We're wrapping things up here so we will leave you with the highlights form the earlier games, with Manchester City v Arsenal highlights due to land a bit later.
You can watch highlights and analysis of all the games on Match of the Day on BBC One, iPlayer and online at 22:30 BST.
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We are three points ahead with five games to play - Arteta
Manchester City are not top of the league - Guardiola reacts to victory against Arsenal
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Keep the faith, I thought we played well today and were unlucky not to come away with at least a point. If we play with the same intensity in our remaining games we can still do it.
Kevin
As a lifelong Arsenal supporter, we have been a good team over the last 3 years. Trophies are important, but consistency is too. Chelsea and Man U, can’t compete and are 2-3 years away. Not over yet, and still proud of the manager and team
Harry
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Image source, Getty ImagesManchester City captain Bernardo Silva speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live: "That was a top game to play because of the importance of the game. We knew the crowd would show up, they were fantastic today. We knew we could fight with Arsenal for the title if we won. Happy after the last few weeks that we could be in this position. We are very focused."
On Erling Haaland: "In the big games, the margins are so small. We were having a very good game until we make the mistake. They have two big chances that they don't score. We are just happy that it went our way today, puts us in a good position to fight for this title. What we can control is our own performances."
"Hopefully from now we can take something from our performances and be consistent."
On his decision to leave at the end of the season: "Big decision that it took me time to take. It was taken a long time ago. It [today] was emotional but I knew for a long time that this was the decision for me. Now I want to leave on a good note, to finish and to give back to this club. This club will always be a big part of my life. I'm going to be a Man City fan for life."
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Paul Birch
BBC Sport
Arsenal have spent 206 days at the top of the Premier League season in 2025-26, compared to six for Manchester City.
Today's result takes Mikel Arteta's league win percentage in April to 39.5% (15 wins from 38 games), with a points per game of 1.48.
Guardiola, meanwhile, has a 71.4% win rate in April (45 wins from 63 games), with a points per game of 2.53.
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Patrick Vieira
Former Arsenal captain on Sky Sports
I think Arsenal had a good performance but the difference between good teams and great teams, you can see that on the field. Those top players make the difference.
Arsenal will feel more of the pressure now. I would question the mental strength of the team even more now.
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Sami Mokbel
BBC Sport senior football correspondent
Image source, Getty ImagesI think they are dead on their feet. They have played a lot of games. What I do know about Arteta's training regime is that it is hugely intense to the point where there is probably some tapering now. Pep gave the players four days off recently. I don't think that ever happens at Arsenal.
They need to regroup certainly psychologically, but physically as well. Mikel Arteta needs to take the foot off the gas a little bit in training to make it less in tense. At the moment they are struggling in the emotion of it all.
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Chris Sutton
Former striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
Arsenal aren't out of this title race, just because Man City have won, we're expecting them to go on and win it.
They mustn't let people knock them. It is about keeping their composure.
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Wayne Rooney
Former Man Utd striker on MOTD
This title race is not over yet, I still feel like there are some more twists and turns to come. It is is obviously going to be tight but City have got one more game to try to win, so I still have Arsenal down as slight favourites.
I've been in this situation myself, where you need to win all your games for the title. You look at your games and you think well we should win this one, or that one, but it never pans out that way.
From now until the end of the season it is just going to be down to which team keeps their composure the best - that's who will win it.
You can hear more from Rooney on MOTD at 22:30 BST on BBC One and the BBC Sport website and app.
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Manchester City striker Erling Haaland speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "Look at the battles, look at the energy we used, look at the atmosphere. It was amazing. Everyone knows how much I enjoyed that. A good win."
On staying focused: "You need to stay focused, know what you want to do. We have a plan, you need to execute and do what you can do to win the game."
On expectations before the game: "I expected us to have a lot of the ball, I expected them to press us high, they are really good at this."
On what the City dressing room was like before the game: "We played them a few weeks ago so we knew a bit about what you're going into it. It's at our home and we kind of knew what was going to happen.
"Everyone knew if we lost this game or didn't win this game it kind of would be over so we are still in the race. The locker room before was calm because we knew what we had to do because of the Carabao Cup final and the Chelsea game. We still need to keep building and take it step by step because it's another game on Wednesday."
On whether his mum was watching: "Mum will be watching. I hope she's proud, I am proud of her."
