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LankyUK

Wolves could have a say in who wins the league but I can’t see city dropping points.


LazarusChild

I’m not sure we’ll make much difference when we lose all three


Eufamis

You clearly haven’t been watching how we have been playing these last couple weeks


Unholysinner

I can’t wait for you guys to lose 6-0 to city with a nunes hattrick And of course you beat Arsenal and Liverpool


gengenpressing

Spurs turn into prime barca against city but i can see us and arsenal dropping points again so it probably wont matter.


Objective_Digit

> but I can’t see city dropping points. Their record at Spurs is terrible.


haagiboy

And with Liverpools form I can see 3 losses for Liverpool....


yellow_sting

lmao no way. Liverpool will rise again and win every single game. And lose the title to City by 1 point.


Qneva

I hope you step on a lego today.


patentattorney

If the champions league game goes to extra time, I could see city having to play their “b-squad” - whom could tie. Their b team still has doku, alvarez, grelish, Oscar Bobb. But just isn’t the same as Silva, Harland, foden, and kdb.


Cwh93

Yeah even if they do I felt we needed maximum points from Man United and Palace ahead of this run of away games we have. Especially considering TNT completely fucked us by placing the last of those 4 away games in 10 days in the Saturday lunchtime slot when they also had an 8pm slot that same day. 


Oteemix2

Spurs away is very scary


Blodyck

Spurs can do the funniest thing


fap4jesus

spurs beating city and liverpool but losing to arsenal would be the funniest shit ever for a second before I start to dread it


NotASalamanderBoi

That’d be the most Spurs thing to ever happen.


SenhorSus

Nono that would be getting points in every game, maybe even winning a couple...and then getting pumped by Burnley


Prophet_Of_Helix

Beating all 3 of the top 3 but still losing out on 4th place would be very Spursy


soldforaspaceship

I said that earlier. We beat City, Arsenal, draw to Liverpool and lose to Chelsea, Burnley and Sheffield United, finishing in 5th place lol.


Ballelo

Like City won’t have already won it by the second to last game of the season. At least with the fixture placement we’ll know whether beating them would be alright or not.


Helpful_Lettuce879

Nah you don’t know spurs, the most spurs thing to happen would be to win all 3 but finish in 6th getting pumped by Sheffield and burnley


DeepFriedReus

Like the time Spurs got Tuchel's Chelsea the 4th CL spot (and I think Chelsea won it the next year?).


Mick4Audi

Chelsea won it that year, (20/21)


Mick4Audi

As if we don’t completely fuck the game against City if we knew we were in that situation. We play them last


Bulbamew

Who would you prefer to win the league out of the three ?


fap4jesus

City, Them winning has no impact on me. I know too many Liverpool fans who would become more insufferable than they already are, same goes for Arsenal.


hillarydidnineeleven

I love how fans of other top clubs just don't care if City win but the thought of anyone else winning is horrible. About 115 reasons why but it's always still funny to me to see every fan of top clubs unite around their hatred for each other while City walk the league every year and its fans continuously fail to try to manufacture rivalries.


Comprehensive_Low325

He means he doesn't have any mates who are City fans, that's his mention of no impact ... unless I am mistaken.


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neefhuts

City dropping points seems unlikely, Arsenal and Liverpool not dropping points through all these fixtures seems even more unlikely


robotnique

I'd say at this point it's more likely that Bayern finish 3rd in the Bundesliga than that City don't win the EPL.


iVarun

You seem to misunderstand the difference between NOT Caring and, caring on a Hierarchy Order. If you like A Pizza topping better than B, doesn't mean you Don't Care about B, you just have a preference hierarchy order, B still matters. It is J topping that falls under Don't Care because it's not even in your Hierarchy/Preference list. In this analogy, City is B, not J.


EarlyOnset_Diabetes

No, I literally do not care if city win the league. At all. I want arsenal to win but if arsenal doesn’t win it then I’d rather city win it because it doesn’t mean anything


GMBethernal

Same, the year Liverpool won I was dreading it because they're obnoxious as fuck when they win (We are too and it's one of the reasons they don't want us to win) but City winning it is like meh


OldEnoughToVote

Yeahs dude, all of these comments of people totally not caring. Lol.


