Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer both think Arsenal will win the Premier League title over Liverpool

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At the start of the 2025-26 season, most fans, pundits and journalists all expected Liverpool to run away with the Premier League title.

And, while they may be second in the Premier League table for now, that doesn’t mean that they’re guaranteed to stay there.

Their last three games have all ended in defeats, with Liverpool’s areas of weakness seeming to get exposed.

This has resulted in a few pundits backtracking on what they initially said about Liverpool’s chances, with Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer now believing that Arsenal will be the ones to win the top-flight title.

Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer say that Arsenal will win the Premier League this season

Arsenal and Liverpool were the two biggest spenders during the 2025-26 summer transfer window.

This came as a surprise to many, especially since they were both at the top of the table for an extended period of time.

In the end, Liverpool were the ones who came out on top with Arsenal finishing in second place for the third year in a row.

Many thought that the same would be happening in the 2025-26 season, but now that the Anfield outfit have gone through a bit of a rough patch, it seems like most are changing their minds.

“I said Liverpool, there’s only been seven or eight games, ask me after 12 games, I might change my mind and say Arsenal,” Shearer said to talkSPORT.

Gary Lineker provided a similar response and said: “I’ve thought Liverpool at the start of the season, but now I’m swaying more towards Arsenal, I think it’ll be one of them.”

Liverpool need to prove the doubters wrong and get back to winning ways

It may still be early in the season, but if Liverpool don’t get their act together soon, they may as well kiss their title hopes goodbye.

Arsenal are now first in the league, with one point separating them and Liverpool.

That may not seem like all that much, but the fact that Arsenal have a +11 goal difference, whereas Liverpool only have a +4, shows how poor they’ve been.

However, the one positive to come from this season is that Arne Slot’s men did manage to beat Mikel Arteta’s, which has kept them within touching distance.

Here’s hoping that, after the international break, everything goes swimmingly.