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Paris St Germain replaced Lyon at the top of the Ligue 1 table after downing their title rivals at the Parc des Princes.

From a defining clash between title rivals at Anfield to the ever - changing battle for survival, Paul Merson offers his midweek Premier League predictions...

Its just too early to determine who are title rivals at the moment not even Arsenal or City.

Well we played bad, but at the end of the day we took a vital point against one of the title rivals at their home..

Not exact matches

The Gunners are at the moment in deficits of 3 points behind their 3 main title rivals of Man City, Man Utd and their visitors Liverpool.

Now all the talk is about which team will triumph this time Mourinho has had another swipe at Wenger and the other rival managers by claiming that playing down talk of the title is really just down to being scared to admit their ambition, The Mirror reports, with the suggestion being that everyone is worried that United will be too strong.

Even if they do we are still going to see at least one more of our other title rivals drop points, with Chelsea and Manchester United playing each other.

Further, with the struggles of their rivals around them, there was certainly an opportunity to compete for the Premier League title or at least a top - three finish instead of a frantic scramble to qualify for the Champions League, which arguably looks unlikely at this stage.

Arsenal fans will be hoping from a look at this weekend's fixture list in the Premier League that it could be a good few days for the Gunners in our pursuit of the title, as many of our big rivals for the EPL trophy have matches that look harder on paper than our trip to Swansea and two of them are playing each other.

Van Persie has struggled to replicate the form that landed a record 20th league title for the Red Devils in his debut season at the club following his # 24m move from rivals Arsenal [via BBC Sport].

Former Leicester City striker Gary Lineker has poked fun at Arsenal by claiming that the Gunners have stolen the wrong scout from their surprise Premier League title rivals.

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.

Manchester City went down to another disappointing defeat, to put the final nail in the coffin of any possible Premier League title challenge which was still alive, with a 4 - 2 loss at Old Trafford to city rivals Manchester United.

At least Ramsey, as reported by The Guardian, the midfielder was sounding upbeat about the chances of the Gunners doing just that, despite the fact that out next opponents are the league leaders Leicester City who are in fine form and are coming to north London having produced a great away display to put another title rival Man City to the sword.

United currently sit 16 points behind rivals Man City at the top of the Premier League after the Citizens» 5 - 1 win against Leicester, so a win here would be absolutely vital in keeping their slim title hopes alive for this season.

Chelsea host Arsenal at Stamford Bridge on Saturday knowing that a win could all - but end their rivals» Premier League title hopes.

Spurs saw their Premier League title dreams come crashing down with Monday's 2 - 2 draw to London rivals Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, but they have still enjoyed a wonderful season under Pochettino.

Rooney, Cahill and Joe Hart are the only English players that would improve our squad, and they're all already at title rivals.

Mourinho had a go at our other Premier League rivals Man United, Liverpool and Man City a few days ago, showing an almost unbelievable cheek and hypocrisy by suggesting they were trying to buy the title.

Arsenal are in their best position at this stage of the season for years, and with a strong squad and flawed rivals, it looks as though Arsene Wenger's men have a great shot at the title this year.

Combined, the former Southern Conference rivals racked up nine national titles at that level.

Arsenal have been plagued by injury problems a lot more than our Premier League rivals in recent years and there is a strong argument that our bad luck on this front has cost the Gunners at least one title win, so we are always concerned about one or more of our stars picking up a knock, especially when they head off on international duty.

Most of us would probably prefer the two big title rivals to draw and claim just a point each, which would let Arsenal gain ground on both, assuming we win our own game at home to Brighton of course.

The Red Devils have spent over # 200million on the likes of Angel Di Maria and Ander Herrera since the Dutch boss replaced David Moyes at the helm last summer in an attempt to restore the club as genuine title challengers to the likes of Chelsea and fierce rivals Manchester City.

The Red Devils will be looking to bounce back from a shock defeat to West Brom at Old Trafford which handed their local rivals, Manchester City, the Premier League title.

It was a fiery encounter at Stamford Bridge between the two London rivals, with Tottenham's title hopes being on the line only adding to the tension.

Let's look at owners of our main title rivals: - Roman Abramovich — spotted many times applauding his beloved Chelsea — the Russian billionaire (love him or hate him) has won the hearts of all Chelsea supporters as well as bringing home the Champions League trophy Wenger craves..

