{"id":1287,"date":"2026-05-11T21:52:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/?p=1287"},"modified":"2026-05-11T21:52:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:52:52","slug":"neville-makes-brutal-claim-about-weak-gunners-star-and-issues-monumental-pl-title-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/?p=1287","title":{"rendered":"Neville makes brutal claim about &#8216;weak&#8217; Gunners star and issues &#8216;monumental&#8217; PL title verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Gary Neville has hit out at Arsenal star Ben White after he got injured against West Ham and has made a fresh Premier League title claim.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday evening, <strong>Arsenal<\/strong> beat West Ham 1-0 to take a major step towards winning the Premier League title on a very difficult afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners were far from their best but just about did enough via a favour from VAR to pick up all three points, and <strong>they now sit five points clear at the top of the table and will win the Premier League if they win their last two matches. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Head coach <strong>Mikel Arteta<\/strong> tinkered with his team on multiple occasions during the game, with this partly because White was forced off with an injury in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>And Neville has hit out at White over how he picked up an injury, with the Arsenal player \u201casking for trouble\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBen White just hangs his leg there. It\u2019s poor from the right-back,\u201d Neville said on Sky Sports co-commentary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: 16 Conclusions from West Ham 0-1 Arsenal: Rice, Raya, Arteta, Trossard, Wilson, VAR, corners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s up against Summerville; he\u2019s got to be stronger than that. He\u2019s hurt himself there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s easily prevented if you go in strong and with a real sturdy block. He\u2019s hung his leg out in pretty weak fashion, you\u2019re asking for trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neville later added that he suffered an injury in a similar circumstance during his career before saying: \u201cBen White will regret that because that could see him out of the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0b629b85ba2abe5ff39df9829ee5fb57\" image-id=\"mcfcywyjaLtF\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know, we haven\u2019t got the diagnosis yet, but they can be four to six-week injuries which would obviously be a big problem for Ben White in terms of the World Cup and the Champions League final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s hope it\u2019s not that bad but that type of injury comes from that challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: Arsenal irony shows VAR \u2018pointless\u2019 as Man Utd fans rage<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>\u201cArsenal might think their name is on the trophy\u2026\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Neville has also argued that the Gunners may have clinched the Premier League title in the second half against West Ham.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of those moments where Arsenal might think their name is on the trophy,\u201d Neville said on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe drama\u2026 if Arsenal are going to go on and win a title, this is the half. This is the game that will go down in folklore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe late goal, the late VAR decision from Stockley Park from Darren England, and Arsenal get over the line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a monumental movement towards a first Premier League title for this great club in 22 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: Former Prem official proposes \u2018law change\u2019 which could have swung title race away from Arsenal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Roy Keane added: \u201cIt was an emotional game, not the best quality but Arsenal got the job done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot has been made of Arsenal\u2019s mentality in recent years but that is what top teams do, you have to give Arsenal credit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be relief in the dressing room because they might have thought they had lost the title at the end there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n        {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '1399787394855675');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><script>\n        !function(e,n,t){var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)(0);e.getElementById\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Neville has hit out at Arsenal star Ben White after he got injured against West Ham and has made a fresh Premier League title [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}