Peter Schmeichel makes bold title claim after Arsenal beat Liverpool

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Ask Metro Use AI to go deeper into the stories you care about – powered by Metro and trusted publications. ‘Now they are winners and I can’t see anyone, with that squad and what he has available to him, Arteta, who can challenge this team.’ To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Schmeichel reserved special praise for Noni Madueke and credited Arteta with helping to turn the winger from just a ‘talent’ into a ‘fantastic football player’. ‘Remember when he was at Chelsea, we sat there right behind the bench, he got substituted in one of the games we covered,’ the Dane said of Madueke. ‘We all spoke about his behaviour afterwards… you never become a great player when you behave like that. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video ‘Now, what we’ve just seen in the game [against Liverpool], it’s great manager work. ‘He’s produced a fantastic football player out of a great talent that we always thought was just going to be a talent.’ Ex-Arsenal winger Freddie Ljungberg was similarly glowing with his praise for Madueke and backed the England international to play a ‘very important’ role for the club over the coming months.

Madueke will be ‘very important’ for Arsenal this season, says Ljungberg (Picture: Getty) ‘He’s a top talent,’ Ljungberg, a member of Arsene Wenger’s Invincibles squad, explained. ‘He’s different to Bukayo [Saka]. He stands and makes the right decisions, angles, shots, knows what he’s doing. ‘Madueke is a bit more: one against one and I’m going.

And he switches off. ‘But he did not do that against Liverpool. It was a very mature performance from him because that’s what we sometimes say, “Don’t switch off!”, and he didn’t. ‘He did really well and he’s going to be very important.’ Will Arsenal defend their Premier League title?