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It's a toss up between City's (in)consistency and Arsenal's bottle
City really have to win away at Burnley on Wednesday to ram home this advantage, they could go top before Arsenal's next match at home to Newcastle.
On paper Arsenal should beat Newcastle, Fulham, West Ham, Burnley and Palace but will they wobble?
For all the apparent city are struggling its 1 defeat in 21 for them in the league, they turnover burnley on wednesday and they go top. They absolutely loved the occasion yesterday arsenal wilted badly and its another bad performace on top of their last 6. For all the talk of them bottling it the fact they are going in trying not to lose at all costs when they should be gung ho and win at all costs. That Bournemouth game they could have wrapped it all up, they would have been 12 points ahead and psychlogically would have driven a huge nail into city, instead lost and gave them serious oxygen. As if the result yesterday wasn't bad enough the thoughts of having to face into a double header with simeones shithouses just has season ending written all over it, even if they manage somehow to get by them it will come at the cost of dropped league points.
Both Guardiola and Klopp would have had multiple league titles with this Arsenal side. Arsenal have a good side and a good squad but have an 'avoid defeat' manager rather than a 'win' manager.
To be successful you need good scouting / transfers, good players and a good manager.
Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
Isn’t it strange that both scouting and transfers seem to get far better when a top manager arrives. When a great manager is in situ suddenly there seems to be a brilliant back room staff. Yet when they leave - the opposite happens.
Just saying 😉
Is it all a coincidence that "Arne" and/or the squad lost his/their way when Heitinga left??
Doubt it.
They've wasted tonnes of money on transfers.
Put together a shit forward line and failed to buy a player better than Saka, who seems to have been run in to the ground at a young age.
Artetas built a great defensive unit, and he obviously has some good man management skills, keeping players he'd inherited like Saliba & Saka at Arsenal.
Crystal Palace v West Ham
West Ham United have won five of their last 11 Premier League matches (drawing three).
Since 17 January, only four teams have picked up more points than the Hammers - or scored more goals.
Can the Hammers soften up Palace before their trip to Anfield at the weekend?
Palace 0-0 West Ham FT
Wolves relegated