Sol Campbell has backed Arsenal to win this season's Premier League title if they can beat Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.
The Gunners are currently eight points clear at the top of the table with just nine games to play, the first of which comes this weekend away to the Reds, who they haven't beaten at Anfield in the league since 2012. Now, Campbell has claimed that this match could be the defining one in the title race, comparing it to when his 'Invincibles' side of 2003/04 secured a 4-2 victory against Liverpool, coincidentally also on April 9.
Speaking about that match to The Sun, Campbell said: "When we were 2-1 down at half-time you could sense a nervous tension among fans — particularly on the back of two draws and two defeats beforehand. But by the end Highbury was really rocking.
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"Going into this match we were four points ahead of second-placed Chelsea and felt confident we were in the driving seat with eight games left. However, after this 4-2 win I genuinely think we all finally felt for the first time the title was in our grasp.
"Fast forward 19 years and I think Mikel Arteta’s Gunners are in the same mindset going into tomorrow’s game against, of all teams, Liverpool, on the same date. The progress they have made in 12 months — after missing out on a top four place a year ago — has been the story of the season.
"A combination of outstanding player recruitment, a brilliant start to the season — with five wins in a row — and then reeling off their last seven Prem wins on the spin. Even Pep Guardiola has admitted he would rather be in Arsenal’s position right now — because it’s the Gunners’ title to lose.
"I do believe that if they win at Liverpool tomorrow it would take something absolutely catastrophic for Arsenal not to be lifting the Premier League trophy at the end of next month." Campbell's comments come a few days after Manchester United icon Roy Keane predicted Arsenal to crumble in the final two months of the season.
“They’re [Arsenal] in a great position, wouldn’t have thought that at the start of the season but they’ve been brilliant, a lot of the young players have been very consistent, they can just focus on the league,” the Irishman said on The Overlap. “They’re definitely favourites for the title.
“I don’t think they’ll do it. I still have to fancy City but Arsenal have got themselves in a great position. You need a little bit of luck, injuries over the last few months, they’re in a great position and you have to admire them for that can’t begrudge them.”
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