Overview
- Manchester City, which beat Arsenal 2-1 on Sunday at the Etihad, cut the leaders’ advantage to three points with five matches remaining.
- Rayan Cherki struck first, Kai Havertz leveled when he charged down Gianluigi Donnarumma’s clearance into the net, and Erling Haaland won it with a 65th minute finish.
- The result sets up Wednesday’s trip to Burnley, where a City victory would take them first on goal difference.
- Analysts and bookmakers now lean toward City in the title race, while Mikel Arteta told his squad the run-in “is a new league now” and urged belief.
- Pep Guardiola highlighted captain Bernardo Silva’s confirmed summer exit as an emotional backdrop to the run-in and called for a fitting send-off after nine trophy-rich years.