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Podcast Appearances
Do you know what?
You mentioned earlier in the game, if you were an Arsenal player, would you tune in?
Not many would have expected Burnley to get a result today.
But if you're an Arsenal player or fan, I think you'll take a 1-0 loss for Burnley there.
Because I think Arsenal play Burnley in a few weeks, perhaps.
And they will probably...
not be as wasteful with the chances that City were especially with so much that's on the line and to add context to it I think there was a talk that if City had been top for six days this season it's likely to not go beyond this weekend because Arsenal have a league game where City are in the FA Cup so then before you know it we're back in the same situation again where City are chasing Arsenal provided Arsenal get points on the weekend against Newcastle so
Yeah, I don't think psychologically it matters that much because the two sides, because they've played each other now, there's no longer this talk about, oh, the game in April, the game in April.
Instead they had said it's going to be a decider.
You've got your five games, they've got their five games.
If you do well enough and you win your games in a considerable manner, the league title could still very much be Arsenal's.
So they have to back themselves.
And the fact that, as I say, this game against a side getting relegated in Burnley only finished 1-0 to City after they had 28 shots on goal and so many big chances.
Maybe this is the boost that they need to sort of go into this next spell now and try and turn their form around.
So I think, just from a ranking standpoint, I think City's running is more difficult.
However...
Arsenal have two games against Atletico Madrid.
And one thing about that is, say, being away in that first leg, that proves to be a tough game.
And you don't really know how that game's going to go, what the scoreline's going to be, and what the sort of comfort level is going into the second leg.
But before that second leg, there'll be a league game.