Frank Lampard and Michael Owen are both optimistic about Arsenal’s future. Premier League title chances, despite nine points behind the leaders Liverpool.

The Gunners drew 1-1 with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, with Gabriel Martinelli opening the scoring and Pedro Neto saving a point for the home side.

While a draw at Chelsea is certainly nothing to be ashamed of, it is the sixth time Arsenal have dropped points in 11 Premier League matches and leaves them significantly behind in fourth.

Liverpool’s victory over Aston Villa, along with Manchester City’s defeat against Brighton, puts Arne Slot’s side five points clear at the top of the table, with a goal difference of +15, with their nearest rival near City at +9.

No team has overturned a nine-point deficit to win the Premier League at this stage of the season, the record being eight, but Owen believes Arsenal could be the team to do it.

The Liverpool hero was impressed with what he saw in the draw at Chelsea, but with Martin Odegaard returning from injury he believes they will start to put together a winning run after the international break.

“It’s nine points but it was a big step forward today and it was a good performance today,” Owen told Premier League Productions on Sunday. “It seems like they were back in business today, it was Arsenal Once again today, in recent weeks, it doesn’t really look like Arsenal. Creativity was not there.

“It’s nine points, yes, but it feels like their big players are coming back, the confidence is coming back. It looks to me like they’re going to start scoring points very soon.

“The difference with Arsenal at the moment is that they are short of goals, while they are not conceding many – but at this stage of the season it is important to take into account who they have played,” said Walcott during the match of day 2. .

“I would say that, so far, they have faced tougher teams – they played six of last season’s top 10, and five of those games were away.

“Also, most of the time they were without their main player, Martin Odegaard, and they are still where they are.

“People tend to forget all that when they realize Arsenal aren’t playing at the same level as last year, but for me that’s one of the reasons not to write them off in the race in the title.”

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