Arsenal extended their advantage in the Premier League title race with Manchester City to eight points with a 4-1 win against Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon. The Gunners have just 10 games left to play this season, including a potential title-deciding clash against City at the Etihad Stadium in April.
Mikel Arteta was handed a double injury blow after William Saliba and Takehiro Tomiyasu both missed the win against Palace. The two defenders both suffered injuries as the Gunners crashed out of the Europa League on Thursday last week.
Gabriel Jesus' return from injury has come at a crucial time of the season for Arsenal as the Brazilian aims to help fire the north Londoners to their first Premier League trophy in nearly 20 years. Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Martin Odegaard continue to shine for Arteta and all three players will be pivotal in the title run-in.
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City have a game in-hand on Arsenal after progressing into the FA Cup semi-finals at the weekend with the opportunity to close the gap at the top back down to five points after the international break. The Gunners find themselves in a similar situation as Liverpool a few seasons ago when Jurgen Klopp's side were 10 points clear of City who had a number of games in-hand on the Reds.
Former Arsenal striker Eduardo has urged the north London outfit to avoid repeating Liverpool's title race 'collapse' as Pep Guardiola's side hunt down a fifth title in six seasons. Eduardo told Betway: "I can’t guarantee that Arsenal will win the league, although there’s a huge chance.
"But if you stop and rewind a little bit, I think a few seasons ago Liverpool were 10 points ahead of Manchester City and City still won the league. So if Arsenal want to win the league, they need to be very focussed and not afford to drop any points like Liverpool did.
"Anything can happen, it can either go south or it could go really well where Arsenal win the league with games in hand. I just hope they win it, they have a massive chance."
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