Arsenal, Man City Take Title Battle to Emirates

Leicester have a five-point lead on Arsenal, with City a point further back in third place. “We got drawn last time with Barcelona and they are a very good team and win all the titles”. In total, 38 American players have played in the English top flight since 1992, whilst Manchester United, Arsenal and other Premier League sides have attracted significant investment and sponsorship from across the Atlantic. Arsenal seems to finally be reaping the reward of sticking it out with Arsene Wenger.

Arsenal have lost just one of their 18 Barclays Premier League home games against Manchester City, although only one of the last six at home has been a win.

Manchester City stayed in the hunt for the top spot with a 2-0 win over Swansea last week.

Manuel Pellegrini will have to try and ignore speculation suggesting Pep Guardiola will be replacing him at the end of the season and will instead need to focus on getting his side to beat Arsenal for the first time in four attempts.

“Tottenham can be involved, so can Liverpool and Crystal Palace”.

However, captain Vincent Kompany remains unavailable for selection despite returning to light training following a calf injury so he joins Fernando, Pablo Zabaleta and Samir Nasri on the sidelines. These teams are the two favorites for the title and only one point now separates them. The game yielded yet another goal for Olivier Giroud and another assist from Mesut Ozil, and if the in-form duo can repeat that kind of form here Arsenal will sense success, especially as City have had more than the odd struggle in defence in recent games.

The final Premier League clash before Christmas is a potentially significant one in the title race as Arsenal take on Manchester City with the incentive of moving four points above their opponents.

These two teams arguably boast the greatest array of creative talent in the Premier League, though City just about edge it, 128 to 106.

Pellegrini insisted last week such talk did not bother him and Silva claims the players will not be affected by ongoing speculation.

“It’s a good target to return to clean sheets and to advance in positions”.

Arsenal have won more points away from home this season than they have at the Emirates (19 away, 14 at home).

“(Smaller teams) can say no because they speculate on the inflation that will happen.

To find out how to watch Arsenal vs. Manchester City live online, see the streaming link in the final paragraph of this article. “It was a way of saying to me – even if it put a bit of pressure on me – that ‘I have full confidence in you'”.