal last night in the ninetieth minute, Arsenal just lift themselves on a Saturday night, and they've not even played. If City get over the line and win, you don't go down, you don't get down in the dumps or anything like that, but you just think,

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