- Martin Keown believes Arsenal could go on to win the Premier League title
- The Gunners icon made the prediction after Tuesday’s Champions League win
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Martin Keown believes Arsenal’s penalty shootout victory against Porto in the Champions League could spurn them onto lifting the Premier League this season, but was warned by Rio Ferdinand over making such claims.
The Gunners ended their agonising 14-year wait to make it to the Champions League quarter-finals as David Raya made to brilliant spot-kick saves to win the shootout 4-2.
A last-eight tie against one of Europe’s biggest teams now awaits Mikel Arteta’s sided and Arsenal legend Keown believes the momentum could carry them through to the English top-flight title.
Arsenal currently sit top of the Premier League standings heading into the upcoming international break, tied on 64 points with Liverpool and just one-point ahead of reigning champions City.
Speaking on TNT Sports, Keown raved over Arsenal’s European success and labelled his former side as ‘potential winners’ in the race for the Premier League.
Martin Keown believes Arsenal’s penalty shootout victory against Porto in the Champions League could spurn them onto the Premier League title
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Arsenal are through to the Champions League quarter-finals after David Raya made two saves in the penalty shootout
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Keown stated that Champions League momentum could lead Arsenal to Premier League title
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‘What it what it means is momentum. And it means that the Arsenal now can go into that man city going full of confidence. You know, it’s the lions den, we know what they’ve achieved six trophies is it last year, Man City is the ultimate team,’ he said.
‘But they go, they’re now really confident in good form. I think it would have been a bit of a downer, if they’d have lost this tonight and then gone into the city game because they’re out the FA Cup.
‘But now this just keeps it ticking along beautifully. The players they grow from it, there’s a lot of confidence now.
‘And it’s a really big night where they can feel like they’re going to be potentially be winners, you know, because that’s the that’s the thing now is go to the next stage.
Ferdinand quickly dispelled Keown’s audacious statement as he hit back: ‘Let’s not go there Martin, it’s too early.’
Keown doubled-down on his prediction by continuing: ‘You want to win something I’m putting out there, they want to win something.’
Refusing to entertain the discussion of Arsenal’s Premier League credentials any further, Ferdinand instead focused on the evening’s events at the Emirates.
‘Of course you want to win but I think the bigger thing today, they showed a spirit. They never looked in complete control,’ he said.
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Man United legend Rio Ferdinand warned Keown about making claims about Arsenal’s Premier League chances
‘I think a lot of people expected that walked into this stadium and like me, like us, we expected Arsenal to control the the tempo of this game, be aggressive and on the front foot.
‘But you realise actually at this level there are teams who can come and go toe to toe and have the confidence to do that. But I think the spirit is the overriding factor that I see here.
‘The scenes after, the fans, the players the connection to the fans, now that creates a strong bond that I can feel in his place now.
‘That will hold him in good stead in the last stage of this competition and the run-in of the Premier League,’ he added.