The way the Gunners are so eager to get their hands on City is like Man City are the only team they have to beat to win the league title. We know how important this game is for both clubs and I don't think Manchester City have topped the league and stay at the top for more than a day since the beginning of this campaign.
Liverpool have been at the top and now we have the Gunners sitting at the top but City are waiting for the right moment (it could be on Sunday) to be at the top and we know how they did it last season but this time around I feel Arsenal are not going to let it happen again.
Another thing that got me thinking, since the race for the title is a three man horse race, if Arsenal lose or draw to City is it the end for Arsenal to struggle to get to the top and winning the league?🤔
The game against Manchester City is actually a test to test the mentality possessed by Arsenal at this time, yes indeed beating Manchester City does not make Arsenal absolutely able to win the Premier League this season, but I think when they can beat Manchester City, of course the mentality of Arsenal players will improve when they will face other teams in the remaining games of the season.
The three teams currently have a very close points difference (1 point) and of course all possibilities will be possible and that is why the match on Sunday will change the course of the championship competition this season, because the three teams will depend very much on the result of the match between Manchester City and Arsenal later, at this time Arsenal just have to focus on continuing to be able to maintain their positive trend so as not to repeat the mistakes that occurred last season, when Manchester City easily seized the top position at the end of the season after a long time Arsenal are top.
Facing Man City will definitely improve their confidence and it will look like Arsenal are the ones that other teams are scared of playing against. To me the Gunners have reached that stage where teams would be having a double plans to play the Gunners, just like Manchester City, if you're going against the Citizens it is either you defend till the end of the game or you do both, defending and attacking. The Gunners have a strong thinking in front of goal but the only problem is selfishness like
Gabriel martinelli , if they avoid being selfish (especially the attackers) they can beat any team.
We talk about Arsenal and Manchester City like they're the only teams competing for the title or like they're the favorite for the title.
Liverpool are also waiting for either of the two teams to slip off the title challenge especially Arsenal, if the Gunners draw the game against Man City and Liverpool win is going to be a bigger opportunity for them as they go back to the top talking about Liverpool. This whole things is just on Arsenal like you said for them to be consistent, they really need to win Manchester City to keep the winning streak alive and I don't think Liverpool can win their game against Brighton.