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Arsenal are on course to claim their first Premier League title for 22 years.
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Mikel Arteta's side have a nine-point lead at the summit with seven games remaining in England's top flight. However, the identity of their closest challengers still brings a considerable measure of anxiety.
On the first two of Arsenal's three consecutive second-place finishes over the past three seasons, Manchester City were champions. The Gunners collapsed from a position of strength in 2022/23 before taking the race to the wire a year later, when City's final-day victory over West Ham edged them over the line.
The most recent of those triumphs marked a record fourth league title in a row, a previously unprecedented feat in English football.
After limping to third last season and a hasty and extensive refit of what was an ageing playing squad, City are a shadow of that team this time around or, at the very least, an entirely different one. Throwing away winning positions three times over the course of back-to-back Premier League draws against relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest and West Ham underline how this is probably a season too soon for Pep Guardiola's new-look team.
City retain a game in hand but now simply must win when they host Arsenal in a cruch clash at the Etihad Stadium in April.
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When is Man City vs. Arsenal?
Manchester City will host Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, April 19.
The match will kick off at 4:30 p.m. BST (11:30 a.m. ET).
Arsenal and City also meet in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley on Sunday, March 22.
Man City and Arsenal Premier League run-ins
City and Arsenal each have five scheduled Premier League fixtures after their match at the Etihad Stadium.
Arsenal having back-to-back home games after visiting City, who will spend their next two match weeks on the road, looks like an advantageous factor for Arteta's team.
Man City fixtures after Arsenal (H)
- April 25: Burnley (A)
- May 2: Everton (A)
- May 9: Brentford (H)
- May 17: Bournemouth (A)
- May 24: Aston Villa (H)
Arsenal fixtures after Man City (A)
- April 25: Newcastle (H)
- May 2: Fulham (H)
- May 9: West Ham (A)
- May 17: Burnley (H)
- May 24: Crystal Palace (A)
Have Man City and Arsenal played a 'title decider' before?
The most obvious example of City and Arsenal meeting with the Premier League title on the line in their April 2023 meeting at the Etihad Stadium.
The Gunners headed to Manchester with a five-point lead at the top of the table but City had two games in hand and were on a treble charge. A Kevin De Bruyne brace inspired a comprehensive 4-1 win. Guardiola's men wrapped up the title with two games to spare.
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Eleven months later, City and Arsenal played out a tense 0-0 draw. That result put Arsenal and City two and three points behind Liverpool respectively with nine games remaining.
But Jurgen Klopp's team fell away down the stretch and City prevailed as the race went to the final day. In the final analysis, a draw instead of a victory at the Etihad was the difference between Arsenal coming second rather than first.
If the title is still up for grabs this time around, this might be the experience that most informs Arteta's approach against his old mentor.
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