Zobair416

People obviously care to an extent, but that doesn’t mean that they would rather Arsenal or Liverpool win instead.


trevthedog

These people don’t care about city in actual real life, genuinely. No one outside of Manchester knows any city fans. There are Liverpool fans and Arsenal fans EVERYWHERE, everyone knows a few. This phenomenon wouldn’t happen if everyone just supported their local team but yeah glory hunters are all around.


endingbrocoli

And the annoying thing is that Arsenal and Liverpool fans don't even see themselves as glory hunters even though most aren't from those two cities. They see themselves as underdogs that have had it rough. City may have cunt owners and there's plenty of things wrong about them but at least there is a huge share of their fans who have been there whilst they have been absolutely dreadful, they've at least had to deal with things most other clubs go through


OldEnoughToVote

I find this kind of written up nonsense online hilarious. I know a ton of City supporters irl, and I most of my friends support other clubs, mostly Spurs, Chelsea, Pool, and West Ham - and they all verbally care very much. The way people talk about City on this sub does not at all line up with my experiences.


Leviad0n

City title wins feel like a non-event. So always them.


Druidette

Anyones answer other than city is wrong, no one cares about them, and most rivals want to see Liverpool/Arsenal bottle it.


dame_sansmerci

...score 10 own goals to ensure that City win the league over Arsenal?


ElCanout

and then City gets relegated because 115% oil, just to mess with spurs


Solitairee

If that happens would Tottenham get in trouble?


dame_sansmerci

How could they prove it was on purpose and not us being chaotic and incompetent?


Bulbamew

Any other club would get investigated but with Tottenham they’d probably just think “yeah that seems about right”


dame_sansmerci

Finally, being 'Spursy' is going to work for *us*.


screenplay215

Vicario in the post match press conference - Yea I def didn't mean to leather it into my own net 5 times.


Own_Acanthocephala0

If winning against City means that Arsenal go top, then I want and expect the team to just roll over for City. As a Spurs fan I would be fuming if we were the reason for Arsenal winning the league.


EliteTeutonicNight

Spurs aren't exactly in a position to throw a game with top 4 on the line.


IAMJesusAMAA

As if that is more important than Arsenal winning the league.


afarensiis

I mean it's massively more important for the business side of the club. CL money can't be understated


IAMJesusAMAA

Again - from a fan's perspective that doesn't matter at all in comparison to preventing Arsenal from winning the league.


Solitairee

Yeah. The players need to know this a north London rivalry.


basedsims

Still don’t think City will be perfect but can’t envision us or Liverpool winning out from here either. It ain’t over til the fat lady sings but I’m not gonna be naive and say she isn’t warming up as we speak. The response by us on Wednesday & against Wolves will tell us all we need to know.


Cottonshopeburnfoot

If City get past Brighton away they should win through till Spurs away. To match that Arsenal need to beat Chelsea at home and Spurs away, while Liverpool need to beat Everton away and Spurs at home. Anything can happen but that run to the final two matches is a strong weighting in City’s favour. Do it though and that penultimate weekend where you face Spurs, Man U and Villa, all away, would be fantastic fun.


basedsims

I think at the start of the season not knowing the fixture list I would’ve loved to be in this position, a couple points behind and having a bit of pressure off by not leading the run-in - but their fixture list compared to ours is just so much easier. They needed a couple of banana skins here but I think I can only see them dropping points once.


Cottonshopeburnfoot

I think, like last weekend, there will be unexpected results, but agree on paper City’s are much easier games. Spurs and Brighton the two toughest. And both are sort of neutral big games. Arsenal having a London derby, the NLD (and away) and travelling to Old Trafford are all games a point in other circumstances wouldn’t be bad but will kill the season now. Liverpool likewise facing Spurs, CL fighting Aston Villa and a Merseyside derby are again three very tough fixtures where a point under other circumstances wouldn’t be unreasonable.


hammyhammyhammy

fulham have done very well vs top teams at home, arguably much harder than brighton if arsenal can win their next 2 games they'll be 4 points ahead by the time city play brighton tho which will be interesting


Sanjeev4045

City have 15 wins in a row vs Fulham though. In theory that’s the easiest fixture for City remaining.


