Manchester City will be hoping to build on their advantage over Arsenal when they face West Ham United this week.
16.04.2023 - 07:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Here are your Sunday morning Manchester City headlines.
Guardiola's Arsenal message
Pep Guardiola congratulated his Manchester City players on setting up a 'final' against Arsenal.
A 3-1 victory over Leicester moved the Blues to within three points of the Premier League leaders with eight matches to play. While Mikel Arteta's side could be nine points clear by the time they meet City at the end of the month given their extra fixtures, the league title is still in the hands of the defending champions.
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Guardiola might have been worried by a nervy 20 minutes after making five substitutions against Leicester, and admitted he may have tried to do too much. However, with the job done City can look ahead as they go for glory in three competitions.
"Win, win, win. Arsenal have done an incredible run so far and I don't think they're going to drop many points," he said of the title race. "What you have to do is be there. It's important to us winning today for the final that we have against them in the next Premier League game.
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Haaland substitution reaction
Pep Guardiola pointed out the 'excellent' reaction from Erling Haaland after his early Manchester City substitution.
Haaland scored twice in the opening 25 minutes to equal the Premier League 38-game record - with eight matches still to play - of goals in a single season, moving onto 32. But he was only given until half-time to extend his tally before being taken off for Julian Alvarez as one of two changes, with John Stones also replaced.
Guardiola spoke on Friday about the need to manage Haaland's fitness with 24-hour meticulous care, and with two important
Manchester City will be hoping to build on their advantage over Arsenal when they face West Ham United this week.
Pep Guardiola believes Erling Haaland has the same mentality to improve and score goals as Lionel Messi and warned the rest of the Premier League that the striker will be even better in his second season at Manchester City.
West Ham United manager David Moyes has revealed defender Kurt Zouma will be sidelined for "a few weeks" as they prepare to face Manchester City on Wednesday night.
Julian Alvarez has called for a whole team effort as Manchester City enter a run of nine 'finals' in their bid to win three trophies this season.
Fulham manager Marco Silva felt 50/50 decisions went against his side during the 2-1 defeat to Manchester City at Craven Cottage.
Manchester City moved to the top of the Premier League table after securing an important victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday afternoon.
Arsenal could once again be without midfielder Granit Xhaka when they face Manchester City at the Emirates on Wednesday.
Southampton and former Arsenal winger Theo Walcott believes that the Gunners are way better than Manchester City and they should be confident ahead of Wednesday's trip to the Etihad Stadium.
Pep Guardiola will not allow his Manchester City players to save themselves for other competitions as they look to book another trip to Wembley.
Pep Guardiola said he had no excitement for a potential Treble as he refused to discuss the prospect of Manchester City winning everything.
Legendary former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes Manchester City have a slight advantage over Real Madrid going into next month's Champions League semi-final.
Here are your Manchester City evening headlines on Tuesday, April 18.
Where Pep Guardiola is concerned it is usually a case of 'don't mention the subs'. The Manchester City manager rarely takes kindly to be quizzed on his strategy when it comes to replacements, responding with either a heavy dollop of sarcasm or a response that suggests he does, actually, know best.
Here are your Manchester City evening headlines on Monday, April 17.
Pep Guardiola congratulated his Manchester City players on setting up a 'final' against Arsenal.
Pep Guardiola has a Man City 'luxury' in being able to substitute key players without a significant dip in quality.
Gary Neville has declared that Carlyle's reported interest in becoming a minority stakeholder in Manchester United is not what is best for the club.
Manchester City supporters are calling for Pep Guardiola to bring Kyle Walker back into the starting line-up for their Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich.
Jamie Carragher believes the number of matches Manchester City still have to play compared to Arsenal could be their undoing during the Premier League title race.
Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards has highlighted Pep Guardiola's substitution of John Stones against Southampton for inspiring the Blues to victory.