Manchester Metropolis try and comply with up their late win at on Sunday once they host a Fulham aspect aiming to bounce again from a house defeat by
BBC Sport examines a few of the key themes going into their assembly at Etihad Stadium.
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Final-gasp, chaotic, doubtlessly essential – Manchester Metropolis’s 2-1 win at Anfield on Sunday saved Pep Guardiola’s inside six factors of leaders following the most recent spherical of matches and the title race alive – in the interim.
Metropolis have 50 factors after 25 Premier League video games however solely six groups have gone on to win the title with 50 factors or fewer at this stage of a 38-game season – and the final one was 23 years in the past.
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On that event, gained 10 and drew three of their remaining 13 video games to overtake leaders Arsenal and end prime on 83 factors in 2002-03.
The Gunners have been prime after 25 video games that season with 53 factors, however did not win six of their remaining 13 matches – a drop in type which proved expensive.
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Arsenal presently have three extra factors on the identical stage of this season however Match of the Day pundit Wayne Rooney believes Erling Haaland’s profitable purpose in opposition to Liverpool final weekend – his first at Anfield for Metropolis – may spark a run of type to check Mikel Arteta’s mettle ought to their be any slip-ups.
“It was an actual high-pressure penalty as a result of it was to maintain Manchester Metropolis within the title race,” he stated. “You possibly can see that reduction in his face to attain the purpose so late to win the sport. The arrogance that can give him now might be scary for Arsenal within the subsequent few weeks.”
Metropolis’s subsequent sport is in opposition to a Fulham aspect they’ve defeated of their previous 19 conferences; the longest profitable run one aspect has had in opposition to one other in English soccer historical past.
Marco Silva’s males dominated the primary half in opposition to Everton on Saturday earlier than shedding to a late personal purpose at Craven Cottage.
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The Cottagers have gained simply three of their 12 away journeys within the Premier League thus far this season, whereas Silva’s report can also be rotten on this specific fixture.
He has misplaced all 13 Premier League conferences with Metropolis, essentially the most one supervisor has confronted an opponent with a 100% loss price within the competitors’s historical past.
Marco Silva is but to beat Manchester Metropolis in his managerial profession [BBC]
Any uptick in confidence for Haaland forward of Wednesday’s encounter may even be unwelcome for visiting followers given he is scored seven targets and assisted three in simply seven Premier League appearances in opposition to Fulham.