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I get what Danny Murphy is saying about 'perspective', but Arsenal’s squad has cost just shy of a billion pounds. You don’t spend that to finish second, regardless of whether it’s on goal difference or by a massive margin. You can’t keep just ‘trusting the process’
Dave
You talk about perspective, well lets put into perspective; Arsenal were in line for four trophies just a couple of weeks ago, now they stand to win none. That has to be looked at with the manager, you just cannot collapse like this over a very short period of time.
Kevin
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Image source, Getty ImagesMore from Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, speaking to Sky Sports: "If I say the momentum has changed, I would say the momentum for Arsenal is bad when I've seen today them playing like this, how is this bad momentum?
"They're in the semi-finals of the Champions League, didn't lose one game. Momentum shifts in one instance. They know it.
"I have a lot of respect but, of course, we want to win. We fought a lot as well. For many players today, they fought for the first time for the Premier League and they felt the pressure a little bit, performances were not top but that is normal, it's the process."
On Nico O'Reilly: "Incredible defensive, offensively and set pieces. What a player he is becoming. Playing different positions. He is exceptional. He had the composure today to take the ball and again arrive in the final third for the second goal.
"What a season! I don't know if he is the best player or the man of the season but the young one? Guys, it has to be."
On Donnarumma error for the goal: "[Khusanov] has to block better and the aggression of Havertz. But I liked the reaction of his mates, they were there to help him.
"When I see teams when they concede a goal and everyone is complaining, I don't like that."
On Bernardo Silva: "If you continue to talk about him, I will cry, so be careful. It will be so emotional the moment when he is going to leave. Bernardo is Bernardo. You cannot define him.
"I feel sometimes he has not been seen as a public figure. The stature, he is not fast, he is not strong... but football starts from here [points to his head] and finishes with the feet.
"I feel gratitude for what this guy has done for many, many years."
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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, speaking to Sky Sports, on fine margins making the difference: "That's exactly that and when you don't do it and they have individual quality to deliver in those moments, you risk losing the game because I don't think there was any difference between the teams."
On if loss came down to bad luck: "There are a few elements. There is an element of luck with whether the ball goes in or not. The second one the ball deflects, it goes to Haaland.
"There is individual quality as well and there is, in that moment, to be so cool, precise and ruthless. You have to be that."
On Arsenal's performance: "You could see at the end of the game, and right from the beginning, the attitude of the team. We could have been a bit more composed in certain moments but we certainly took the game to where we wanted and we had big chances to win.
"We 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. We need to reset and go again because there are a lot of positives to take from the game."
On the approach: "With the ball we had the same [intent] and we generated the situations that we believed we could generate.
"There is even one where Kai [Havertz] is totally free on the halfway to go one-on-one. We are in the level that we are in because this team has taken us there. That's the level you need to be to win it.
"Today there are certainly elements, in front of goal which is the most important one, and big chances - you have to put them away to come away from the Etihad with three points."
On quality of the match: "Yes, there was moments but it was a battle as well, and intensity, because you expect that.
"There were big parts of the game that had similarities with the first 28 minutes of the cup final because we had two massive chances to go ahead - and we didn't. That changes the course of the game.
"We take it game by game, we had some very good moments a few days ago in the Champions League against Sporting.
"We are playing so many games, we are the only team that is playing and playing and playing, that's a difference as well.
"But the positive is that today we have seen the level and there are five games to go. We are going to give it a real go."
On effect of losing this match: "We have full belief that we can do it. Today we showed again the team that we are. It's in our hands and it's there for the taking."
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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola speaking to BBC Match of the Day on the title race: "Yeah of course. Yeah. Still we hope. But the truth is that we had a horrible calendar and we are not top of the league. So far they are the best team in England but we extend the chance to fight until the end."
On best bit of today's performance: "That we won against that team. So competitive, so incredible. We had momentum, they had momentum, today we go away with three."
On whether City have better momentum than Arsenal now: "I don't know, I didn't think Arsenal were in bad momentum. In the Carabao Cup we were better. Today we were really good. They came here after the defeat with hunger and we won. They are are so competitive, we know that. But at the same time, we are too.
"The table speaks for itself. They have been the best. Congratulations to the guys, but don't lose the focus. Wednesday is our game in hand and we can be there if we win. That's what we have to do. Doing it will be so difficult because Everton or Brentford, or Aston Villa, Crystal Palace. The games that we have. Bournemouth away. Last week they won in Emirates and Newcastle. It will be more difficult."
Manchester City are not top of the league - Guardiola reacts to victory against Arsenal
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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live: "The biggest disappointment is that we did a lot of good things during the game. They created some individual moments and we created the biggest chances of the game but we didn't score. There was an element of luck and hitting the post was unfortunate. It has to go your way and it didn't today. We lost an opportunity in terms of the result. They have a game in hand, we have three points. Game on because it is a new Premier League."
