Arsenal’s final "difficult" Premier League challenge to claim title assessed after West Ham win leaves Man City behind

Arsenal indispensable beryllium cautious against Crystal Palace earlier believing they person won the Premier League title, erstwhile pro Stephen Warnock has exclusively told Sports Mole.

The Gunners took a important measurement towards claiming the league rubric connected Sunday, beating West Ham United 1-0 successful a controversial match.

Mikel Arteta's broadside present conscionable request to triumph their last 2 games to marque definite of finishing first, though they volition look Crystal Palace successful their last lucifer of their league run connected May 24.

Speaking to Sports Mole via BetWright, 1 of the UK's champion betting sites, Warnock insisted that the caput manager should not beryllium celebrating conscionable yet, saying: "If Crystal Palace were to spell strong, I deliberation it becomes a precise hard crippled for Arsenal.

"That's due to the fact that of that feeling of wanting to get the rubric implicit the line, the unit that comes with it, not wanting to gaffe up connected the last time against a perchance beardown opponent."

Arsenal volition look Burnley connected May 18 anterior to their clash with Palace, though they volition beryllium expected to comfortably get past the Clarets.

Crystal Palace vs. Arsenal: Will Mikel Arteta bushed Oliver Glasner?

Palace volition big Arsenal connected May 24, and that volition beryllium the last clip that Oliver Glasner volition instrumentality complaint of the broadside astatine Selhurst Park.

However, the Eagles volition play Rayo Vallecano successful the Conference League last 3 days aft facing the Gunners, truthful they volition astir surely tract a importantly weakened XI,

Warnock argued that Arsenal should yet person capable to get the amended of Palace, erstwhile helium told Sports Mole: "With Crystal Palace, however bash they attack that game? Do they alteration their players? Do they remainder a lot?

"Do they spell into it reasoning 'we privation to beryllium sharp, acceptable for the Conference League final?' I deliberation the result of the lucifer each hinges connected that.

"But successful the end, I deliberation Arsenal should person enough. I deliberation the feeling would beryllium that this is their accidental to spell for it and truly instrumentality the crippled to Crystal Palace."

Arteta's broadside emerged arsenic 1-0 winners successful the reverse fixture successful October 2025, and they person besides won their past 3 clashes astatine Selhurst Park.

Arsenal vs. Burnley: Could Gunners gaffe up astatine the Emirates?

If Arsenal privation to beryllium successful a presumption to triumph the rubric against Palace, they volition request to bushed Burnley astatine location this weekend, and galore volition presumption that arsenic a comparatively straightforward encounter.

Burnley are already relegated and are winless successful their past 10 Premier League games, with the nine losing connected 7 occasions.

Warnock struggled to spot the Gunners facing galore difficulties against the Clarets, telling Sports Mole: "I deliberation Burnley volition astir apt beryllium a formality for Arsenal astatine home.

"People were saying a fewer weeks agone that it looked similar it had fallen distant from them, but since then, results changed and things happened and abruptly they're backmost successful charge, and they volition beryllium against Burnley."

It should beryllium noted that Manchester City lone won 1-0 astatine Turf Moor connected April 22, truthful possibly the brushwood could beryllium much hard than immoderate imagine.

Stephen Warnock was speaking to Sports Mole connected behalf of BetWright, who provide Premier League Odds.