Premier League: Title race intensifies as Manchester City sharpen talons to face Fulham

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Premier League: Title race intensifies as Manchester City sharpen talons to face Fulham

Eric Munene • 22:00 - 08.05.2024

Premier League title race ramps up as Manchester City and Arsenal brace up for tough weekend outings.

The Premier League title race between Manchester City and Arsenal is set to go down to the wire with now less than two weeks remaining of the season.

As things stand the Gunners are top of the table but it is Pep Guardiola who has the advantage due to having a game in hand.

Manchester City will travel to Craven Cottage as they continue their quest for the premier league title. City come from an emphatic 5-1 victory over Wolves at home. In this fixture, Haaland proved to still have that lethal edge after finishing the game with an astonishing 4 goals.

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Fulham head into this fixture with a draw away at Brentford. They currently sit 13th on the table, 18 points clear off the relegation zone. The currently have no pressure in terms of relegation or European football. They simply have done enough to stay in the top flight.

Arsenal fans will be praying to the Lord that Fulham take points from the champions to slow their charge down. This is after a video of Fulham players flying kites was posted by their striker Raul Jimenez during a training session.

They will definitely need a miracle as the Citizens have beaten Fulham in all their previous 5 meetings scoring sixteen times against them.

The Citizens have no injury woes as the only two players suspected with injury, Foden and Ederson, started in the win against Fulham. The potential line up for city may include Ederson; Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, Manuel Akanji, Josko Gvardiol; Rodri, Mateo Kovacic, Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne, Doku and Erling Haaland.

After this match, City will gravel to spurs for a match that is expected to be one of the matches that will decide the premier league. Arsenal host united this weekend for the super Sunday premier league fixture.

If City end this season as premier league champion, they would be the first club ever to win four in a row. It would also mark the club’s fifth league title in six seasons and sixth overall of the Pep Guardiola era.

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