London (AFP)
The intense struggle to win the English Premier League championship continues between leaders Arsenal and Manchester City, runner-up and defending champion, when they defeat Manchester United and Fulham, respectively, in the penultimate thirty-seventh stage.
Arsenal leads by one point over City, but the latter has a match in hand that may be decisive in winning the title for the fourth time in a row, an unprecedented achievement.
City will be a guest on Fulham at the opening of the stage on Saturday, and history stands with City as it has not lost to Fulham in 21 matches in various competitions, and the latter occupies a position in the middle of the standings, and is guaranteed to remain in the Elite League and therefore is not playing for anything.
City won its last six matches in the local league, noting that its last loss dates back to the 6th of last December against Aston Villa 0-1. It also reached the final of the FA Cup, where it will face its neighbor Manchester United in the final match on the 25th of this month at Wembley Stadium in London.
Manchester City’s giant Norwegian top scorer Erling Haaland considered that his team is “on a mission”, after scoring a hat-trick against Wolverhampton in the last match (5-1) last Saturday, raising his tally to 36 goals in various competitions this season, and alone at the top of the Premier League’s top scorers ( 25).
He explained, “The focus now is on the next match, I am confident, but we must continue to achieve victories.”
City, which will also host Tottenham next Tuesday, and will host West Ham in the final stage, realizes that there is no room for any stumble in these matches, especially since the goal difference is not in its favor, at least so far.
In response to a question about whether the winning mentality that his team enjoys through the accumulation of experience in the past years could be decisive in the struggle for City’s advantage, Spaniard Pep Guardiola said: “I would like to, but I do not have the answer to this question. In any case, we must prove this by winning our remaining matches because Arsenal is a very strong and stable team, and it is difficult for them to drop points.
On the other hand, Arsenal will be a guest on the wounded Manchester United at Old Trafford. The Gunners rarely enter this match in the stronghold of the Red Devils, and they are favorites to return with three points, but the matter seems different this time, especially since United is suffering a lot this season, and is now… He is threatened with absence from continental competitions next season, after his harsh loss to Crystal Palace 4-0 last Monday, which also raised a question mark over the fate of his Dutch coach, Eric ten Hag.
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