But Carragher expects Arsenal to clinch the title regardless of the outcome at the Etihad Stadium despite Mikel Arteta’s side lacking ‘stardust in the final third’.
‘We’ve said before that Arsenal are not the most exciting champions we’ve ever seen,’ Carragher told Sky Sports. ‘They still lack stardust in the final third and didn’t get that superstar over the line that they wanted in the summer.
Arsenal are the defending Premier League champions (Picture: Getty)
Man City have a perfect record in the Premier League (Picture: Getty)
‘There was talk of Vinicius Junior coming in obviously and Julian Alvarez but they didn’t get those deals done. They do lack star power in the final third and we saw more evidence of that on Sunday.
‘Some people will also say that Mikel Arteta has still got the reins on and is stopping them from showing their absolute best going forward because they value the defence so much.
‘But they’ve got the best squad in the country and the best starting line-up, I don’t think anyone can go up against that really except maybe Man City.
‘We said all of this last year as well, they didn’t have a game-changer but what they had is two top-quality players in every position.
‘I still see Arsenal as the team to stop. If they dropped more points on Sunday they could have been five behind Man City.
‘We obviously don’t know what’s going to happen with City, we have to take it as it is right now.
‘Arsenal would have been a bit worried about being five points behind someone like Man City and dropping points in quick succession but they got the win.’
