Bolton Wanderers boss Owen Coyle admits he'd like to see Arsenal win the title.

The Trotters face Arsenal tonight.

Coyle said: "For me, you have to recognise that Chelsea and Manchester United are good sides, but the purist in me? Yes, I would like to see Arsenal win it. They play the way I like to see football played.

"The way they pass the ball ... they don't play in straight lines. They pop up in different areas that can hurt you. When you think of the fluency they had at the start of the season before the injuries, they looked superb. Then you had people writing them off. They were 11 points behind at one stage and they weren't so much written off as totally dismissed.

"Their position now speaks volumes for the way Arsene has galvanised them now they are through the injury situation they had with some of their top players.

"The purist in me would see a lot of merit in the way they play and gain success, and that success is deserved for the way they go about it."