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Manchester City beat stumbling Arsenal 2-1 on Sunday to seize control of the Premier League title race as Liverpool strengthened their push for a Champions League place.<\/p>\n
Mikel Arteta\u2019s Gunners have been in pole position for months but are wobbling at the worst time as they seek to win the English title for the first time in 22 years.<\/p>\n
\ufeffGet all the latest football news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Erling Haaland was City\u2019s match-winner, netting in the 65th minute after Rayan Cherki\u2019s superb opener was cancelled out by Kai Havertz, who took advantage of a huge blunder by City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.<\/p>\n Arteta was on his knees in the closing moments as Havertz headed over the bar when presented with a golden chance to equalise.<\/p>\n The result in front of City\u2019s jubilant fans means that if Pep Guardiola\u2019s side were to win their match at lowly Burnley in midweek, they would be top of the table.<\/p>\n City are now in pole position to win their seventh Premier League title in nine seasons, while Arsenal face the agony of finishing second for the fourth straight season.<\/p>\n But Guardiola refused to get carried away, warning that momentum can change quickly.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re in the semi-finals of the Champions League, didn\u2019t lose one game. Momentum shifts in one instant,\u201d he told Sky Sports. \u201cThey know it.<\/p>\n \u201cI have a lot of respect but, of course, we want to win. We fought a lot as well.<\/p>\n \u201cFor many players today, they fought for the first time for the Premier League and they felt the pressure a little bit.<\/p>\n \u201cPerformances were not top but that is normal, it\u2019s the process.\u201d <\/p>\n Agony! Spurs allow horror 95th min goal | 00:54<\/p>\n Just a few weeks ago, Arsenal were sitting pretty in four competitions, but their season is unravelling.<\/p>\n They were beaten by City in the League Cup final and were knocked out of the FA Cup by second-tier Southampton, although they are through to a Champions League semi-final against Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n The club, who have not won the Premier League since 2004, have suffered just seven defeats in 55 matches this season in all competitions, but four of those have come in their past six games.<\/p>\n \u201cWe went very close but not close enough and now we have to accept we lost an opportunity today, a big one, but there are still five games to go,\u201d said Arteta.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to reset and go again because there are a lot of positives to take from the game.\u201d The Spaniard added: \u201cWe have full belief that we can do it. Today we showed again the team that we are. It\u2019s in our hands and it\u2019s there for the taking.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n \ufeffEpic scenes as legend guides once homeless battlers to PL after 25 years in the wilderness<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n \ufeffSocceroos ace\u2019s WC statement as young gun makes history with SECOND hat-trick in 10 games<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n