Jamie Redknapp names Arsenal’s biggest title rivals after Man City defeat | Football

Jamie Redknapp believes Arsenal will ‘run away’ with the Premier League title this season and has named Brighton as their nearest challengers.

Arsenal moved six points clear at the top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win at home to Hull City.

Manchester City then suffered their third straight defeat in the Premier League as they were beaten 3-1 by Nottingham Forest on Saturday evening.

Brighton will overtake City and move into second if they beat Brentford on Sunday and Redknapp admits he is struggling to see a credible threat to Arsenal this season.

‘They [Man City] obviously miss Semenyo, he’s a big player for them in the wide areas but they’ve still got people in wide positions who can cause problems,’ Redknapp told Sky Sports.

‘That one today is a sore one, it gives you the feeling right now in terms of who can challenge Arsenal? I just don’t see one.

‘If you look at the league table, I think right now, probably the one you’d point to, and I never thought I’d say this at the start of the year, but it’s Brighton.

‘Arsenal have got Saliba coming back, the players they’ve got defensively, you’d never see Arsenal look as open as we saw Manchester City look [against Forest].

‘I don’t really see anything else other than Arsenal running away with this title at the moment.

‘I know it’s really early but I just think they’re so much better than everyone else in every single area.

‘It’s the worst-case scenario for every team, when you see a team like that, today they grind out a result, I just don’t see anybody else.’

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