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Chelsea or Manchester City could land the first big blow of the Premier League title race on Saturday when they meet at Stamford Bridge.

Not exact matches

It looks to me like Arsenal will be the only team from the current top three of the Premier League that will have anything but the Premier League title race to worry about by next week, always assuming that the Gunners manage to get past Watford at the Emirates stadium on Sunday, but how will that affect things?

The title race will then be blown wide open as Spurs will be level on points with the league leaders and Arsenal will be six points behind the Foxes with a game in hand.

Arsenal secured what could be a decisive win in the Premier League title race after claiming a 2 - 1 victory over Leicester City on Sunday.

The criticism seems to increase year on year, and you can bet your life that the first time Arsenal drop points this season, the verbal attacks will resume once again, but the fact is that every single team in the Premiership is investing in players in that race for the title, and it is not getting any easier to win the League.

We have all but ruled ourselves out of the title race following our dismal display at Stamford Bridge this weekend which allowed our rivals to move to 12 points clear of us, and we (for now) have to concentrate on building our own form to assure ourselves of Champions League football, and should the Blues begin to drop points, we must be within touching distance of them when push comes to shove.

It sometimes seems like Leicester City are on top of the League by default, with Arsenal, Man City and Man United continually dropping crucial points in the title race, but Arsenal are still sitting pretty just two points behind the leaders.

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But Spurs and their long suffering fans will probably be happy about the recent comments from Campbell on the current title race, reported by Metro, because he reckons it could be heading towards the first time since Arsene Wenger took charge that the spuds finish above Arsenal in the Premier League table.

The Argentine tactician is doing a stellar job at White Hart Lane for the second consecutive season, as they remain hot on the trails of Chelsea in the Premier League title race this year.

It is no secret that Liverpool have fallen back a long way since last season, when — powered on by Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge — they finished a close second to Manchester City in the Premier League title race.

Ernesto Valverde will have to take the lead on it if the alleged poor morale is a genuine issue, as with Barcelona going so well this season with a commanding lead in the La Liga title race coupled with their ongoing hunt for the Copa del Rey and Champions League, there is still a lot on the line this year.

Nervous start — usual criticism at the beginning of the season, with the lack of spending Ramsey's first blood — Arsenal shocked the league, we played brilliant football, scoring beautiful goals, all seemed like a decent season for us Coq red card — injury crisis struck, the lack of bench depth put pressure on the team, the downfall of performance caused crucial points Alexis» goal when down to ten men - it all seemed like arsenal would lose out in the title race again but arsenal somehow surprised the league again, saying aye we got the quality but we just ai nt gonna show in week in week out Draw in NLD with 10 men — can't really complain about it but you ain't happy.

It's not the first time that we lost our first game of the season and then went on a long unbeaten run and it won't be the first time if we are at the top of the league during the Christmas period, only to drop out of the title race in the following months.Lets just enjoy the Good times and wait and see how it pans out.?

I do not know whether Henry had his words about Giroud and Arsenal's need to sign a top quality striker in mind when he spoke to Sky Sports about his thoughts on how the Premier League title race will shape up in the coming months.

Jose Mourinho will be focused on taking United back to the top of the tree, and while that may not happen this season with rivals Man City comfortably ahead in the Premier League title race, these possible signings could strengthen the Red Devils in the summer.

Carragher was equally as critical of Beck for not reporting the incident, but believes that Spurs unnecessarily lost their cool with so much on the line as they were seemingly on their way to a win to keep the Premier League title race alive.

The 2016 - 17 Premier League title race is on a knife edge, but everything points to Arsenal firmly being involved in the hunt for major silverware come May.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini still insists the Premier League title race is over despite several of his players believing otherwise as they prepare to face Wolves on Sunday.

Arsenal's 10 - 2 Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich is used as the impetus for the rapid rise in protestations, and our side has since dropped right out of the title race, and are now in danger of missing out on the top four also.

The former teammates come head - to - head this weekend in a clash that could have significant consequences on this season's Premier League title race, with the Blues currently leading at the top of the table by nine points.

In contrast, Arsenal, exhausted after their victory against Leicester had to compete on 3 fronts — and immediately lost 3 consecutive games beginning with the crushing defeat to Barcelona, and in so doing went out of both the FA and European Cups and collected only 9 league points to effectively drop out of, then lose, the title race!

