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Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has made his prediction as Arsenal take on Atletico Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
The Gunners have now come through a wobble that threatened to derail their season after they lost the Carabao Cup final in March<\/strong>exited the FA Cup to Championship side Southampton, and let Manchester City back into the title race.<\/p>\n Two wins in a row against Newcastle and Fulham in the Premier League have boosted Arsenal<\/strong>\u2018s title chances with Mikel Arteta\u2019s side six points clear of Man City, who have two games in hand.<\/p>\n Arsenal are also still in the Champions League and drew the first leg of their semi-final against Atletico Madrid 1-1 last week at the Metropolitano Stadium.<\/p>\n And Carragher has predicted an Arsenal win the second leg to put the Gunners into their first Champions League final since 2006, which Barcelona won 2-1.<\/p>\n Carragher said on The Gary Neville podcast: \u201cI think Arsenal will get through.<\/p>\n READ: Arsenal v Atletico Madrid: Prediction, team news, line-ups and odds<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI think they\u2019re a better team than Atletico Madrid. I don\u2019t think Atletico are that good if I\u2019m being honest.<\/p>\n \u201cEven in the first leg, there was a 20-minute period when Atletico were on top but either side of that Arsenal were in control of the game.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the big thing Arsenal have done in the last couple of games is put Declan Rice a little bit deeper and I think that\u2019s had a big impact.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought he played well against Atletico, showed real authority, and was excellent at the weekend against Fulham.<\/p>\n MORE ARSENAL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019ve been worried about that midfield, we\u2019ve highlighted that a lot recently, but there\u2019s been a little change there and it helped.\u201d<\/p>\n Carragher\u2019s fellow pundit Gary Neville reckons Arsenal are now back \u201cin a good place\u201d after a few weeks of doubt over their Premier League and Champions League ambitions.<\/p>\n Neville added: \u201cTo go to Madrid and play as well as they did will have given Arsenal a lot of confidence.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t think they would get done over at Atletico but they can make it horrible for you. That was my fear for Arsenal going into that game.<\/p>\n \u201cBut they played well and Bukayo Saka coming back was massive so they\u2019re in a good place.\u201d<\/p>\n Bukayo Saka scored the second Arsenal goal as they beat Fulham 3-0 on Saturday and Paul Merson insists the Gunners have a \u201cbig game player\u201d on their hands.<\/p>\n Merson said on Sky Sports<\/em>: \u201cHe\u2019s a top-quality player. I know he hasn\u2019t put up the numbers this season, but he gets doubled up.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cBut he\u2019s a big game player. He gets on the ball, and when he isolates Jimenez (for the first goal), he knows what to do, and he\u2019s on his weaker foot.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
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