Premier League title race run-in: Will Liverpool, Manchester City or Arsenal come out on to

[CharlieH]

 

It is set to be the tightest Premier League title race in many years.

Manchester City's 1-0 victory over Brentford on Tuesday evening lifted Pep Guardiola's champions above Arsenal into second place - one point behind leaders Liverpool - with 13 rounds of fixtures remaining.

 

For the first time since 2015-16, when the third-placed Gunners were two points behind leaders Leicester after 26 games, the top three are separated by just two points.

In fact, that gap at the top has only been as tight at this stage of a Premier League season on seven other occasions - and only four times this century.

Erling Haaland's 22nd goal of the campaign means City's hopes of becoming the first team to lift the trophy four times in a row are very much still in their own hands - with a crucial match against Liverpool coming up in March at Anfield.

"It's a long way [to go]," manager Pep Guardiola said afterwards. "There are still many games. Of course, it's better to win. We missed the opportunity against Chelsea [on Tuesday].

"I'm so proud of the team. We are closer but we are in the real part of the season. [We have] tough, tough games in this period. We are there."

	Liverpool	Manchester City	Arsenal
February	Luton (H)
	CARABAO CUP FINAL	Bournemouth (A)	Newcastle (H)
March	Nottingham Forest (A)	Manchester United (H)	Sheffield United (A)
	Manchester City (H)	Liverpool (A)	Brentford (H)
	Everton (A)	Brighton (A)	Chelsea (H)
	Brighton (H)	Arsenal (H)	Manchester City (A)
April	Sheffield United (H)	Aston Villa (H)	Luton (H)
	Manchester United (A)	Crystal Palace (A)	Brighton (A)
	Crystal Palace (H)	Luton (H)	Aston Villa (H)
	Fulham (A)	Tottenham (A)	Wolves (A)
	West Ham (A)	Nottingham Forest (A)	Tottenham (A)
May	Tottenham (H)	Wolves (H)	Bournemouth (H)
	Aston Villa (A)	Fulham (A)	Manchester United (A)
	Wolves (H)	West Ham (H)	Everton (H)

Guardiola's team arguably have the most difficult run of fixtures in the coming weeks. After travelling to Bournemouth on Saturday, City welcome bitter rivals Manchester United to Etihad Stadium before that highly anticipated trip to Anfield in their next league game.

 

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[owl sees all]

Very interesting finale to the season.

 

Where are the three clubs likely to drop points? United could have a big say in that.

 

Can't see the Gunners doing it. Their run-in is tough. But ya never know. It's football after all.