On a shift in momentum: "I didn't see a difference in momentum between them and us today and that's the biggest thing. You can talk about momentum but after you have to show it on the pitch and I didn't see it on the pitch."
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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, speaking to Sky Sports: "It was a good advert for the Premier League.
"They don't allow you to go through the process, they're so aggressive. They are good in the duels and one of the most competitive teams I ever faced in my career in terms of duels and one against one, long balls with Havertz and Rice, second balls - fantastic.
"We had momentum, they had momentum, we had chances, they had chances. At the end in these type of games, it is little margins."
On quality of the game: "Absolutely, both teams are good - really top managers! And really top players for both sides.
"I've been so demanding but the reality is, it's just one game. They are top of the league with one goal difference [better than City].
"We have to enjoy it, celebrate it, take the good things but don't lose the focus. The focus is in three days, we go to Burnley."
On Arsenal adjustments from cup final: "Maybe they played more direct than at Wembley."
Ball sticks more with Havertz up front? "Yeah but Gyokeres is also strong and, especially the second balls, they are so good. It's good delivery from Raya.
"But we know the speed that they have and the set pieces. When we concede a lot of corners, free-kicks and they are top. They had four or five strikers and Gabriel at the end, and good delivery as well.
"Sometimes it is difficult to control because we are tired. At the end I'm happy because we can extend the hope and, maybe until the end, we will try."
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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "At the end it's the result we came to conquer. We did a lot of things right to take the game where we wanted. We had the best chances in the game but we didn't put them away and that's the reality."
On whether the belief is still there: "100%. I said to the boys we have to look in the mirror and the team we played in the moment, the history they have, to come back from a goal down. There's a lot of things to take. The difference was in both boxes that's for sure."
On changing his approach: "Every game is a different approach. Need to evaluate the state of the team. We are missing some big big players. We need them back as soon as possible because we need to be stronger and better.
"The Premier League starts again almost. They have a game in hand, we are three points ahead, five games to play so game on."
We are three points ahead with five games to play - Arteta
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Roy Keane
Former Manchester United midfielder on Sky Sports
I enjoyed that battle [between Haaland and Gabriel]. The ref let them get on with it. It's part of the game, the physicality.
City do seem to peak at the right time. What I like about this City group and Pep is the hunger, they want to win.
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Chris Sutton
Former striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
The doubt will be creeping in for the Arsenal players. They were miles ahead.
There could still be some twists in the title race.
How did Gabriel stay on the pitch? He has thrown his head at Erling Haaland and it should have been a straight red. I was shocked. Maybe there will be repercussions.
At a glance
Rayan Cherki gives Manchester City lead with brilliant solo effort
Kai Havertz equalises 107 seconds later after Gianluiga Donnarumma mistake
Erling Haaland scores winner from close range
Manchester City closed in ominously on Premier League leaders Arsenal with victory in a thrilling encounter at Etihad Stadium.
Erling Haaland's second-half strike proved decisive on an afternoon of gripping tension to leave City only three points behind Arsenal with a game in hand.
In a game where both sides created big opportunities, Rayan Cherki, who had already hit a post, showed supreme footwork and skill in a tight penalty area to put City ahead.
Arsenal equalised only 107 seconds later when City keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma hesitated before striking a panic-stricken clearance in off the incoming Kai Havertz.
Haaland struck a post for City after the break, while Eberechi Eze did likewise and Donnarumma saved crucially from Havertz before Haaland swooped in trademark fashion from close range to put Pep Guardiola's side back in front.
Defender Gabriel saw a header deflected on to a post as Arsenal tried to respond, with Havertz missing a glorious headed chance before City closed out a win as they continue to reel in the Gunners.
Manchester City are not top of the league - Guardiola reacts to victory against Arsenal
City secured the victory that maintains their growing momentum and applied further pressure on Arsenal through the familiar route of a Haaland winner.
This was a triumph, however, in which City had to demonstrate all their qualities before wild celebrations greeted the final whistle and three priceless points.
Cherki's goal was the result of a touch of genius and sleight of foot to bamboozle Arsenal's Gabriel and Piero Hincapie before sliding in a perfect finish.
After Donnarumma's error swiftly gifted Arsenal a way back into the game, City had to dig deep to show reserves of resilience before Haaland was once more the match-winner.
City rode their luck in moments, but they are once more looking like an unstoppable force as they move to the shoulders of Arsenal, who have controlled the title race for so long.
