Manchester City will be 2023/24 Premier League champions if they win their four remaining matches. But just ONE slip-up will give Arsenal the title if the Gunners win their three fixtures.
| Position Pos | Club | Played Pl | GD | Points Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Man City
MCI
|
37 | +60 | 88 |
| 2 |
Arsenal
ARS
|
37 | +61 | 86 |
| 3 |
Liverpool
LIV
|
37 | +43 | 79 |
Man City manager Pep Guardiola thinks Arsenal will beat all of AFC Bournemouth, Manchester United and Everton, saying his team can't afford to drop a single point against any of Wolverhampton Wanderers, Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur or West Ham United.
Will both teams end the season with a perfect record? Or will one of them drop points, and against whom?
Adebayor: I'm not sure on Arsenal
“This Arsenal team is very young and talented, but if you ask me now if I am sure they are going to get nine [points] out of nine, then I am not sure, because anything can happen," says Emmanuel Adebayor, the former Arsenal, Man City and Spurs striker.
“We saw a couple weeks ago, against Aston Villa, we all thought they would win that game, they ended up losing 0-2 at home which made it difficult.
"But when it comes to Man City, if you ask me if I think they can win their next 20 games, I would tell you with confidence, yes, because how they approach the game, they have some experienced players."
On if Spurs are the team most likely to take points off Man City, Adebayor said: “If Spurs play like [they did v Arsenal] against Man City, with the big man [Erling Haaland] coming back full of confidence, scoring, looking sharp, looking fit, then it will be very, very difficult for them."
Sherwood: Arsenal will win out, it won't be enough
“I think Arsenal will win their last three [matches], but I don’t think it will be enough," says Tim Sherwood, who won a title with Blackburn Rovers in 1994/95 before going on to manage Spurs and Aston Villa.
"I just think Man City will win their last four. I know Tottenham’s not a good ground for Man City, but the way Tottenham played today [in the 3-2 defeat to Arsenal], if they leave the same spaces for Man City, they are going to get exploited."
Wright: Bournemouth Arsenal's biggest challenge
"[The Spurs result] would have been relief more than anything because they know they can’t afford to lose any games," says Arsenal legend and 1997/98 Premier League champion, Ian Wright.
“You look at City and it looks like City can will all of theirs [fixtures], I’ll probably go with Tim and say we can will all of them.
"Bournemouth will be the toughest one. We've seen how open Man Utd are, we might be able to go there and be disciplined and beat them. Everton are safe.
"You think Bournemouth will be the one, but again you look at Man City’s games and I don’t know who is going to stop them.”
Neville: Old Trafford can be Arsenal's graveyard
"You never know what is going to happen at Old Trafford. It can be a graveyard for teams," eight-time Premier League winner Gary Neville told the Gary Neville Podcast.
"Even with the way Manchester United are at the moment, you have to regard that as a massive match.
"Teams have won at Old Trafford that have been in the bottom half of the table, but teams in the top half of the table have gone there and struggled.
"Liverpool famously in the last month or two have lost an FA Cup quarter-final there and they drew in the league and that was probably the start of Liverpool's downfall. You can never underestimate a game at Old Trafford.
"I think they [Arsenal] will achieve a 100 per cent record. The one doubt is the Old Trafford game. It will all depend for me on how City do in the next week or two as well."
Merson: Fulham a problem for City
"I can’t see Man City not winning any of their games," said Arsenal legend Paul Merson to Sky Sports.
"Wolves are not at full strength. Fulham’s the one. They’re the team who might hurt them. If City give Fulham the chances they gave Forest, they can cause problems. But City just seem to become a better team when they have to win a match."
Richards: Spurs to trouble City
"Spurs can trouble Man City," Micah Richards, who won the title with Man City in 2011/12, told Sky Sports. "They have done before. The way they play, how aggressive they are with the press, in transition, got pace on the wings. That’s the game I’m looking at."
Keane: Title is City's now
"I think so [that the Forest match was City's biggest hurdle]," former Man Utd midfielder and seven-time champion Roy Keane told Sky Sports. "I think the title is City’s now."