It's only delusion when United believe they are «title rivals» with city or when the ever effusive Pochettino arrogantly says Tottenham's «ambition» is the league or champions league and not in the domestic cups (man hasn't won a pin but at Wembley a beggar surely has a choice).

With potential title rivals Manchester City hammering Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium earlier in the day and Chelsea yet to place, van Gaal's side face losing ground on those sides currently above them.

Their title credentials will be tested at Saturday lunchtime when they travel to Stamford Bridge to face an out - of - form Chelsea side as manager Arsene Wenger looks to record his first ever league victory over his arch rival Jose Mourinho.

everyone seems to be in a rush to do interviews especially after the Man u game... its a big big win for us seeing as we have not had one over them in 4 years but in the name of all that is good this is AFC we are talking about and no matter how crucial a win is against one of our biggest rival we should just move on and focus on the next game and stop behaving and acting like a newly promoted side that caused a big upset by beating one of the favorites for the title... at the end of the day its a very important win but its still 3 points....

The Premier League title holders are keen to beat local rivals Man City to the signing of the 21 year old playmaker, mindful of the fact that the starlet's current boss, Manuel Pellegrini, is set to take over at the Etihad Stadium.

The Bianconeri will hope to solidify their spot at the top of the Serie A table and open up a bigger gap between themselves and title rivals Napoli.

Now that the Blues have finally faltered and suffered a shock defeat at home to relegation threatened Crystal Palace, Arsenal are in no position to take advantage but the team that could challenge them for the title is our north London rivals Tottenham.

The Arsenal legend Ray Parlour is confident that Arsene Wenger's men are still in the race for the title at this stage, but that hope will only be realised if the Gunners can beat their top 6 rivals, starting with Chelsea.

Unfortunately, the spectacular goal couldn't secure PSG the win, and despite leading 2 - 0 at half time they conceded two goals in the dying minutes to draw the game and lose ground on their title rivals.

It came as the Red Devils were trailing 2 - 0 at the Etihad heading into the interval, before they mounted an incredible comeback to secure a 3 - 2 win and deny their rivals the chance of celebrating winning the Premier League title against them.

Nevertheless, it will be a frustrating night for Arsenal with title rivals Manchester City being held to a goalless draw by Everton, while Leicester City picked up a dramatic late win at Tottenham to move level at the top of the table with Arsene Wenger's side.

If we want to win a title in england we need simeone at this club, the only manager i believe can rival mourinho and get under his skin if it came to a war of words / tactics.

Real Madrid suffered a humiliating 3 - 0 at the hands of fierce rivals Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday in a match that effectively ended Los Blancos» title hopes.

With his side sitting atop the Premier League table with an eight - point lead over their nearest rivals, he's well on course to win the title in his first season in charge at Stamford Bridge.

Smotherman shot a 4 - under 67 at San Gabriel Country Club to win the state title while NorCal swept the top three team spots, led by Sierra Foothill League rival Granite Bay.

Fabinho was at the forefront of a sensational season with AS Monaco last year in which the club clinched an surprise league title away from rivals PSG and also made it to the Champions League semi-finals.

Looking at the Arsenal main title rivals weekend fixtures, I have a hunch, points are likely going to be dropped by those Arsenal 2 title challengers.

But the manager who always took such delight in aiming insults and slurs at Arsene Wenger could still have a say in the title race and he could still stop his rival from lifting the EPL trophy at the end of the season.

# 13 Florida at # 15 FSU (Saturday 8:00 pm ET) As we've mentioned all season, Florida has exceeded expectations and continues to win, and they'll face Alabama in the SEC Title Game with a chance to make the NCAAF Playoffs — But first they'll take on bitter rivals FSU on the road.

Cech admits that his side are in with a shot at the title if they can manage to build on their recent run of results, but must simply concentrate on their own form and hope their rivals slip up.

The team that I see as our only big rivals for the Title, they sit 2 points clear of us right now, they just tore Newcastle a new one, and are just about everybodys pick for the league, and the only real test in the league coming soon is at home to Man United (Pray for a draw), but whilst they are everybodys pick, they are favourites, they are still not untouchable.

They felt aggrieved in the middle of March when a refereeing error denied them a late goal — and an almost - certain 1 - 0 victory over title rivals Olympique Lyonnais, while they will be disappointed at having capitulated so comprehensively against Paris Saint - Germain at home last weekend.

In truth, Barca also look a better bet than United right now in terms of challenging for league titles and the Champions League, so there seems plenty of reason for Gooners to be optimistic he won't end up at their rivals.