Arsenal have the toughest fixtures but I just don't see it as a difficult run in for any team at all, including them. More like one tricky game here or there but nothing really in succession. A stupid result or two will muck it up for two of the teams.
A genuine 3-horse title race?
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Ideally Arsenal and Liverpool win all their remaining games with Arsenal pipping them on GD, meaning we officially cost them the league.
Ideally Arsenal to come to OT, City have dropped away and Pool are level with them and have gone ahead on GD. So we just start hammering in own goals and Arsenal win 20-0, all but sealing the 2nd place for Pool.
Unless sth drastically change its advantage City as things stand imo.
United will open the flood gates for them, ETH will say to the boys just do what you’ve been doing but to make sure I’ll keep Rashford on for 90 mins and I’ll give kobbie a rest and play Amrabat, Mctominay and Casemiro in the slowest midfield ever seen in the PL.
Knew it would be a stupid game where one of the teams would fall. These are the fixtures you look at and take for granted (I remember United dropping points to fecking Wigan many years ago in a title race 
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Kind of hope City now drop points somewhere too.
)Kind of hope City now drop points somewhere too.
Spurs the king maker ?? Do they decide who is the EPL champion ??
That Arsenal point at City now looking like a masterstroke from Arteta. Knew Liverpool would feck up and a point was enough.
As per my comments in here and the Arsenal thread after that City bore draw. It's now a one horse race since Klopp's bowed out. I'm all City fan now.
Come On Pep! Destroy Ferguson's records/legend in one fail swoop!!
Come On Pep! Destroy Ferguson's records/legend in one fail swoop!!
It always was, even in the aftermath, with the silly criticism.
Looks like it could be a 4th straight title for City. Arsenal always let you down.
Good Ebening again.
Never change Assna.
Never change Assna.
Was always going to be City, anything else was wishful thinking.
City haven't even been great this season, Haaland looks like about as useful as a cone up front at times. They should be getting 100 points if they're actually having a good season...
Spurs will take points off City.
And that means Jack shit when Assna drops points like this.
League will most likely be decided by the time they go to OT for our last home game.
This is why talk about great title races containing slips is just nonsense.
The quality of this title "race" is marginally better than the one when Leicester won it. It's like watching 3 drunk idiots stumble towards the finish line. Rather watch a race with 3 near-perfect thoroughbreds.
The quality of this title "race" is marginally better than the one when Leicester won it. It's like watching 3 drunk idiots stumble towards the finish line. Rather watch a race with 3 near-perfect thoroughbreds.
Man City average 89 points a season under Guardiola, they're on course for 87 points this season. It's about normal standard, but 100 points was probably a one-off that won't be repeated.
It’s 115 charges’ title to lose now.
Looks like the horses
*puts on sunglasses*
Have been choked
*puts on sunglasses*
Have been choked
Arsenal have 10 of the last 11, and drew with Man City. Losing to 4th place isn't anything close to 'drunk idiots stumbling towards the line'.
Same old Arsenal.Always losing.
Ok fair enough, maybe i'm focusing too much on the dross from the last few games
Hans, are we the Bundesliga?
Seeing 12%> points increase from the average points towards the quality of the league being poor that year too.
Its being dragged down by a couple of poor ones and them taking their foot off the gas as they know they can't be caught in a couple of others.
If they go 100% all season that squad and Pep's realistic target should be 100.
Massive day for us but will still be some twists and turns yet. Arsenal and Liverpool are both more comfortable chasing. We know how to lead but winning every game left is still a challenge
City can afford a draw. No way are Arsenal winning every game, they're gone. Liverpool have a small chance but City need to lose one.
It's all very similar to last year, it was in Arsenal's hands and they were horrendous at home to Brighton. That Villa game felt like that.
It's all very similar to last year, it was in Arsenal's hands and they were horrendous at home to Brighton. That Villa game felt like that.
It was in Liverpool's hands for a couple of weeks, then Arsenal's now City's.
Brighton, Fulham and Spurs are probably City's toughest games left and all away. If they win those they'll be champions.
Brighton, Fulham and Spurs are probably City's toughest games left and all away. If they win those they'll be champions.
We aren't catching City now they're ahead.
Yet they've only got 100 points in 1 season out of 8? And only one team in 120 years has got 100 points. Seems a completely unrealistic standard to be hitting all the time. 90-95 is more realistic for their best.
Depressingly Man. City big favourites to win now. Some tricky games still left but they've been this road so many times and held off stronger teams (Liverpool in 2019 and 2022).
Hopefully Guardiola fecks off sooner rather than later and they drop back to an 80-85 point team.
Hopefully Guardiola fecks off sooner rather than later and they drop back to an 80-85 point team.
Liverpool still in with a chance of second, which could still yield a league title. Who am I kidding, as if the PL are going to take away City's titles. 
Feck sake - would much have preferred Arsenal or Liverpool winning (proper teams) over City. It’s theirs now
This aged well.
Ye had your chance .You blew it.We aren't catching City now they're ahead.
Yeh, feels like that. Between us and Liverpool we weren't enough of a match for 115 Charges FC.
This isn't rampant City of old. They left a gap for you guys to squeeze through and so far it seems you're throwing this chance away.
A marginally weaker City is still City. They still have the best squad of anyone, and by some distance.
I mean yeah but it's relative. City can still finish over 90 points. In fact they might have to to win the league. That is not much of a gap to beat them...