Former Arsenal and Manchester City defender Kolo Toure believes the Gunners can win the Premier League title but they will have to fight until the last day if they want to finish top of the table.

Mikel Arteta’s side are currently eight points above their rivals heading into the final ten games of the season, and Toure has praised the London club for maintaining their title challenge:

“They look like a team that can win the Premier League. The quality they have on the pitch, the chemistry they have with each other. They defend and attack together. They suffer together and they enjoy together. I can see this family bond. You can see these are guys who are ready to fight for each other.”

“Mikel Arteta has been incredible. What he is doing as a young manager is inspiring us. You can see the energy he is bringing. He was really lucky to work with one of the best managers in the world in Pep Guardiola – learning from him was vital. But with Man City, they have the experience and Arsenal have to be really careful they don’t slip because this Man City team will give everything they have until the last game.”

As Toure mentions, City do have a track record of winning closely-contested title battles, and their experience does give them an edge.

However, a lot depends on Arsenal and whether they can maintain their consistency during the run-in. They have a healthy lead which does allow them to drop a point here and there, but the key will be to ensure that they don’t suffer a poor run of form that brings them right back into the clutches of their rivals. If that happens, it will be tough for Arteta’s men.