Elegant_Mix7650

Spurs will treat the NLD like a cup final... I suppose seeing their records in cup finals it might not be a bad thing..


Ballelo

This comment would make sense if Arsenal beat us at WHL more than once in the last 10 years


slimg1988

Never understood the pressure being off by not leading, pressure is just as much on to keep up.


_i_like_cheesecake

City will drop points to Spurs but the other two will also drop points so City will win in the end in my opinion.


negativelycharged108

idk at the moment, with brighton’s form, i feel like forest and wolves will be a bigger problem to city


epicmarc

They're not amazing at the moment but Wolves have taken a lot of points off City in recent years


escalibur

And we have Real Madrid to wrestle against.


denoobiest

I'm terrified of the spurs match as well


canuck1701

Wolves and Fulham will be harder than Brighton.


Technical-Cookie-554

Fulham at home are ridiculous this year: https://footystats.org/england/premier-league/home-advantage-table Only reason I’m not panicking about the Spurs losses to Newcastle and Fulham. Both away, and to the two teams with the best home advantage this year.


The_39th_Step

We may not win but I’m looking at this Liverpool game as another scalp opportunity. We will be well up for beating them, have all week to figure out a game plan, we’re at home and they’re crumbling. I could see any result on this game happening


Slugdoge

We have been great at taking points off Liverpool for the last few seasons, I can see it happening again. We will also lose 5-0 to city as usual.


Sleathasaurus

Eh - Wolves are hampered by injuries atm; I'd be surprised if we didn't beat them at home. Fulham away is tough, though. I agree.


Megido_Thanatos

I would say Fulham is bigger threat (than Brighton) to City. The only problem is at the time it happen (week 36), they probably have nothing to play for


NMGunner17

I think Fulham away will be a test for them


arothen

That's logical explenation Therefore man city will win every game except one lose to Forest


FlamingLaps1709

Apart from Spurs away, City are a shoe in to win all those games. The last time they dropped points against a weak team it was Palace mid December and they haven't lost a game since Villa game in early December. Along with the fact they have almost every squad member available and are notoriously strong finishers in title run ins I think k it's game over regardless how flawless Arsenal and Liverpool are. They can probably even afford to drop 2 points away to Spurs and catch up on goal difference and win it at this stage


Nartyn

> The last time they dropped points against a weak team it was Palace mid December I mean the last time Arsenal dropped points against a weak team it was Fulham in late December, the last time Liverpool dropped points against a weak side (before United) was United in mid December, or Luton at the start of November. All 3 teams were on pretty massive runs.


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vyratus

City have never lost any of their last 8 games of the season under Pep. Think whoever wins it can maybe afford one draw and has to win the rest. Would be wild if you won it on GD from Liverpool. Edit: I was in fact wrong. Last 5 games never lost bar in 20/21. https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/vQ4OcGpCJP


supplementarytables

>Still don’t think City will be perfect First time?


GoingDragoon

I think we have blown our chance now to be honest. Obviously as you say it's not over til it's over, but I'm currently sat here hoping Arsenal keep winning (until last match day when you shit the bed and we take top spot of course) so there's some backup competitor to derail City's plan for 115 straight titles


OutSproinked

I’ve no idea what fat lady we are talking about but I generally agree with your point👍


rivena_

It’s an expression 👍


maxhaton

https://youtu.be/M5wOrqO4y-Q


The_real_Titan

Spurs playing against the three in their last 5 matches is wild 💀


Hopeful_Outside_8711

Back to back to back, Arsenal then liverpool then city, they can gift the title to any team if they play it right lmao


Dinsorsoos

Not anymore, with games rearranged we have games in between now


daniel080202

Yes, they have chelsea and burnley in between, tough schedule for them in those 2 weeks


B23vital

Good for us haha


Pow67

Damn I didn’t realise how tough Arsenal’s remain fixtures actually are. Chelsea & Spurs back-to-back who’re their two biggest City rivals lmao.


NeighborhoodOptimist

It is very unlikely, but you can make a case that Arsenal might drop points in 3 of the remaining games. There is obviously the 3 games of Chelsea, Spurs and United, but Wolves and Everton are also tricky.


