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Rio Ferdinand believes Arsenal are going to beat Paris Saint-Germain and claim a historic Premier League, Champions League double.<\/p>\n
The Gunners will take on the Champions League holders in their last game of the season at the end of this month and they may have already sewn up their first Premier League title in over two decades as they sit five points clear at the top of the table with two games to play<\/strong>albeit with second-placed Manchester City having a game in hand.<\/p>\n Arsenal will head into the Champions League final as underdogs and will likely have their backs against the wall for much of the game, but Ferdinand has tipped Mikel Arteta\u2019s side to pull off a shock result.<\/p>\n \u201cI said Arsenal would win the league this year and I think Arsenal will win the league,\u201d Ferdinand said on his YouTube channel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I now think that Arsenal are going to win the Champions League, guys.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know why? Let me explain myself. PSG are the better team, 100 per cent. Right now, they\u2019ve got the team, they\u2019re the better footballing team, better style of play, they\u2019re the best team on the planet to watch and their manager is the best right now at this point.<\/p>\n READ MORE: 16 Conclusions from West Ham 0-1 Arsenal: Rice, Raya, Arteta, Trossard, Wilson, VAR, corners<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cBut they look uncomfortable at set-pieces. Even Bayern Munich, who aren\u2019t great at set-pieces, they made them look uncomfortable and I\u2019ve seen it many times this season.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cArsenal play a lot of football and a lot of it is driven to set-pieces. And I think Arsenal fans would agree with that.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re the best team in the Premier League at set-pieces and if they get set-pieces and free-kicks and corners, they are going to cause absolute carnage against that small PSG team.<\/p>\n \u201cPhysically, at set-pieces, PSG can not compete with Arsenal and if Arsenal get any type of possession and any type of free-kicks around the box, or even the halfway line, they\u2019re going to cause damage.\u201d<\/p>\n On the suggestion that Champions League referees have been more strict than their Premier League counterparts from set pieces, Ferdinand replied: \u201cYeah, but Bayern didn\u2019t have to be aggressive.<\/p>\n \u201cYou just have to make good runs and they\u2019ve got athletic, big players, Arsenal, who know how to get on the end of things.<\/p>\n \u201cI just think they\u2019re going to cause problems and I think in the stadium you\u2019ll feel an air and an energy of uncertainty from PSG.<\/p>\n \u201cPSG are absolutely certain and confident in every facet of their game bar set-pieces. And that\u2019s where Arsenal are strong.<\/p>\n \u201cIt leads me to believe that there is hope for Arsenal. Like I said, I\u2019ll reiterate, as a football team and the way they play, there\u2019s not a comparison for me right now, at this moment in time.<\/p>\n \u201cBut there\u2019s more to football than just style of play and set-pieces have to be considered hugely and I think Arsenal are a massive threat to this PSG team.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/div>\nStricter Champions League refs<\/h2>\n