Arsenal will look to keep their fading title hopes alive when they travel to the Theatre of Dreams on Sunday.
Mikel Arteta’s side had the chance to cut Liverpool’s lead at the top of the table to just five points less than two weeks ago but losing to West Ham and drawing with Nottingham Forest has left the Gunners 13 points adrift.
Arsenal fans were wondering where the next goal never mind win would come from after they scored just twice across four games, but a stunning 7-1 victory over PSV in the Champions League in midweek has improved the mood at the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners had six different goalscorers out in Holland on Tuesday night, sealing the biggest-ever away win in the first leg of a Champions League knockout game.
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Manchester United, meanwhile, drew 1-1 with Real Sociedad last time out in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie in Spain.
The Red Devils have won just two of their last seven games in all competitions as they prepare for the visit of title-challenging Arsenal.
Revealing his prediction for this weekend’s intriguing Premier League clash, Neville said on The Overlap’s It’s Called Soccer! show: ‘Manchester United are playing so poorly at the moment but they do sometimes lift their game against big opponents.
‘I think that will be the case on Sunday. The crowd will be with them, I think it will be 1-1.’
Rebecca Lowe, host of the YouTube show, added: ‘I’m going 2-0 to Arsenal. Sorry Gary!
‘I know Arsenal haven’t got any strikers but I just don’t see a way that Manchester United win that game.’
Arteta was full of praise for his Arsenal side after they made Champions League history with an incredible victory over PSV.
‘I really enjoyed the match – thank you to the players for the performance they put in on a big night for us against a really good side,’ he said.
‘The way they went through in the last round against Juventus was really impressive so the manner that we’ve done it, the way that we’ve played, the goals that we scored; thank you because it was a special night.’
Asked how big the PSV win could be for the rest of Arsenal’s season, Arteta added: ‘Well, it obviously gives us a lot of joy, confidence and belief.
‘But this is football, it’s not what we did three days ago, or today, it’s about what we’re going to do tomorrow, or at Old Trafford, how we behave and able to win again, and that’s it.
‘Enjoy tonight because it was a very impressive performance, an unbelievable score, so we deserve that, and now take that, and keep improving as a team.’
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