Gary Neville believes the pressure is on Liverpool in the Premier League title race ahead of a "big" week of fixtures that sees them travel to both Aston Villa and Manchester City.

Liverpool currently sit seven points clear of Arsenal at the top of the table, but Neville believes the Gunners will take some "hope" from the fact they dropped points against Everton in the Merseyside derby and then picked up a "slender victory" over Wolves.



"I even think it was half a good day for Arsenal, with Liverpool, who just got over the line against a Wolves team I thought was fantastic, having Aston Villa away and Man City away coming up.

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"We've all had these types of games and that is why it is a good result for Liverpool." And he believes Arne Slot's side could trip up against Villa and City, but the pressure will go back on Arsenal if Liverpool can keep their seven-point lead intact.

"This next week is big," Neville added.

"If Liverpool can get four points out of the next two games, they will be in a really good position to go and win the league because Arsenal are going to drop points as well.

If the gap can stay at seven points through this difficult period, that will be about par." While Liverpool face two challenging clashes against Villa and City this week, Arsenal have just the one game when they host West Ham on Saturday.
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