Arsenal currently sit top of the Premier League table with just a few games left to go until the World Cup begins in Qatar.
The Gunners have surprised many with their impressive performances so far this season, losing just one game domestically since the start of the 2022/23 campaign. Mikel Arteta has been able to improve the performances of the likes of Granit Xhaka, with the Swiss midfielder proving to be a vital asset in midfield for the Spaniard this term.
Injuries continue to threaten Arsenal's potential success this season, with Bukayo Saka the latest star player to pick up a knock after he was substituted with an ankle injury during the 5-0 win against Nottingham Forest.
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Reiss Nelson proved he can fill in effectively in Saka's absence, but the Gunners may be looking at reinforcing the squad in the January transfer window to give themselves the best chance of silverware and a return to the UEFA Champions League come the end of the season.
With just two Premier League matches left before action is paused for a month for the World Cup in Qatar, Sky Sports pundits Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher have provided their most up-to-date Premier League top-four predictions. The pair have been two of the Gunners' biggest fans this season after lauding Arteta for the improvement at the Emirates Stadium, but they have raised concerns over whether Arsenal can maintain their stunning form.
Revealing his revised top-four predictions, Neville told Mirror Football: "City are guaranteed obviously and I think Tottenham will get in there. I want to say Arsenal because I think they will be.
"I think this season will be split into two and I think you'll see a completely different momentum change and shift at some point in the season. It will just completely change at some point - not at the top, I think City will run away with it.
"But I think Liverpool will come back. We've not seen Chelsea, what are they going to do, are they going to hang in there? Are Arsenal going to hang in there? Tottenham, I don't think will fade away.
"I think it will become a right tangle and mess come February, March and I think the business end of the season will look completely different to how it looks today. So I will go City, Arsenal, Tottenham, United, I think and then I think Chelsea and Liverpool will just miss out.
"But to be honest with you, this idea that Arsenal will definitely get top four, I don't go along with that yet personally. I think they have got to prove it towards the end of the season, even though I've loved watching them at the moment and they're brilliant."
Carragher disagrees with Neville's prediction, labelling Arsenal as his 'favourite team' and believes his former side Liverpool will pip Manchester United to a top four spot, despite their poor start to the new season.
"I think pretty similarly, I do think the north London clubs will both get in it now, I really do believe that, I have loved watching Arsenal, they've been almost my favourite team to watch this season," Carragher said.
"I think Liverpool will get in there ahead of Chelsea and then the two north London clubs alongside Man City. But I think it will be a fight that will go right to the wire and as a Liverpool supporter, if you offered me top four now I would bite your hand off because I think Liverpool are in a right fight for that, they could easily finish sixth.
"But I do think Liverpool will stick in there because I do think in that second half of the season we've got to see the Liverpool of old at some stage and when Liverpool get back to that, it is too much for everybody else in this league, except Man City. Whether they ever get back to that consistency, it's going to be tough for them."
Gary Neville's top four prediction: Man City, Arsenal, Tottenham, Man United
Jamie Carragher's top four prediction: Man City, Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool
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