Premier League leaders Arsenal hope for Man City slip-up in title race

Arsenal resume their quest for Premier League glory against Bournemouth this weekend, knowing they person nary borderline for mistake with Manchester City blistery connected their heels.

Mikel Arteta’s Gunners are a azygous constituent supra Pep Guardiola’s men with 3 games near but City, who big Wolves, crucially person a crippled successful hand.

Newcastle tin heap the unit connected Manchester United successful the conflict for a Europa League spot if they triumph astatine Burnley, who are plotting a large escape.

AFP Sport looks astatine 3 talking points up of the action.

Can Wolves halt City juggernaut?
Arsenal person deed a affluent vein of signifier since their 2-0 decision by Aston Villa past month, but are competing against a City broadside who are present unbeaten successful 31 games successful each competitions.

The Gunners person a accidental astatine slightest to use immoderate unit by beating Bournemouth successful the aboriginal kick-off astatine the Emirates connected Saturday.

Bournemouth person registered their highest-ever points tally successful a Premier League play to ascent to 10th spot but person lone beaten Arsenal erstwhile before.

City were not astatine their champion against Nottingham Forest past play but inactive recovered a mode to triumph and are beardown favourites to wrapper up an unprecedented 4th consecutive English title.

Arsenal volition cling to the anticipation that Wolves tin implicit a uncommon treble against City aft they won 2-1 astatine location earlier this season.

Guardiola, for his part, does not judge his broadside tin spend to driblet immoderate points successful the run-in.

“With 4 games left, it’s similar climbing a mountain,” helium said. “They are precise pugnacious games… If we gully a game, we are not going to triumph the Premier League. It is what it is.”

Man Utd question to halt rot
Manchester United’s atrocious play could plumb caller depths unless they footwear their costly wont of conceding precocious goals.

Erik 10 Hag’s chaotic squad person won conscionable 2 of their past 9 Premier League matches and person tricky games to travel against in-form Crystal Palace, Arsenal and Newcastle, who are their closest rivals for a Europa League spot, earlier they look Brighton connected the last day.

United person 2 imaginable routes into the Europa League, either by beating Manchester City successful the FA Cup last oregon finishing sixth successful the Premier League.

Seventh spot could besides beryllium capable for UEFA Conference League shot adjacent season.

The Red Devils person ne'er finished beneath seventh successful the Premier League but that is acold from definite to stay the lawsuit fixed their mediocre form.

West Ham and Chelsea are wrong striking region but person been hampered by their ain inconsistency successful caller months.

Burnley’s flight attempt
Burnley appeared dormant and buried conscionable weeks agone but they person mislaid conscionable 1 of their past 8 league games to stay successful the conflict for survival.

Vincent Kompany’s squad are inactive 2nd from bottommost of the array but are conscionable 2 points from information with 3 matches to play.

The archetypal of those is astatine Turf Moor against Eddie Howe’s Newcastle, who person mislaid 10 times connected the roadworthy this season.

Burnley’s last crippled is connected May 19 against Forest, presently 1 spot supra the driblet zone, and Kompany wants his squad to beryllium inactive live erstwhile the teams meet.

“For us, the biggest happening is, tin we springiness ourselves a crippled against Forest wherever we person thing to look guardant to?” said the Belgian.

“We don’t request overmuch more. We conscionable privation that accidental connected that 1 day. That’s capable for america to rally to thing special.”

Forest volition anticipation to propulsion distant from the information portion erstwhile they question to already relegated Sheffield United.

Fixtures

Friday (1900 GMT)

Luton v Everton

Saturday (1400 unless stated)

Arsenal v Bournemouth (1130), Brentford v Fulham, Burnley v Newcastle, Sheffield United v Nottingham Forest, Manchester City v Wolves (1630)

Sunday (1300 unless stated)

Brighton v Aston Villa, Chelsea v West Ham, Liverpool v Tottenham (1530)

Monday (1900)

Crystal Palace v Manchester United