City now the favourites

Before Wednesday, Arsenal had things under control in the Premier League title race. All they had to do to not relinquish that control was to travel to Manchester and beat defending champions Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.

However, it definitely was easier said than done, proven how Pep Guardiola's men outclassed leaders Gunners in a dominant 4-1 win to cut the gap to two points while playing two games less than Mikel Arteta's troops.

As things stand, the equation for City is now simple. They can afford to lose one of their final seven games and still clinch their fifth Premier League title in six seasons with a one point cushion over Arsenal, given Arsenal don't drop any more points.

Guardiola's side can mathematically win the Premier League title by mounting five wins and two draws in their remaining seven games, courtesy of their superior goal difference.

For Arsenal, however, things are not in their hands anymore. Not only they need to win rest of their five games, but also hope for City to lose two or play three drawn matches.

Arsenal can't afford to drop points in this situation. If they win all remaining five games, they will finish at 90 points. They are winless from the last four games and they have to put on their best version because a couple of games are tricky like Chelsea and Brighton. Brighton are the side that will face both Arsenal and Man City. Arsenal can hope for an upset from the Seagulls and they have the ability to achieve this.

City travel to Fulham, Brentford, Brighton and Everton while they will be hosting West Ham United, Leeds United and Chelsea. It does not seem that City have any big thorn on their way to the summit.

However, the one thing that Arsenal could be hopeful about is how the Premier League has a history of not being decided till the final whistle of the final match of the league gets blown and that City have a tough schedule in the coming weeks as they face Real Madrid in the Champions League semifinals. But given the depth that Guardiola has in his squad, rotating the squad and still maintaining top gear seems to be the least of the worries for City, who boast a 49-goal (all competitions) Erling Haaland.

Arsenal can only do is focus on winning their last five games and leave it on Man City. If glory is written then it will automatically find a way to reach the Emirates.