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\n\t\tPaul Scholes discussing the Premier League title race (Picture: YouTube)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tPaul Scholes discussing the Premier League title race (Picture: YouTube)<\/p>\n
Paul Scholes<\/a> has warned Arsenal<\/a> they have \u2018no chance\u2019 of winning the Premier League<\/a> until they start turning up in \u2018big games\u2019.<\/p>\n The Gunners still have a two-point cushion at the top of the Premier League despite a deflating 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa at the weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n Leandro Trossard<\/a>\u2019s second-half goal cancelled out Matty Cash\u2019s first-half opener and looked set to earn Mikel Arteta<\/a>\u2019s side a point at Villa Park.<\/p>\n But Emiliano Buendia scored with virtually the last kick of the game to inflict just a second defeat on Arsenal this season and send third-placed Aston Villa into title contention<\/a>.<\/p>\n Manchester City<\/a>, who look to be Arsenal\u2019s biggest rival for the title, thumped Sunderland 3-0 a few hours later<\/a> to cap off a disappointing afternoon for the current leaders.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tGet personalised updates on Aston Villa every day\t\t\t<\/p>\n Wake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro\u2019s Football Newsletter. <\/p>\n Sign up to our newsletter<\/a> and then select your team in the link we\u2019ll send you so we can get football news tailored to you.<\/p>\n Arsenal remain favourites to win the title, according to the bookmakers at least, but Scholes says Arteta\u2019s side need to start winning \u2018the big games\u2019 if they are going to end the club\u2019s 22-year wait for a Premier League trophy.<\/p>\n \u2018Man\u00a0City have a great chance now, don\u2019t they?\u2019 Scholes, a 11-time Premier League winner with Manchester United<\/a>, said on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t \u2018I still\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0think\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0quite\u00a0right\u00a0but they always get better in the\u00a0second-half\u00a0of the season and the thing with Arsenal is they\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0win a big game.<\/p>\n \u2018Until they start winning big\u00a0games\u00a0they\u2019ve\u00a0got\u00a0no chance of winning the league.<\/p>\n \u2018They lost to\u00a0Liverpool,\u00a0they\u00a0couldn\u2019t\u00a0beat Man City at home when they were struggling. Aston Villa are a good team,\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0get me wrong, but Arsenal just\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0win big games. They\u00a0couldn\u2019t\u00a0beat Chelsea after they went down to ten men.<\/p>\n To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web \u2018If\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0going to win the league\u00a0you\u2019ve\u00a0got to start\u00a0winning some big games,\u00a0you\u2019ve\u00a0got to beat your rivals, and they\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0do it.<\/p>\n \u2018Historically Man City always get better after January. They were in the Club World\u00a0Cup\u00a0so they\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0really have a pre-season.\u2019<\/p>\n Scholes\u2019 former Manchester United teammate Nicky Butt, meanwhile, has backed Manchester City to reel Arsenal in and win yet another title.<\/p>\n \u2018I did say I fancied Man City for the title about a month ago,\u2019 Butt said. \u2018They\u2019re suddenly clicking.<\/p>\n \u2018The reason I think Man City will win the league is Pep [Guardiola].\u00a0He\u2019s\u00a0got the\u00a0experience. I can see him winning the league this year and then leaving.\u2019<\/p>\n Arsenal will fully expect to return to winning ways in the Premier League on Saturday when bottom-placed Wolves visit the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n Man City face a potentially tricky trip to Crystal Palace, the team that beat them in last season\u2019s FA Cup final<\/a>, while Aston Villa visit West Ham.<\/p>\n For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/a>.<\/p>\n Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Arrow Arrow Arrow![\"Aston](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250332756_07fbf0.jpg\")
\n\t\tMikel Arteta after Arsenal\u2019s defeat to Aston Villa (Picture: Getty)<\/p>\n
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