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The Premier League title race has swung in Man City<\/strong>\u2018s favour in recent days, with Pep Guardiola\u2019s side moving to the top of the table on goals scored by beating Burnley 1-0 in their game in hand on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n This result followed Man City\u2019s potentially decisive 2-1 win over Arsenal<\/strong> at the Etihad last weekend, though there are bound to be a few more twists and turns before the title race is settled.<\/p>\n This weekend, Arsenal have a chance to move back to the top of the Premier League as they face Newcastle United at the Emirates on Saturday evening, while Man City have their FA Cup semi-final against Southampton.<\/p>\n And despite beating Arsenal, Man City winning the title is far from a foregone conclusion, with several big-name pundits explaining why there is hope for Mikel Arteta\u2019s team\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p>\n When asked whether Arsenal will win the league on Stick to Football, Wright replied: \u201cI\u2019m gonna go with: we\u2019re going to win the league.<\/p>\n \u201cThe chances we created against that City side, I think we could do the same against the teams coming. Obviously we\u2019re going to have to be a lot more ruthless with taking our chances.<\/p>\n \u201cBut before that, leading into that, I didn\u2019t see us creating enough chances in the games leading into that, in a time where with the history of what we\u2019re doing in this stage of the season, we\u2019ve kind of faltered.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought in that Man City game, the big game, we created enough chances where if we do that against other teams and get ourselves back to that defensive solidity that we had before leading into this part of the season and finish this with ruthlessness.<\/p>\n \u201cWe started the season with ruthlessness with people saying, \u201cOh, it\u2019s Arsenal\u2019s, it\u2019s Arsenal\u2019s to lose\u201d, everybody was saying it, because we looked absolutely faultless in the way we were.<\/p>\n \u201cNow, everybody\u2019s faltering and in this City game I thought we did enough. if we can play like that, even if we\u2019re trying to creep over the line, we can probably do it.\u201d<\/p>\n READ: Big Weekend: Chelsea v Leeds, Pep Guardiola, Arsenal, Ollie Watkins, Ipswich Shearer told Betfair: \u201cArsenal played well last weekend. If they do not win the league, I do not think it was last weekend against City that did the damage. I think it was the weekend before against Bournemouth.<\/p>\n \u201cThey won against Sporting Lisbon, and I was expecting them to beat Bournemouth. If they had just won that match, the title was pretty much theirs.<\/p>\n \u201cThat defeat at home was the big one for me. Where was the energy and belief they showed against City when they played Bournemouth? However, I still think there is going to be a twist or two between now and the end of the season.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think both teams will win every game between now and the end of the season. I think Arsenal will win this weekend against Newcastle, but I do think there\u2019ll still be a little twist somewhere along the line.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been here at this stage of the season and, yes, it\u2019s great to talk about all of these things, but if only it was reality. I\u2019m convinced that there will be a slip up from someone, somewhere along the line.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: Rosenior \u2018red herring\u2019 raised while Arsenal \u2018cheats\u2019 engage in \u2018beautiful\u2019 bottling Merson told Sportskeeda: \u201cLike I said before, City winning by just the odd goal against Burnley puts the ball back in Arsenal\u2019s court.<\/p>\n \u201cThe reason why I say Arsenal have an advantage is because they play twice before City\u2019s next game away at Everton.<\/p>\n \u201cSo they could be six points ahead before Guardiola\u2019s men take the trip to Merseyside, which will be a tough game for City. If Arsenal win their next two games, they will put all the pressure back on their rivals.<\/p>\n \u201cI haven\u2019t seen enough from City to suggest they will not let in goals during games. Even against Burnley, they conceded big chances. Arsenal should just win the next two games at all costs, and if they do it, I can sense them back to being in control in the title race.<\/p>\n \u201cIf Arsenal don\u2019t win this game, it\u2019s all over in the title race. They are literally in last chance saloon now. City are above Arsenal only because they\u2019ve scored more goals. So there is still a possibility of Arsenal winning every game and still losing the title due to City scoring more than them!<\/p>\n \u201cImagine losing a league title simply because you scored fewer goals? That would hurt. Well, I won the league with Arsenal in 1989 because we scored more goals than Liverpool, and I can tell you it\u2019s only a good feeling if you win!<\/p>\n \u201cThis has always been an entertaining fixture in the last few seasons. Even though I\u2019m backing Arsenal to win, I don\u2019t think the result is a foregone conclusion here.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Ten outsiders who will help define the Premier League title race between Arsenal and Manchester City Sutton told BBC Sport: \u201cIn the reverse fixtures, Arsenal beat all five of the teams they still have to play this season, by an aggregate score of 8-1. I think they will beat all five of them again.<\/p>\n \u201cOf the teams City have to play, they lost away at Aston Villa in October but beat everyone else.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I think City\u2019s games now are tougher, because they have to play Everton and Bournemouth away. I think they will drop points in one of those games and it is more likely to be at Everton.<\/p>\n \u201cFor Arsenal, I am expecting them to beat Newcastle on Saturday. Newcastle have given them a good game in the past but they are struggling at the moment and, with what\u2019s at stake, Arsenal should get the job done.<\/p>\n \u201cThe tricky game for them is West Ham away. It comes a few days after they play the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Atletico Madrid, which makes it even trickier, but I still think they will edge it.<\/p>\n \u201cThe way I see it when I\u2019ve worked out the remaining games, Arsenal will win it.<\/p>\n \u201cI know City have just beaten them, which was massive, but I don\u2019t think it is straightforward for Pep Guardiola\u2019s side from here \u2013 and I also don\u2019t think Arsenal are as bad as some people are making out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Keane said on Sky Sports after Arsenal\u2019s loss to Man City: \u201cI don\u2019t care. I am going to stick with Arsenal, of course I am going to stick with them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cNo doubt the belief is not as strong as it was before the game, obviously City have got the momentum but I am going to have to stick with Arsenal because I called them at the start of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n Neville added: \u201cFor the first time this season I am probably going to say they will win the League.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/div>\nIan Wright<\/h2>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\nAlan Shearer<\/h2>\n
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Roy Keane and Gary Neville<\/h2>\n