Jermaine Jenas has expressed his surprise at the Gunners staying inside the top 4 this season.
‘I don’t know how they are where they are, and that’s not meant as an insult. At the start of the season, I don’t think I even had them in my top six.I thought with the complete turnaround of management, the players they brought in – I’m not sure about some of them – and even the style of play, which has not been convincing, they have done unbelievably well.’
‘I’ve had arguments on Five Live about them, but you have to give them credit. That 22-match unbeaten run they went on might have been a fad, but they are currently in the top four. ‘Do I see them finishing there? No – I think they will lose games between now and the end of the season and, if I was a Spurs player, Chelsea would be the worry now.
‘As squads go, they should be challenging for the title with the players at their disposal. They are a team who could go on a run and not drop many points.’
He added: ‘I played in north London derbies where we were massive underdogs and still came out with something. It’s just a crazy game where anything can happen. ‘You have two teams who go all-out to win the game, instead of making sure they don’t lose it. That’s the fear and the tension which sometimes lets down the Liverpool-United rivalry.
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