Alan Shearer has suggested that Sunday’s shock results show that the pressure is getting to Premier League title challengers Arsenal and Liverpool.Mikel Arteta’s men crumbled at this point last season but look a lot stronger defensively and mentally, and having learned from their downfall in 2023, they will surely finish 2023/24 strongly.
“As we saw at Anfield and Emirates Stadium on Sunday, pressure does funny things at this stage of the season – even to the best players and teams,” Shearer wrote in his“No-one expected Liverpool and Arsenal to end up both being beaten this weekend, but I’ve been in their situation myself and this is what happens in a title run-in, especially in must-win games at home. If you don’t score early, everyone gets very nervy.
“So, the last few days have been a big surprise in terms of how easily and how often they have been opened up, firstly by Atalanta in the Europa League and then by Palace. Lineker, Shearer slam ’embarrassing’ Arsenal ‘prat’ after ‘real truth’ about White’s England snub emerges Alan Shearer still thinks Man City will beat Liverpool and Arsenal to the Premier League title despite their draw against the Gunners on Easter Sunday.Liverpool and England icons feature but who had the greatest celebration ever? Has to be the ‘here I am spinning vinyl in a club while holding headphones’.