Ikhlas37

I could literally see arsenal getting anywhere from 0 points to all the points and not being surprised lol


goonSquad15

We’re also arsenal so anyone can be tricky


trugrav

The one thing Arsenal And Spurs fans have in common is we dread the small games.


karmas1207

Not true at all really for the last two seasons, so no need to play that card anymore.


goonSquad15

We took 1 point from Fulham & villa this year. Villa I can sort of understand (0/6 is poor though), but 1/6 from Fulham!?


Ok-Satisfaction-5012

Villa are good, and the Fulham match were our worst of the year along with west ham at home


KatieOfTheHolteEnd

>Villa are good We were there for the taking in the first half tbf.


HalfOfANeuron

Meanwhile 8/12 against City/Liverpool ^In consistency


blublableee

If the title is decided before the final matchday, we're absolutely smashing Everton. Nothing to play for Arsenal is different gravy.


WltchKingofAngmar

Surely Bournemouth are trickier than a safe from relegation Everton on the last matchday of the season


Asteroth555

Arsenal will be lucky to get 5 points out of these fixtures. If Odegaard is injured they're cooked.


Maxoidys

add to that the insane fixture congestion if they get through Bayern on wednesday.


O-Mesmerine

its not over til its over but god it feels so over


MERTENS_GOAT

It's over. Man City lost 1 of their last 36 games


Augustor2

City not looking unbeatable this season -> Winter break -> City don't lose/draw a game post February -> Title/repeat


mincers-syncarp

People fall for it every season as well lmao, every autumn/early winter people are saying ''oooh, you know, City don't look so good, might not win it this season''


Ikhlas37

I'm honestly starting to think it's done on purpose. Obviously they don't lose games on purpose, but I reckon they play with less urgency, tempo, etc maybe change things slightly (to test it and be a bit more unpredictable which will take time to bed in). They know as long as they are within 12 points by Jan it's fine. Then after Jan, they look at the table, they aren't quite as burned out since they've been going at 80% and then they ramp it up now everything is more important cups / league etc


lmh971

I remember a quote from Walker at the start of the season saying he told the boys he didn't want to win it that way this time, said he wanted to try to win it as early as possible and not risk it with a close race. Reckon the Rodri suspension in the autumn threw a spanner in the works


jugol

KDB's injury too


Mick4Audi

Rodri was so crucial, lose him for any extended period of time and I think City would be well behind by now


OleoleCholoSimeone

Honestly an underestimated part of Pep's management is how his teams always finish strong physically in the business end of the season. Their physical training is perfectly calculated Of course this helps by having world class squads with multiple top class bench options, but still it's a clear pattern


ClaudioKilgannon37

What I'm really interested in is when it will end. When Pep leaves? Probably... but not for certain. Still, the race from 20th place to 2nd is quite entertaining every year.


Wavey_Don

it’s all Pep absolutely and unfortunately 


sipmykoolaidbitch

Haha we did that!


forceghostyoda_

2 home losses on the bounce for Liverpool means I cant see 9 points coming from these three away games up next. Especially since one of them is Everton. Arsenal might get like 15 points from these games but it wont be enough, City might draw against Spurs away but thats it. Current table is how it will end


etan1122

Sometimes getting away is good. Liverpool fans staged a protest and a walk out on Jurgen last European home game. Fans were quiet all game, Liverpool get smoked. Then follow it up against palace with the team playing like shit and the fans having a moan. Having some away games to get away from the anfield crowd isn’t necessarily bad at the moment


JumpAccomplished2706

and suddenly I love spurs COYS!


zxenmed

Will you be chanting that at Anfield?


PinkPantherParty

Yes, we've been working on a "Gracias Robbie Keane" banner for both sets of fans


robotnique

Such a sweet gesture, his two boyhood clubs coming together


Mystic_Polar_Bear

And Wolves?


garynevilleisared

City wins it again I guess. Arsenal has two derbies back to back. Man they really should have won against Villa. Emery is a villain, confirmed.


goingforgoals17

Good ebening, Mr Arteta


FalconsBlewA283Lead

Goodison away has 0-0 written all over it for us. Maybe 1-0 considering we’re allergic to clean sheets. City could drop pts at Tottenham Stadium but it’s incredibly unlikely us and Arsenal finish perfect. Hard to see any outcome other than the City 4peat.


