![]() It’s why many view City as the favorite, considering its form, its two games in hand and its pedigree in these situations.Īsked whether nerves were to blame for throwing away two-goal leads in draws against Liverpool and West Ham and then dropping two more points in the 3-3 draw with Southampton on Friday, Arteta said: “I think it’s more about the situation - the key moments in games haven’t gone our way. These Gunners are young, though, and aren’t used to handling the pressure of a title race. ![]() That Arsenal still holds a five-point lead is testament to its extraordinary, improbable start to the season when the team had 50 points from a possible 57 at the halfway stage. Now we know exactly what we are playing for.” But now the last few months, we had that feeling - in the FA Cup, Champions League, Premier League. “When we started this season, the first game, second game, third game, after back-to-back Premier League titles, they weren’t finals. “I remember perfectly that feeling - and Arsenal had that this season at the beginning. “When we won our first Premier League title (under Guardiola) with 100 points (in 2017-18), we started the season like every game is a final,” Guardiola said Tuesday. Put simply, City has become a master at pacing its season. Heading into Wednesday’s game at Etihad Stadium, City is on a 16-game unbeaten run in all competitions, taking 25 points from a possible 27 in the league in that period. Last season, the difference between the teams was also a point after City went its final 12 games unbeaten, winning 10 of them.Īnd the team coached by Pep Guardiola is at it again. In the first of those duels, City closed the league campaign with 14 straight victories to win the title by a point. Just ask Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, whose team fell short of the title despite posting points totals of 97 (in 2018-19) and 92 (in 2021-22) while up against the City juggernaut. It’s something City is getting used to producing at this stage of the season. “Because that’s what this last level demands - absolute perfection.” “We really want it and we are going to show it again tomorrow night, but you have to deliver in the right moment the right performance, and it has to be perfection,” Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said Tuesday. Three straight draws - the most recent coming at home against Southampton, the league’s last-place team - have seen the longtime leaders lose the initiative, but not quite first place.Īrsenal’s credentials are being seriously questioned ahead of the ultimate test in English soccer and what many are billing a title decider: Wednesday’s away match against City. And at the moment, Arsenal is far from perfect. The archived and created content will be owned by PMC and available to license through Shutterstock initially via Rex Features and Shutterstock Premier.Arsenal is discovering the brutal reality about going toe-to-toe with Manchester City in the final stretch of a Premier League title race.PMC has chosen Shutterstock’s digital asset management service, WebDAM, to support its editorial and creative teams’ needs to store, organize and manage visual content on the leading cloud-based platform.Leveraging PMC’s insider access, Shutterstock will document leading Hollywood events which may include the Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Awards, as well as capture the latest fashion industry trends including global runway coverage and exclusive.At the more than 50 events, galas, summits and conferences PMC produces annually, Shutterstock will capture the unique moments, as well as market and license the imagery to the world’s media. ![]() Commencing in 2016, Shutterstock will have an exclusive worldwide right and license to PMC’s archive, including images from its legendary, 100-year-old publications Variety and WWD.
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