LONDON, Jan 16 — Arsenal tightened their grip on the Premier League title race after a weekend of two dramatic derbies saw the Gunners pull eight points clear of Manchester...
LONDON, Jan 16 — Arsenal tightened their grip on the Premier League title race after a weekend of two dramatic derbies saw the Gunners pull eight points clear of Manchester City.
It is much tighter at the bottom of the table with just two points separating Leeds in 14th from Southampton in 20th.A 3-0 defeat at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in May sent Arsenal into a spiral that saw them miss out on the top four for the sixth consecutive season. Moreover, City do not appear the juggernaut they have been in recent seasons with Pep Guardiola accusing his side of complacency in their 2-0 League Cup exit to Southampton last week.
But if Arteta can keep his key players fit, Arsenal look set to end a 19-year wait to be crowned champions.Jurgen Klopp branded Liverpool’s 3-0 destruction at the hands of Brighton the worst performance he could recall in his entire managerial career. At the bottom of the table, the pressure is rising with a number of top-flight bosses hanging on to their jobs by a thread.
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