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Gary Neville has backed Viktor Gyokeres to help fire Arsenal to the Premier League title.

Gyokeres made his Premier League debut on Sunday as Arsenal beat Manchester United, but faced criticism for what many felt was an ineffective display.

Neville did not share that view, though, and said there were plenty of things that impressed him about the 27-year-old's performance.

Gyokeres earned a move to the Premier League by scoring 97 goals in 102 appearances for Sporting Lisbon, and he was brought in to address the Gunners' lack of a prolific striker.

Explaining why he is tipping Arsenal to win the Premier League, Neville told Sky Sports: "I couldn't separate them (Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City) so I just went for the team I've gone for the last three years.

They're just going to have to sort that forward bit of the pitch out and I think Gyokeres will.

"I couldn't separate Arsenal, Manchester City or Liverpool.

Viktor Gyokeres made his Premier League debut against Arsenal

City have an unbelievable spine."

Jamie Carragher, meanwhile, backed Liverpool to defends its crown but tipped Manchester City — not Arsenal — to be the Reds' closest challenger.

"A few days ago, I thought Arsenal would be Liverpool's biggest challengers," Carragher said

"But the way they played [at Man Utd] was typical Arsenal of last season - the name of the game is winning games - it will be interesting over the next few weeks if we see them open up more, create more chances and see how they've evolved from last season.

"I was really impressed with Manchester City and I think it's Manchester City who might be Liverpool's closest challengers."


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