Advantage Man City? 'queen Bee' Guardiola Leads Them To The Top

Should City and Arsenal triumph each their remaining 5 games they will some extremity connected 85 points, meaning extremity quality aliases goals scored could beryllium nan determining facet travel May.

This is really tight it is - some teams person played nan aforesaid number of games (33), person nan aforesaid number of points (70) and their results are identical excessively - having won 21, drawn 7 and mislaid 5 of their matches.

The only facet separating nan 2 sides is nan number of goals scored, pinch City netting 66 to Arsenal's 63.

Such is nan topsy-turvy quality of this season's race, City could find themselves trailing by six points by nan clip they adjacent play successful nan convention astatine Everton connected Monday, 4 May - if Arsenal hit Newcastle and Fulham during that period.

City person antecedently scored 5 aliases much goals against Burnley successful 5 different Premier League games - nan astir 1 broadside has done against different successful nan title - and would person been eyeing up akin earlier this match.

Although City had 65% possession, a full of 28 shots pinch an expected goals (xG) of 3.54, they could only muster 1 extremity done Haaland's victor successful nan opening 5 minutes.

"Not galore Arsenal players would person expected Burnley to get a consequence today, but if you are an Arsenal subordinate aliases fan, you would return a 1-0 nonaccomplishment for Burnley," erstwhile City defender Nedum Onuoha told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"Arsenal play Burnley successful a fewer weeks and they will astir apt not beryllium arsenic wasteful pinch their chances arsenic City, pinch truthful overmuch connected nan line. Before you cognize it City are chasing Arsenal. I don't deliberation psychologically it matters that much.

"Now they person played each other, location is nary longer this talk astir nan title decider successful April. You person your 5 games, they person their 5 games. If you do good capable and triumph your games, nan convention title could very overmuch beryllium Arsenal's.

"They person to backmost themselves. The truth this only vanished 1-0 to City erstwhile they had 28 shots, possibly this is nan boost they request to move their shape around."

Former Premier League goalkeeper Tim Krul added: "Arsenal person been truthful adjacent nan past fewer years, I deliberation we each half want them to get it. But you can't norm retired Manchester City.

"My money would beryllium connected City, conscionable pinch nan experience. They are serial winners pinch nan champion head successful nan world looking aft them. You can't not backmost them."