Gary Neville tells Arsenal players to 'get off their Playstations' if they want to ‘rip Man City to shreds’

Gary Neville says Arsenal must go into this month’s potentially title-defining clash with Manchester City believing they can ‘rip them to shreds’ and adopt a positive mindset.

The Gunners now only lead the Premier League table by four points after throwing away a two-goal lead to draw with West Ham on Sunday, following City’s 3-1 win over Leicester a day earlier.

The Blues now do not play in the league again until the April 26 clash with Arsenal due to the FA Cup semi-final with Sheffield United next weekend. Mikel Arteta’s side play bottom club Southampton on Friday.

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Neville says, despite the draw with West Ham, Arsenal find themselves in a very favourable position. He said a win at the Etihad would crown them champions in all but name and detailed the mindset they should take into the clash.

Speaking on his Sky Sports podcast, he explained: "Sir Alex Ferguson always said 'if you had to win one game to win the league would you take it?' And the answer was always yes. [If] Arsenal win at the Etihad they'll win the league.

"If you were handed this opportunity at the start of the season, that you have to go and win away at a ground to win the league you'd snap someone's hand off to have that opportunity every single year. So this is something to feel excited about, this is not something to feel pressure about.

"City will love this game because they've been there before. Guardiola will love this game, but Arteta's got to love this game and his players have got to love this game. [Gabriel] Martinelli, [Bukayo] Saka, [Martin] Odegaard, [Gabriel] Jesus can go and rip City to shreds a week on Wednesday.

"They can, they can go and score three at the Etihad and