Mikel Arteta held his head in his hands as Arsenal succumbed to a 1-0 defeat away to Nottingham Forest this weekend. Leeds now sit at the top of the relegation places, two points from safety with a game against Tottenham coming next week and need to win if they are to escape the drop and guarantee their survival this season. In an amusing moment, the 68-year-old picked up the cash and appeared to hand the fourth official the bank note in jest.Īs the saying goes, see a penny pick it up and all day long you'll have good luck, but unfortunately that may not have worn off for Allardyce's side who went on to concede three goals and lose Patrick Bamford with a Hamstring injury during the match. Overall, it's a mixed bag, but not a bad effort from the Sky Sports pundit.ĭespite the seriousness of the situation Sam Allardyce's side find themselves in, he did have a light-hearted moment with the fourth official on the touchline, during Leeds' disappointing 3-1 defeat by West Ham on Sunday.Īfter going a goal up, things were looking promising for the Lilywhites, who needed to win at the weekend to escape the bottom three.Īnd in the first 25 minutes, it appeared Allardyce's luck was in, with Rodrigo rifling a stunning volley into the back of the net, before his manager spotted a five pound note on the touchline.

Neville backed Arsenal to finish higher than Manchester United and also claimed: 'I don't feel Chelsea, Manchester United or Arsenal are in a position to get close to the top two.'

Another bad call, but it does improve slightly. He was also pretty far off the mark in tipping Tottenham, who now sit eighth in the league, to challenge for the top three positions. Neville actually believed Fulham, Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth would all be relegated this season. They currently sit fifth.Īt the bottom of the table, both he and Jamie Carragher failed to pick Southampton as one of their three teams to go down.

There was no surprise that the 48-year-old picked Manchester City to win the title, an easy call, but he also told Sky Sports that Liverpool 'would definitely finish in the top two'. So how many did he get right? Well, in fairness, despite conceding a couple of calls, he did pretty well. The Sky Sports pundit de-shelved his pre-season predictions this weekend, claiming that some of his takes were 'actually pretty accurate.' It's clear the former Manchester United pundit knows his stuff when it comes to football and it seems he might even be able to predict the future, too, having gotten a couple of his Premier League predictions right at the start of the campaign.

The magic cottage by james herbert