Man City vs Arsena LIVE: Arteta’s men visit Etihad for title decider knowing loss could end hopes – stream, TV channel
IT is now or never for Arsenal as they look to overcome Manchester City in a massive Premier League title clash TONIGHT.But defeat could completely shatter the Gunners’ dreams of ending their 19-year run without a league title.
Start time: 8pm BST
Stream/TV: BT Sport 1
Man City XI: To follow
Arsenal XI: To follow
MAN CITY VS ARSENAL BETTING TIPS
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Arsenal team news:
William Saliba is set to miss the clash for Arsenal as he continues to recover from a back injury – and could even be out for the rest of the season.
Takehiro Tomiyasu and Mohamed Elneny are long-term absentees but Granit Xhaka should be back in contention to face City after missing the Southampton draw with illness.
Here is SunSport’s predicted team:
Latest odds
Man City to win 3/5
Draw 3/1
Arsenal to win 17/4
*Odds from Ladbrokes are correct at time of publication.
Sublime Saka
Bukayo Saka will be the man Arsenal turn to for this huge Premier League encounter.
And despite Gabriel Martinelli being top goal scorer, Saka’s contributions in the big games has helped the Gunners to be top for so long.
Arteta’s Haaland master plan
Mikel Arteta believes that he knows Manchester City’s weaknesses and that the team have been working on trying to stop Haaland from scoring.
The Gunners boss said: “We are working on their threats and their weaknesses. We know what they are. With City it starts with the goalkeeper. Just focus on us.
“We know what they can do. They can do so many things that you have to be adaptable.
“You can’t compare him [Haaland] to anything else. He is able to do that because the set-up is suited to him and he has good players around him.
“With him they have the capacity to play in a different way.
“You can’t give anything away. Big teams will punish you if you give things away and we have done that before.”
Hungry Haaland
Erling Haaland is one goal away from smashing the Premier League goal scoring record as he currently sits on 32 and he’ll be eager to break it tonight.
Rob Holding will have his hands full trying to mark the Norwegian machine.
On the last episode
Manchester City have already beaten Arsenal twice this season but the February defeat was arguably more damming.
Pep Guardiola’s men briefly returned to the top of the Premier League with a 3-1 victory at the Emirates.
Kevin de Bruyne intercepted Takehiro Tomiyasu’s back pass before lobbing Aaron Ramsdale to put City ahead.
But Bukayo Saka equalised from the penalty spot sending the Arsenal crowd into meltdown after what was a shaky start.
However, Jack Grealish broke Gunners hearts with a coolly slotted finish in the second half.
And Erling Haaland secured his customary goal late on which resulted in knocking Arsenal temporarily off the top spot.
Tale of the tape
Here is a comparison of Manchester City’s figures up against Arsenal’s including who has scored the most goals for their club this season.
City’s top scorer isn’t hard to guess.
Welcome to Man City vs Arsenal
The footballing world will stand still tonight as Arsenal travel to Manchester City for a spine-tingling Premier League title decider – and SunSport will be on hand to bring you all the action.
Going on form, you would have to put Manchester City as favoruites and in the drivers seat to lift the title.
They are undefeated in their last 15 matches across all competition which includes beating Arsenal at the Emirates and a win would close the Gunners’ gap at the top to just two points with two games in hand over their title rivals.
While Arsenal have falling down a slippery slope as the 3-3 with Southampton last Friday was their third consecutive Premier League draw.
However, Mikel Arteta’s incentive to win this match is that they could open up a eight point lead at the summit.
And Arsenal would massively feel as if they have one hand on the trophy at that point as City still wouldn’t overtake them even if Pep’s men were to win all of their games in hand.
This match is expected to be one for the history books and it is not to be missed.
Stay tuned as coming up we’ll have all of the latest from the build up, team news and the starting line-ups before the huge kick-off at 8pm.
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