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Home advantage could help đô thị to the title, published at14:33 3 January

Mike Minay, đài truyền hình mojaocena.com Radio Manchester

Pep Guardiola will play it down. Ask a player và whether confident or not, they’ll never tell you the title is looking good for City. But the fans can be quietly optimistic.

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In all three festive games, except the first half against Leicester, Manchester đô thị were average but they won all three. Two of those were away from home, the latter against an improved Arsenal side that pushed the Blues all the way. They still won.

As 2022 comes in đô thị have been khổng lồ Spurs, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Leicester, & Arsenal. Six big, tough away grounds. Và with the exception of Spurs (when they lacked a host of Brazilian & England stars after their summer exploits) they’ve been unbeaten. All of these teams, apart from Arsenal, have to lớn come to lớn the Etihad.

Home advantage may not be on previous Anfield or Stamford Bridge levels but it’s good, và you’d always rather play at trang chủ than away.

So yes, the title isn’t done, but with gaps emerging between the top and the rest, size building and those big trang chủ games, you can understand why the fans are beginning khổng lồ smile.

This week's đài truyền hình mojaocena.com Radio 5 Live commentaries, published at13:30 3 January

With the Premier League, Carabao Cup semi-finals và FA Cup third round all taking place this week, mojaocena.com Radio 5 Live has you covered.

Monday, 3 January - Manchester United v Wolves (17:30)

Wednesday, 5 January - Chelsea v Tottenham (19:45)

Thursday, 6 January - Arsenal v Liverpool (19:45)

Friday, 7 January - Swindon Town v Manchester City (20:00)

Saturday, 8 January - Millwall v Crystal Palace (12:45)

Saturday, 8 January - Newcastle United v Cambridge United (15:00)

Saturday, 8 January - Hull City v Everton (17:30)

Sunday, 9 January - Tottenham v Morecambe (14:00)

Sunday, 9 January - Nottingham Forest v Arsenal (17:10)

All times GMT

Arsenal 1-2 Man City: The pick of the stats, published at07:53 3 January

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Manchester City's win on Saturday means they ended New Year's Day with an 11-point lead at the đứng top of the Premier League table; only Manchester United in 1993-94 and City in 2017-18 (both 12 points) had a bigger lead at the over of 1 January in a season.

Pep Guardiola has faced Arsenal more often in league competition without losing than any other team throughout his whole managerial career (won 11, drawn one).

The Gunners have now lost 10 straight league encounters with City, whilst also losing their eighth Premier League trò chơi in a row against the competition’s reigning champions.

Since Mikel Arteta's first game in charge on Boxing Day in 2019, Arsenal have scored 36 Premier League goals via players aged 21 or younger - eight more than any other team.

Arsenal 1-2 Manchester City: Guardiola reaction, published at15:43 1 January

Manchester City quái vật Pep Guardiola, speaking to Match of the Day: "They were better, they were the better team, we did not have energy. At the end, we played against Brentford, went back khổng lồ Manchester & came back khổng lồ London.

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"Arsenal struggled in the last years khổng lồ be in the top four và they started the season in the bottom but have moved up step by step, I felt the energy and connection between the players & we did not have the energy to compete with them.

"In football sometimes you try to lớn analyse the reasons, what we have done, but it is unpredictable - 4-0 against Leicester, in trăng tròn minutes, 4-3. Injuries, Covid and lot of games, these types of situations happen."

Arsenal v Manchester City: Confirmed team news, published at11:36 1 January

Mikel Arteta, watching from trang chủ after testing positive for Covid-19, makes just one change to the Arsenal side that beat Norwich 5-0 on 26 December.

Takehiro Tomiyasu returns at right-back, meaning Rob Holding drops khổng lồ the bench.

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Tierney, Partey, Xhaka, Odegaard, Saka, Martinelli, Lacazette.

Subs: Leno, Smith Rowe, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Soares, Pepe, Tavares, Lokonga, Elneny.

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Joao Cancelo starts for Manchester City despite being injured in a robbery two days ago as the visitors make three changes khổng lồ the side that beat Brentford.

Rodri comes in for Fernandinho in midfield, while Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez replace Jack Grealish & Phil Foden, who is not in the squad.

Kyle Walker also returns on the bench for City.

Man city XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Dias, Laporte, Ake, Rodri, De Bruyne, Silva, Sterling, Mahrez, Jesus.

Subs: Steffen, Walker, Gundogan, Grealish, Fernandinho, Kayky, Mbete, Palmer, McAtee.