MANCHESTER, England (AP) 鈥� It’s a huge day in the title race, with Arsenal travelling to Manchester City in a meeting between the top two.
A win for Arsenal and the long-time league leaders will regain a nine-point advantage, leaving them in a strong position to become English champions for the first time since 2004.
A win for City and the gap would be reduced to three points. City would also have a game in hand, at next-to-last Burnley on Wednesday. After that, both teams would have five matches left.
A draw? That would suit Arsenal more, keeping a six-point cushion between the teams.
City is at home and is in better form, winning its last three games 鈥� 2-0 over Arsenal in the English League Cup final, 4-0 against Liverpool in the FA Cup quarterfinals and 3-0 at Chelsea in the league 鈥� and having one of the division’s most exciting players in France playmaker .
Arsenal, meanwhile, has lost three of its last five games in all competitions as it stumbles toward the end of a season that could still bring the Premier League and titles.
Before the City-Arsenal match, Everton hosts Liverpool in the Merseyside derby, and it’s also Aston Villa-Sunderland and Nottingham Forest-Burnley.
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