Manchester City beat Arsenal 4-1 at the Etihad Stadium to increase their chances of winning the Premier League title this season. Team Skyblue has won four Premier League titles in the past four seasons. However, Pep Guardiola's men will equal Manchester United's record in the Premier League if they win the title this season. The Red Devils are the only English club to win three consecutive Premier League titles. They won the 1998/99, 1999/00 and 2000/01 seasons. Can Manchester City win three consecutive Premier League titles like Manchester United? The answer is yes. They may be second, but they are only two points behind Arsenal. If the Sky Blue team wins two excellent matches, they will be four points apart from the top of the Premier League table. Pep Guardiola's army is currently unbeaten in the last 17 matches in all competitions and is one of the best performing teams in the top 5 European leagues. It is highly likely that Skyblue will win the Premier League this season as their remaining matches are mainly against teams fighting for relegation.
On the other hand, Arsenal have difficult encounters with Brighton, Newcastle United and Chelsea. Chances are Arsenal will drop more points in the remaining five games and even if Manchester City drop points, they still have enough to secure the Premier League title.
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Losses to West Ham and Southampton are self-perpetuating and the judgment of history can be cruel with the Premier League close to men.
Arsenal players after the defeat to Man City
Manchester City are now in charge of the Premier League title race after a 4-1 win over Arsenal
It remains to be seen how well the story will go with Arsenal's big shock in 2023.
A six-point drop, with three consecutive draws, followed by a crushing defeat to Manchester City could still be a defeat in the end. But it can also be a deeper scar; a constant reminder.
But first, Arsenal, let's not forget, still lead the Premier League by two points. With Man City two matches left and undeniably, the momentum has shifted so clearly towards the champions, Arsenal are still in the game. And yet, if they hadn't given up two goals to Liverpool and West Ham United, if they had lost 1-3 to the worst team in the league, Southampton before saving a draw, how different today would have been. Si, si, si… the three really hurt and have no sugar. Draws against West Ham and Southampton are bad results.
If Arsenal turn those three draws into a win, they will have an eight-point lead. Their fate, five matches since the end, will still be in their hands. City won't be able to do anything about it even if they've taken the maximum profit from their remaining seven games.
Arsenal can afford to go to the Etihad and be beaten. They could have lost to Man City 7-2 on aggregate in the league as they did and still win.
Instead, the scarf tag applies although, again, it comes in a campaign where Arsenal's ambitions appear to be to finish in the top four. Not coming close to their first title in two decades. century of suffering. All professions, especially sports, boil down to a few images that are both glorious and often, unfortunately, cruel. Just ask Steven Gerrard, who let Demba Ba score for Chelsea on Thursday nine years ago and helped end Liverpool's title hopes for the first time since 1990.
Liverpool have not suffocated - they have won 10 of their last 12 games, drawn - but the slide came at the wrong time, especially then followed by a 0-3 loss to Crystal Palace and 'Crystanbul' and the story took shape when City overthrew them and were crowned champions instead.
And so there is a heartbreaking statistic that came within minutes of the final whistle at the Etihad on Wednesday with Opta claiming Arsenal were the first team to go four games in a row without a win in the Premier League while still start a new day in every game since March. 2008. And which side did then? Arsenal of course.
They were five points apart but their resolve seemed to be shattered when Eduardo suffered a terrible broken leg under the interception of Martin Taylor in the draw with Birmingham City.
It was the first of four consecutive draws before defeat to Chelsea and it is theorized that Arsene Wenger's Arsenal tend to suffocate when under pressure.
William Gallas after Arsenal's 2-2 draw against Birmingham in 2008
William Gallas sitting
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