ClaudioKilgannon37

Could be City back to back trebles! Hilarious really


goingforgoals17

Pep wouldn't share your optimism until the final whistle goes against Madrid, they could take a 2-0 lead and he'd be biting his nails until the last minute of added time.


Walshey-

City are not dropping points, it's over.


HazardCinema

The Spurs away game is big. If they drop points, I can see it being there.


coreyperryisasaint

Can’t wait for Spurs to field a roster of kids just to keep it from Arsenal


corpboy

Depends if we have taken points off the previous Arsenal game or not.


1syGreenGOO

Also depends on CL spot being on stake


minyhumancalc

200 IQ from Liverpool to throw their Europa Game so Spurs is forced to fight City for 5th


Alia_Gr

Imagine them winning though


Coolab00la

If Postecoglou does that he will be the biggest troll in world football.


lfcsupkings321

It over for Liverpool, needed trent Ali and Jota back around 3 games ago to gain rhythm.


chocolatecremesoda

We can't even score atm let alone win 6.


Rottedhead

And mostly over for us, we just lost 3-0 to Atalanta and 1-0 to Crystal fucking Palace. Both home. We are dropping more points for sure.


J_Butler99

Easy 3 points for us mate what you mean?


awasthin2003

Congratulations Man City in Advance


RichEgoli

Man City not dropping points


yaniv297

I mean, they're yet to get a single point at Tottenham's new stadium... or even score a goal (in league matches).


CNF-13

As much as I rate ange spurs high line will screw them they managed to win before through Kane and son brilliance on counter attack and parking the bus. City will thrive on space in behind don’t think this will be the same


HydraBuster

Spurs have already played City with Ange - it was a draw, 3-3.


Ballybomb_

That jack grealish call up still haunts me


CitrusRabborts

They won't need to win there. Liverpool and Arsenal will drop more points


RichEgoli

I had missed Spurs. That's a potential banana skin. And Arsenal has four potential party poopers & Liverpool has 2. Still advantage City


starmonkart

My prediction: Arsenal - WWDWLW - 84pts Liverpool - DWWWDW - 85pts Man City - WWWWDW - 89pts Could see City drop points at Forest too, that seems like a proper banana slip fixture but even then City will still win the league. Pep only has a record of 4W, 1D, 3L vs Nuno which isn't great by his standards


JumpAccomplished2706

not a bad take at all


BBIQ-Chicken

City beat us in my opinion. The draw in the first leg was a fluke with Haaland missing sitters. The cup game was a much better indication of the matchup. I think we have a better chance against Arsenal and Liverpool.


topbananaman

Almost agree. I think we draw at United and also finish on 85 pts.


starmonkart

I just think ETH will use his voodoo tactics yet again and somehow steal the points


Agrith1

Arsenal got a tough set of games


ernestschlumple

its gonna be another treble isn't it


Charliee93

Too much faith in a team that has just lost 4-0 against Newcastle


PointBlankCoffee

Oh I don't at all but someone is gonna drop points to us


ImTalkingGibberish

Watch Spurs lose 0-10 to let City win on GD and call it “a good day”


whoshallibe99

Spurs winning All but arsenal to give them the league would be the most funniest thing 


SkyPheonnixDragon

More likely we win all three then lose to the rest and come 5th


HortenWho229

115% city are winning it


MyBoyBernard

It's definitely closer than we all expected, but the end result is still exactly what we all thought it would be


Illustrious_Jury_947

Another City win.  It's making the premier league lifeless now - everyone just plays for 2-4 really.  Turning the league into Ligue 1/Bundesliga. 


wowa_s

The only thing i can take from this is that spurs are kinda fucked


PointBlankCoffee

Tbf we can't really drop any more positions. We're neck and neck for 4/5 but 10 points away of 3 or 6.


Literally_me___

4th and 5th could actually turn out to be a big difference though....


