Man City Keeps Pressure on Arsenal with 3-0 Win Against Crystal Palace

Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday, reducing Arsenal’s point gap to two points.

With two weeks left in the season, it means Arsenal will have to wait at least another week to be confirmed as champions.

Mikel Arteta’s side face relegated Burnley on Monday and a victory would leave City needing to beat Bournemouth 24 hours later to take the title race to the final day of the season.

“We saw on the last day that a lot of things could happen,” City striker Phil Foden told Sky Sports. “I have experienced many times that the game does not go your way, so we have to keep pushing and doing our part.”

Before all this, City were playing Chelsea in the FA Cup final and Pep Guardiola appeared to have Saturday’s Wembley clash in mind by making six changes to his squad. However, City won comfortably even though Erling Haaland, Rayan Cherki and Jeremy Doku were not in the starting 11.

Foden, who has made a rare start in recent months, assisted both of City’s goals in the first half.

His back-heel allowed Antoine Semenyo to open the scoring in the 32nd minute and he set up Omar Marmoush for City’s second of the game eight minutes later.

Savinho added a third in the 84th.

The size of City’s win may still be significant, however, as it puts them one step ahead of Arsenal on goal difference.

Guardiola is aiming for his seventh league title at City. During his entire managerial career with Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich and City, he has never won the league title in back-to-back seasons.

“Unfortunately, this is out of our hands,” Guardiola said. “It’s not easy but it’s important we’re there. This group of players are all outstanding.”