Chelsea have ‘no chance’ of beating Arsenal to the Premier League title  | OneFootball

Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville has claimed that Chelsea have ‘no chance’ of winning the Premier League title. 

The Blues seemingly proved they deserve to be taken seriously in the title race after holding Arsenal to a 1-1 draw with ten men last weekend. 

However, Enzo Maresca’s side produced one of their worst performances of the season on Wednesday, losing 3-1 at Leeds United. 

Jaka Bijol scored an early goal for the Whites before Ao Tanaka doubled their advantage on the stroke of half-time.

Pedro Neto pulled one back after the break, but Dominic Calvert-Lewin settled the game with a 72nd-minute strike. 

With Chelsea nine points behind Arsenal in the league table, Neville has dismissed their title hopes.

“I don’t think they can win the title – I don’t think they’ve got a chance,” Neville said on Sky Sports.

“They will be in the top four or five, no problem, but when you talk about winning the league, they are short in goal, short at centre-back and short up top.

“Their centre forwards, centre backs and goalkeepers aren’t good enough to be title winners.

“Chelsea’s team is well built – it’s got an incredible amount of talent, but the centre-backs tonight were poor in every way.

“The goalkeeper [Robert Sanchez] is not good enough to be a title-winning goalkeeper

“At centre-forward, they [Liam Delap and Marc Guiu] are good players, but they’re not at the levels that are required to win Chelsea a title.”

While the Blues slipped up at Leeds, Arsenal sealed a 2-0 victory over Brentford to move five points clear at the top. 

Mikel Arteta made three changes to the team that drew with Chelsea, but goals from Mikel Merino and Bukayo Saka secured the points at the Emirates Stadium. 

Manchester City prevailed in a nine-goal thriller at Fulham earlier this week, with Phil Foden netting a double. 

Pep Guardiola’s side have kept just one clean sheet in their last six top-flight games. 

City were leading 5-1 early in the second half following Erling Braut Haaland’s 100th Premier League goal, but conceded three goals to come close to dropping points at Craven Cottage.