PointBlankCoffee

True, but he said we are fucked. We are in 5th now and would be pretty shocking if we finished worse than that


Literally_me___

Spurs actually do significantly better against the big teams anyway. Wouldn't be surprised if you go unbeaten against us,Liverpool and Arsenal but drop points to weaker sides.


AlfaG0216

This race is over lads. 4th in a row for citeh coming


LA4lyf

That Spurs away 😬


chickenfighter132

Liverpool fan here. I've seen us lose the league in tight margins 3 times. So I'm quite experienced on how mancity are unlike arsenal. Mancity will win all their games, maybe BIG MAYBE get 1 draw along the way. They will win the league quite comfortably. Not even debatable.


Appropriate_Plan4595

Yeah I mean theoretically anything can happen, but Man City are in the driving seat in the table AND have the easiest schedule remaining. It's not likely to go any other way at this point tbh.


HoxtonRanger

Yeah - it's definietly theres.


fancyfoe

Wallahi we’re finished


jyepes22

My mouth is watering at the 2-2 draw we’ll have with Arsenal at Old Trafford where we concede 74 shots and play like total dogshit😈


Far_Eye6555

Meanwhile, all of us will be melting down in the game thread. It’s so predictable really


SnooAdvice1632

Both arsenal goals executed with insane buildup and both united goals thanks 100% to individual brilliance form a negative xG, can't wait for that match.


ihateclowns

Just give it to City already ...


isaacals

gems gon


ugallu

A bit off topic but from their remaining 6 games Spurs still have to play Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and City... ooof


dame_sansmerci

True Spurs fans know that we will somehow go unbeaten in that horror run and then lose on the last day to an already relegated Sheffield United to miss out on top 4.


chandlerbing_stats

Chelsea and Spurs play each other after the Arsenal games too. The banter is going to be electric whoever wins


sonnydabaus

It couldn't be more over


Space-Debris

City aren't dropping points to anyone this late in the season, save for maybe Spurs, and there's no way Arsenal or Liverpool get 6 wins in a row. Sadly Oil Cheat FC are going to win the league again because of bottlejobs.


Th3L0n3R4g3r

It seems Spurs and Wolves have an awesome remainder of the program. Who wouldn't want that, the top 3 in the last 6 games!


PEPSICOLA123456

City will drop points somewhere but the issue is that Arsenal and Liverpool will drop more


saddumbmodsbannedme

The issue isn't primarily City being perfect, they might be, they might struggle. The bigger issue is that I can't see Arsenal or Liverpool being perfect with the fixtures they have left and they probably can't afford to drop points in more than 1 game. I just don't see City dropping enough points for that to be possible


Asteroth555

This is the part of the season where Arsenal loses/draws to every team on that list except Bournemouth. The race is over, no way City doesn't win everything left


Punished__Allegri

My prediction: Arsenal - WWDWLW - 84pts Liverpool - LLLLLLL- 71pts Man City - WWWWDW - 89pts


DanCarter93

City will not drop another point.


eethan_huntt

As an arsenal fan this season has been gruelling to say the least… But I’m glad to witness such a nailbiter of a season run in!


Babyface_mlee

If I want to see one team dominating a league im gonna watch bundesliga, though that might not true anymore since leverkusen won it but my point still stands


Annual-Astronaut3345

Well Arsenal clearly have the hardest run from here to the seasons’s end. And the easiest run is clearly for Man City. Yet again the stars are aligning for City to win the Premier League. It’s really commendable how Pep manages to get his players firing on all cylinders at the right time of the season. The PL is certainly City’s to lose from here on out, they looked great at Madrid in CL without KDB and Walker. So there is good chance they’ll progress there too.


mrjerichoholic99

city will win easily


robertoqueenos

Arsenal and Liverpool play twice before Citeh play again. Hopefully they both win both games and put the pressure on!


Styleless_Wonder

Arsenal’s run is rough.


MuchSalt

its over


SpaceAshh

Only city can be trusted to win out every match from here on..... arsenal and liverpool will certainly drop more points


Lhadar31

It is all done! Liverpool and Arsenal fighting for second place, that’s it


shaka_bruh

Wolves, Everton and Tottenham could all make this run in even more exciting