{"id":50269,"date":"2021-09-17T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T14:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/epl-john-barnes-predicts-where-arsenal-will-finish-this-season"},"modified":"2021-09-17T15:27:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T14:27:14","slug":"epl-john-barnes-predicts-where-arsenal-will-finish-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/epl-john-barnes-predicts-where-arsenal-will-finish-this-season","title":{"rendered":"EPL: John Barnes predicts where Arsenal will finish this season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Liverpool legend, John Barnes, has predicted the position Arsenal will finish this season in the English Premier League, EPL.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are currently in the 16th position on the Premier League table with three points after four matches.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta\u2019s side finished eighth on the Premier League table last season behind North London rivals Tottenham, Liverpool, Man United, Leicester City and champions Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>But Barnes expects Arsenal to finish between \u201csixth and eighth\u201d in the Premier League table this season.<\/p>\n<p>He stated this ahead of Arsenal\u2019s Premier League clash with Burnley on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course they [Arsenal] can finish outside the European places because they did last year and they haven\u2019t started particularly well,\u201d Barnes was quoted by Metro as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a big result against Norwich City because as much as they should be beating Norwich, having lost their first three games, their confidence was low.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully that can kick start their season because they are a good side and they have good young players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to see Emile Smith-Rowe and Bukayo Saka be more prominent this season as you don\u2019t want your young English players playing in a struggling side because their confidence may suffer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArsenal won\u2019t break into the top four. They should feel that they can finish between sixth and eighth, but it depends on their confidence over the next few weeks and the results they pick up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EPL: John Barnes predicts where Chelsea, Man United, Liverpool will finish this season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Liverpool legend, John Barnes, has predicted the position Arsenal will finish this season in the English Premier League, EPL. Arsenal are currently in the 16th position on the Premier League table with three points after four matches. 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