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Premier League fans are bracing themselves for the most open and exciting title race for many years.
There are three sides still in contention to be crowned champions, with Liverpool, Arsenal and current holders Manchester City all battling for glory. With just over a month of the season still to play, things are remarkably tight at the top.
All three teams will fancy their chances of going all the way, while reigning champions Man City are chasing a record fourth successive Premier League triumph.
Here are the favourites for this season’s Premier League title – ranked.
Arsenal went close to toppling Man City last season, but a significant injury to William Saliba ended up derailing their title bid. However, the Gunners have looked far more mature this time around and have a remarkably clean bill of health ahead of the crucial run-in.
Mikel Arteta’s men have often played the most attractive football of the three sides fighting for top spot, while they also boast the most stubborn defence. They have match-winners in the likes of Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka, with Declan Rice having stabilised the spine of the side.
However, unlike Liverpool and Man City, the north London side are yet to prove themselves when the pressure mounts, with Arteta having only guided Arsenal to one major trophy before – the FA Cup in 2020.
As a result, there are still suspicions over their character, especially when you see how nervous they looked during their recent Champions League last 16 tie with Porto.
The Reds are used to vying with Man City for titles, but Arsenal are a new competitor for Jurgen Klopp’s side. Despite having failed to win any of the four Premier League meetings with their rivals this term, Liverpool are currently in the driving seat for the trophy and will be crowned champions if they win all their remaining matches.
It would be the dream end to the Klopp era, with huge uncertainty over who will be replacing the charismatic 56-year-old in the Anfield dugout.
However, despite having far more experience is such situations than Arsenal, the Reds have still only beaten Man City to the Premier League on one occasion, hammering Pep Guardiola’s sub-par Cityzens during the 2019/20 campaign.
They also have some challenging fixtures to come, including away trips to rivals Manchester United and Everton, as well as home clashes with Champions League chasers Tottenham and Aston Villa.
Given what they have shown us all during the Guardiola era, Man City must be considered the favourites for the crown. They have dispatched of both Liverpool and Arsenal in previous races and have the experience, depth and quality to comfortably win all of their remaining fixtures.
The matches they still have to play look relatively straightforward, with the champions facing none of the four sides that joined them in the top five last season.
A trip to Tottenham is as hard as it gets and while that is a fixture that Man City have struggled in recently, they are more than capable of blitzing Ange Postecoglou’s side, as well as all the other teams that face them in the final weeks.
The distraction of chasing another Champions League crown could potentially see them drop points, but their past successes makes them the team to beat.
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