If Manchester City prevails over Everton, it will make significant progress toward its goal of winning the Premier League title for a third season in a row. However, a revitalized Arsenal has not given up hope of pulling off an upset.
Leaders Although they are heavy favorites to win their sixth Premier League title in the last six seasons, Manchester City will have to navigate what might be a challenging journey to Everton on Sunday.
This week, a victory against Brighton by a score of 5-1 gave the team coached by Sean Dyche the boost of confidence they needed to climb out of the relegation zone.
Everton’s record versus City is not very impressive; their 1-1 draw in December, which occurred under the management of Everton’s former manager Frank Lampard, came after they had lost 10 games in a row across all competitions.
The team from Merseyside will be battling for their survival as they are now only two points above the relegation zone with three games left to play.
Mikel Arteta, the manager of Arsenal, has not given up on his aim of leading his team to the league championship. He stated after his team’s victory against Newcastle last week that “the prize is there, not too far.”
With three games remaining, Arsenal has the opportunity to earn a maximum of 90 points if they are victorious over Brighton, Nottingham Forest, and Wolves.
Although they have a far better goal difference, City still need nine points to win the championship, despite the fact that they are currently one point ahead of the Gunners and have a game in hand.
Following their trip to Goodison Park, the team coached by Pep Guardiola will face Chelsea, Brighton, and Brentford in their last three matches. This makes their remaining schedule the more difficult of the two.
During Friday’s pre-match news conference for Arsenal, Arteta responded to a question on whether or not the players still feel they have a chance to win the title by saying, “That’s what we’re here for.”
“It all starts over again on Sunday, there are three games left, this is the most important one, and right now we want to beat them to boost our hopes and enthusiasm for the rest of the season because there is still a chance to win everything.”
Everton’s most recent match was a thrashing of European contenders Brighton; they won 5-1. City might be in for a difficult test when they take on Everton.
“Every player is ready to play and give his own absolute contribution,” stated Guardiola. “Every player is ready to give his own contribution.”
“During the Bernabeu match, I gave a lot of consideration to making a substitute. I opted to put guys like Phil Foden, Julian Alvarez, and Riyad Mahrez on the bench because of their high level of energy.
“But in that moment, we didn’t need that, and we didn’t need a player to increase our rhythm,” you say. “We didn’t need it.” But each and every one of you will play a very significant role, since we have a lot of games coming up, and everybody is prepared.