Sky Sports’ Paul Merson said in a recent column that the Premier League title race could come down to goal difference. Especially after Manchester City beat Burnley 1-0.
Pep Guardiola’s side are currently top of the Premier League but are level with Arsenal on points and goal difference after missing a number of chances at Turf Moor on Wednesday. City have scored 66 goals this season. That’s three more goals than Arsenal. This means they are first in scoring.
Merson believes City need a solid performance from Burnley to take control of the title race.
Read below what the magician on the table thinks…
‘City won’t score many goals against Everton’
Arsenal performed well at the Etihad, but lost a game they could not afford to lose. You don’t have to play well and lose the soccer game. Manchester City rose to the top of the league in completely unexpected circumstances. scary.
But Arsenal have twice outplayed City and were able to secure six points again. And they should make it count. They need to win their two games against Newcastle and Fulham to put the pressure back on City. Required.
City’s last five games? They don’t look too tough on them. They have Everton and Brentford, two teams fighting for Europe, but the other two games are completely uninteresting. They have Crystal Palace and Bournemouth at home eyeing the Conference League final.
Then there’s Aston Villa on the final day, I’m sure they’ve already secured Champions League football, and the priority for the week will be the Europa League final (4 days before the final day of the Premier League season). So it’s a game of nothing.
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Arsenal are back in title contention. City didn’t beat Burnley by 4 or 5 points. They won’t do that against Everton in their next game.
Everton have a very good defense and so does Brentford. Bournemouth also has a very good defense.
The race for the Premier League title could come down to goal difference.
‘For Man City to win, Martinelli must be brought in.’
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Arsenal were unlucky at the Etihad. Kai Havertz slipped when he should have scored in the second half. Eberechi Eze had a shot that hit the post and rolled along the line. Another day, when I have more freedom at the start of the season, that goes into it.
And how unlucky Arsenal were with Gabriel’s header. It could have easily hit Nico O’Reilly’s arm and if so it would be a penalty. But incredibly, it bounced off the post after hitting his side.
But I don’t like it when people don’t take people. And Gabriel Martinelli did not when he failed to track down Nico O’Reilly in Manchester City’s bid to win the title.
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Micah Richards analyzes Manchester City’s decisive win at the Etihad and finds where Arsenal went wrong.
Don’t worry about putting pressure on Marc Guehi. Guehi is not the problem. He is standing on the edge of his box. Let him leave it there! He switched off and that’s what happens when you switch off.
When you’re at a club like Arsenal, you’re told to give this a try. once. You can’t keep listening to it.
Yes, O’Reilly still has to run the length of the field. But Martinelli needs to stop it early. You must know that it is dangerous.
