Mikel Arteta became the target of Jamie Carragher's wit as the pundit clashed with Gary Neville over their Premier League predictions.

The Sky Sports pair appeared on the broadcaster's YouTube channel to assess their previous Premier League winner forecasts from recent campaigns.

And I've got more points over him over the last five seasons."

The ex-Liverpool center-back's jibe referenced comments made by the Arsenal boss during a press conference ahead of the new Premier League campaign.

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The Spanish tactician stated at the time: "Yeah, you keep digging, digging, digging and you have to be digging because one day the gold is going to be there.

"That's all the time.

For three seasons we've had more points than any other team in this league, which is incredible.

Despite Arsenal finishing above Manchester City last season, Pep Guardiola's team have still accumulated the highest points total over the past three league seasons, reaching 251.

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During the same conversation about the Premier League title race, Neville backed the Gunners once again this term, convinced the club will eventually "get it over the line."

Neville commented: "I've got to stick with Arsenal because I've felt they were going to win it for the last three years

I felt they're going to get it over the line, and it would be wrong of me to change now and I can't split the three of them to be fair."

Carragher stayed faithful to his former side, who finished 10 points ahead of Arsenal last season, though he expressed some reservations about their campaign's start
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