Roy Keane calls out Jamie Carragher for 'playing games' with new Arsenal title prediction

Manchester United legend Roy Keane believes fellow pundit Jamie Carragher is playing games with his latest Champions League title prediction. The former Liverpool defender believesArsenal are the favourites to win the title this year, following Liverpool's recent run of four games without a win.

Arne Slot's side bounced back in the Champions League with an emphatic 5-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt and they have the opportunity to stop their poor run of form in the Premier League against Brentford this weekend. Arsenal, on the other hand, have reclaimed top spot and made light work of Atletico Madrid in the Champions League during midweek.

Speaking on , former England Lioness Jill Scott brought up Carragher's comments from his coverage on CBS, where he claimed Arsenal were the favourites for the Champions League.

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"Jamie said last night that Arsenal are favourites for the Champions League, well he put them as favourites," Scott said.

That comment drew a sharp response from Keane, who said: "Jamie plays games like that, doesn't he? He puts them favourites to put the pressure off Liverpool, a little bit, there's a little bit of that.

"But we all sit here and say, who's going to win the league and we're all going to say Arsenal now and that's putting pressure on them."

Scott, who backed Chelsea to win the title earlier this year, stuck by her guns. She said: "I'm still sticking with Chelsea."

"Jill I'm serious now, do you drink alcohol in the morning?" Keane chirped back. "How do you think Chelsea can win the league, they gave up about 10 chances against Nottingham Forest by playing out from the back. You think they're better than Arsenal?"

"You change your mind all the time," Scott replied.

However, Keane was quick to correct his fellow pundit, reminding her of his pre-season prediction: "When did I change my mind, who did I say at the start of the season for the title? I said Arsenal."

Fellow United icon Gary Neville added: "They've [Arsenal] played United away, Man City, Liverpool away. They've played nearly everybody already and they're where they are. It is wrong to say this because it is ridiculous and we've all been in title races. If they don't win it from here... we've all predicted Arsenal to win the league right, we know it can go wrong.

"If they don't win it from where the other teams are and the confident position they're in now... a lot can change but they're in a good place. It feels like the Newcastle game turned the corner.

"It's not a putting pressure on them statement, they just must be thinking, ‘this is us, this year, we've got to win it’. When you can bring in [Myles] Lewis-Skelly for [Riccardo] Calafiori and Ben White, [Cristhian] Mosquera coming in with no drop off, it's looking scary."

"We've got to be careful," Keane added. "We've got a responsibility saying stuff, two or three weeks ago, we see what happened to Liverpool. If Arsenal got a few injuries, things could change very quickly."