The level of physical and mental pressure on the players is relentless and it is no coincidence that all the old order top 4 teams came up short in both the Premier League title race and the European Cup.

The only downside, of course, is that the Premier League title race is now over before the advent calendars have come out, meaning the focus now moves on to the rather tedious race for fourth, which only Arsenal care about, and the race not to be sacked, which Arsene Wenger is not involved in anyway.

Unsurprisingly, the encounter was the main topic of discussion on the Sunday Supplement on Sky Sports, and the panel were in agreement that Guardiola's City are starting to look very ominous at an early stage of the Premier League title race.

Arsenal on the flip - side are breezing into the title race with a long string of good results, and have climbed to second in the table having only lost one league cup encounter since their opening weekend defeat to Liverpool.

Manchester City travel to the Britannia stadium to play Stoke City on Wednesday night hoping for a victory to make sure that don't completely lose Chelsea in the Premier League title race.

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Manchester City star Samir Nasri admits his side need to forget about catching Chelsea in the Premier League title race and focus on making sure they don't slip out of the top four.

He'll be hoping to add to that trophy haul when he makes his comeback, with Atleti chasing down Barcelona in the La Liga title race while they'll hope to still be involved in the Champions League in the second half of the campaign as they face a crucial week with a win over Chelsea perhaps not even enough depending on Roma's result.

Coutinho would not have been involved any way if Ernesto Valverde's side had won the Champions League, while his impact on the La Liga title race has also been minimal as they were well clear at the top when he arrived anyway.

On the one hand, Arsenal have finally started to convince the many doubters in the football world that we are now a squad that has the balance of talent, steel and all the other things it takes to win the marathon that is the Premier League title race.

Wenger can ill - afford another defeat on Sunday, as the Frenchman is already under fire following a poor run of form which has seen them fall eight points off the pace in the Premier League title race, as well as slipping to a two - goal deficit ahead of their second leg clash with Barcelona in the Champions League.

Manchester City suffered a shock 1 - 0 loss to Burnley at Turf Moor on Saturday which could have serious repercussions on the Premier League title race.

We are now on a 5 - game unbeaten run again, and if we can get all 3 points against Watford in 8 days time, then we will be in good heart to face the League leaders on the following weekend in which could be our big throw of the dice in the title race....

Carmelo Anthony is gaining on Kevin Durant in the race for the league's scoring title.

When Jose Mourinho's Manchester United were in the Europa Cup semi finals last season, the Portugese boss gave up on the title race and rested players in important Premier League games so they could be fresh for the infamous Thursday night competition.

Or would you prefer that we dropped out of the title race and went on to win the Champions League?

Depending on circumstances the Gunners could be out of the cup and out of the realistic title race when the final whistle blows on our Premier League away game at Stamford Bridge on February 4th.

After disappointment in the FA Cup semi-finals, Tottenham look set to fall short in the Premier League title race too after their damaging defeat to West Ham United on Friday night.

Just like the fight between Arsenal and Chelsea for the coveted Premier League title, the race to be crowned the PFA player of the year is still on.

With Arsenal really needing to take all three points back to north London to keep up with Leicester City in the race for the Premier League title, a trip to a hughely injury depleted Manchester United who had played a big game on Thursday seemed to be just what we needed.

As the quality level of the opposition goes up in the latter stages of the Champions League and when the pressure is on against the big sides in England in the title race, an issue like that can emerge as a real problem at key moments.

Tottenham Hotspur welcome Bournemouth to White Hart Lane on Sunday having seen the gauntlet thrown down by Leicester City in the Premier League title race.

The latest of which came after United's win over Southampton on Friday night, as he took to Twitter and had this to say about the Premier League title race.

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It's been a disappointing campaign for the Red Devils on the whole, as although they're still in the hunt for the FA Cup, they've fallen short in the Premier League title race and were dumped out of the Champions League earlier than most expected against Sevilla.

Petr Cech is refusing to rule his side out of the race for the Premier League title, but admits Arsenal must rely on their rivals to drop points.

Stoke City gave an early Christmas present to Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool on Saturday by beating Manchester City 2 - 0 to leave the Premier League title race wide open.

Of course the Gunners did not want to drop out of the elite competition that is the Champions League, but the boss suggested it might be a good thing as we could then focus all our energies on the new Premier League title race.