Michael Owen reveals the only way Arsenal can pip Liverpool to the Premier League title

Michael Owen has revealed the only way Arsenal can still pip Liverpool to the Premier League title after a damaging defeat to West Ham. Arsenal’s title hopes were dealt a huge and potentially fatal blow on Saturday as Graham Potter’s Hammers clinched a 1-0 win at the Emirates Stadium.

The hosts’ lack of firepower was once again a problem and they could not respond to Jarrod Bowen’s opener on the stroke of half-time. In a further blow, Arsenal finished the match with ten men after Myles Lewis-Skelly was sent off for hacking down Mohammed Kudus as he attempted to race through on goal.

The defeat leaves Arsenal eight points behind Liverpool as the Premier League leaders prepare for Sunday’s huge game against Manchester City. Arsenal have challenged for the title for three seasons in a row but look set to fall short yet again. Ex-England striker Owen believes Mikel Arteta’s side will need to win all 12 of their remaining league games to even stand a chance of pipping Liverpool to the title.

Reacting to Arsenal’s defeat to West Ham, Owen said on Premier League Productions: ‘You’re going for a title and Liverpool have stumbled in the last couple of weeks. ‘I know you’ve got injuries but you’re at home against West Ham and you’ve still got a good team out there. You’d think they would find a way but the West Ham goalkeeper was hardly worked today.

‘They could still be out there now and they wouldn’t have scored. It’s disappointing for the Arsenal fans and now they’re going to need to ask for a lot of help from other teams. ‘Liverpool have been absolutely brilliant this season, no one can deny they deserve to be top. We’re all looking at the run-in and wondering if Arsenal can do it.

‘Now Liverpool need 29 points out of 26 which is not a banker still, it’s not a banker. But that’s assuming Arsenal go unbeaten and that’s the hard thing because they’re struggling for firepower. ‘But they’ve got to aim for that because anything less and you’d think Liverpool would do it.’.

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. Arsenal legend Ian Wright, meanwhile, admitted he felt ‘down’ watching his injury-plagued former club fail to break down West Ham.

The Gunners surprisingly decided not to make any signings during the January transfer window in a move that has backfired. ‘It was always going to be a tough one with the forwards missing,’ Wright said. ‘There wasn’t enough creativity, we didn’t do enough.

‘You have to give West Ham credit because they defended superbly. I couldn’t see where the goal was coming from for Arsenal. ‘We completely run out of ideas. We haven’t got the firepower at the moment. I was a little bit down today because I didn’t see where it was going to come from.’.

Arsenal need to at least keep the pressure on runaway leaders Liverpool on Wednesday night when they visit a Nottingham Forest team eyeing Champions League qualification. For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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