John Barnes doesn’t rate Arsenal’s title chances (Photo: PLP)

John Barnes believes it’s only a two-horse race for the Premier League title, with Arsenal already out of the running.

Liverpool comfortably beat Brentford 4-1 in Saturday’s early kick-off to extend their lead at the top of the table to five points.

Manchester City and Arsenal will have the chance to close it back up later in the day if they beat Chelsea and Burnley respectively, while the Citizens also have a game in hand over their rivals.

It appears as if this title race will go down to the wire between these three clubs, but Barnes isn’t so convinced, as he doesn’t rate the Gunners ability to handle the pressure and grind out results.
‘City are the favourites, I make Liverpool the second favourites,’ the Reds legend said on Premier League Productions.

‘Arsenal were in a better position last year, but I’ve said since the Premier League started: March, April is when you really start to look at who the runners and riders are, because you have teams like Aston Villa and Tottenham who [looked like contenders] six weeks ago.

‘When you’re coming into the end of February/March, it’s all about can you just get a result, and Man City are all conquering, all dominant in that respect. Liverpool for me are the closest challengers because there are certain games where Liverpool have’t played well but have got a result.

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