Over to you, Liverpool.
Arsenal and Manchester City did their bit in the latest chapter of the English Premier League’s tight title race, negotiating potentially tricky away matches on Saturday to maintain unbeaten streaks in the competition stretching back to December.
After City overcame an early scare to overwhelm
That left Arsenal, City and Liverpool separated by one point, with Arsenal in the lead and City a point back in third, behind Liverpool on goal difference.
Liverpool plays its game in hand on Sunday and it is one of the toughest of the run-in — at fierce rival
City and Arsenal must now turn their attention to the
City heads to the Spanish capital having rediscovered its scoring form and with the team's undefeated run in all competitions now beyond four months.
Importantly for City,
And De Bruyne is back scoring screamers.
City recovered from conceding in the third minute to cruise to victory at
After
“Kevin won the game," Guardiola said. "Without Kevin today, maybe we would not be able to win, so when we talk about tactics, about managers, having players like Kevin in these kinds of games, it’s easy.
“The numbers, the presence, the consistency have been amazing. He’s one of the best players in the history of Manchester City.”
City struggled to create chances in a 0-0 draw against Arsenal last weekend that proved to be a setback in its attempt to win the league for a fourth straight season — a feat never achieved in English soccer's 135-year history.
Since then, City has beaten Aston Villa 4-1 and won at Palace.
Arsenal, meanwhile, hasn't lost in the league since
Now,
Saka was declared fit after missing the midweek win over Luton and opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 33rd after
Havertz tapped in Jorginho's cross in the 62nd, then played in Trossard to run through and chip the goalkeeper to score against his former club.
VILLA WOBBLE
Villa is stumbling in its bid to secure the fourth guaranteed spot for
With a 3-3 draw at home to Brentford, fourth-placed Villa has won just one of its last five league games and was just three points clear of fifth-placed Tottenham, which hosts Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
The league could yet have five entrants for next season's
EUROPEAN SPOTS
Newcastle and West Ham claimed wins as they hunt qualification for next season's
West Ham is in seventh place, tied on points with
RELEGATION BATTLE
Everton ended its 13-game winless run by beating Burnley 1-0 to boost its fight to avoid relegation.
Everton was still just four points above the relegation zone because third-from-bottom Luton also won, 2-1 at home to Bournemouth thanks to
Everton's most recent win had been against Burnley on
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