At the heart of it all was Bernardo Silva, who has announced he is leaving City at the end of this season, probing in his usual fashion but also showing his fierce competitive streak as he raced back 50 yards as the last man to halt a dangerous Arsenal attack.
He was rewarded with a bearhug from manager Pep Guardiola after the final whistle as he pointed to the Portuguese and urged City's fans to join him in praise.
The celebrations that swept around Etihad Stadium at the end reflected the growing sense that City are poised to strike, with a game in hand at doomed Burnley to come.
We are three points ahead with five games to play - Arteta
Arsenal's nerve has been questioned in recent weeks, especially after the shock home defeat by Bournemouth, so this was a huge test for Mikel Arteta's side.
Therefore the pain will arguably be more acute after they matched this menacing, in-form City side all the way but went down to a defeat that could yet define their Premier League season.
Arsenal were competitive throughout and were chasing an equaliser until the end of seven minutes of nerve-shredding added time, the big chances wasted when Havertz headed over with the goal at his mercy seconds from the end.
Arsenal did not play like a side whose nerve had failed them, but this may yet prove to be an immensely damaging defeat, although Arteta - a frantic touchline presence throughout - will be satisfied with the performances.
It is results, though, not performances that matter at this stage of the season, and this was one Arsenal may live to regret as they had enough opportunities to make the outcome different.
City travel to Burnley on Wednesday and Arsenal host Newcastle United on Saturday.
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 63 | 26 | 37 | 70 |
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| 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 29 | 36 | 67 |
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| 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 58 | 45 | 13 | 58 |
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| 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 58 |
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| 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 43 | 11 | 55 |
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| 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 42 | 11 | 48 |
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| 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 44 | 4 | 48 |
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| 33 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 48 |
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| 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 39 | 6 | 47 |
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| 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 47 |
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| 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 40 | -4 | 46 |
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| 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 46 | -3 | 45 |
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| 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 36 | -1 | 42 |
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| 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 46 | 49 | -3 | 42 |
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| 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 49 | -7 | 39 |
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| 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 36 | 45 | -9 | 36 |
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| 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 57 | -17 | 32 |
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| 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 53 | -11 | 31 |
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| 33 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 34 | 67 | -33 | 20 |
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| 33 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 61 | -37 | 17 |
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Match momentum measures the swing of the match by comparing each team’s threat to see who is more likely to score within that minute. The momentum value is the difference between each team’s most dangerous moment, or team threat, in that minute.
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Half time 45'+2 | Manchester City |
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Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 10 Premier League home games against Arsenal (W7 D3) since a 2-0 loss in January 2015 under Manuel Pellegrini.
Arsenal are unbeaten in their last five Premier League games against Man City (W2 D3), having lost 12 in a row against them before this.
For months with at least 10 games played, April is Manchester City’s best under Pep Guardiola in terms of points-per-game (2.51) and win rate (79.5%). Meanwhile, it’s the worst month for both of those for Arsenal under Mikel Arteta (1.54 PPG, 42.3% win rate).
This is the latest into a season (MD33) Manchester City are facing the league leaders since April 2012, when they beat Manchester United 1-0 at the Etihad Stadium on MD36 en route to winning their first ever Premier League title.
Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 14 Premier League home games, since losing 2-0 against Spurs in their opening match at the Etihad this term. They’ve netted at least twice in 12 of these 14 games.
Arsenal have lost their last three matches in domestic competition, against Man City in the EFL Cup final, Southampton in the FA Cup, and Bournemouth in the Premier League. They last lost four consecutively in February/March 2018, which included defeats to Man City in the EFL Cup final and Premier League.
Since the turn of the year, Arsenal players have made 15 errors that have led to a shot in their 13 Premier League games, almost twice as many as they made in their 19 games between August and December (8).
Since the start of February, no Manchester City player has scored more goals in all competitions than Nico O’Reilly (6), who netted both goals in their 2-0 EFL Cup final win over Arsenal last month.
Man City’s Rayan Cherki is averaging an assist every 138 minutes in the Premier League this season (10 assists in 1,384 minutes). Of players to play 1,000+ minutes in a single campaign, only Cesc Fàbregas in 2016-17 (111) and Kevin De Bruyne in 2023-24 (123) have had a better average.
Arsenal’s Eberechi Eze has either scored (2) or assisted (1) a goal in each of his last three appearances against Manchester City in all competitions, setting up Gabriel Martinelli’s 90th-minute equaliser in the reverse fixture.
