Arsenal spent 248 days at the top of the Premier League last season and still ended up empty-handed. By Sunday night it could return to the summit of England’s top division and deliver a big statement in the process. Arsenal hosts champion Manchester City at Emirates Stadium in a meeting between last season’s top two that will be seen as an early gauge of the Londoners’ title credentials. Arsenal last won the trophy in 2004 and looked set to end its wait to lift it again last term when repeatedly confounding pre-season expectations to lead the way from the start until the closing stages of the campaign. Eventually it folded under the pressure from City to earn the distinction of spending the longest period at the top without being crowned champions.
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Arsenal last won the trophy in 2004 and looked set to end its wait to lift it again by repeatedly confounding preseason expectations to lead the way from the start until the closing stages of the campaign. Eventually, though, it folded under the pressure from City to earn the distinction of having spent the longest period at the top without being crowned champions.
Those six points picked up in the two league games were the difference in the race for the title as City ended five clear. Having started the season in such ominous form by winning its first six games in the league, City suffered back-to-back defeats against Newcastle in the English League Cup and then Wolverhampton. It returned to winning ways against Leipzig in the Champions League on Wednesday.
City will be without the suspended Rodri on Sunday. His importance to the team has been underlined by the losses in his absence against Newcastle and Wolverhampton, while victory against Leipzig came with him back in the heart of midfield.
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