Manchester City are the neutrals’ pick to win the Premier League title apparently, with a complicated concoction of reasons only strengthened by Arsenal having more rivals and objectors to their style of play.
But on Sunday, City made it harder for the neutral to have a favourite.
The water bottles being sold as “Arsenal tears” ahead of kick-off may have been one person’s idea of fun, but it spoke of a wider pandering to the Football Twitter brigade that has made this race nauseating with a month still to go.
City fans are now confident the title is theirs (Photo: Getty)Television cameras showing the City bottle fan at Chelsea the weekend prior kickstarted this little sideshow, but the arrogance merely ramped up after the 2-1 win over Arsenal.
The “Panic on the Streets of London” banner, unfurled at full-time, came just as Erling Haaland was giving side-eye to the camera, the glance and smug smile saying more than any interview could – all before he broke into a rendition of Flo Rida’s “Good Feeling”.
Given the importance of this match, and given Haaland had just won the match-defining battle against a rattled Gabriel, it was a justified response, and a continuation of the Norwegian’s belief that Arsenal need to “stay humble” given their silverware to bravado ratio is heavily skewed.
It was also further proof cockiness is earned. Bottles, banners and songs are only allowed with a month to go if you have won six of the last eight Premier League campaigns and a treble in that time. They will do it again because they have done it before, and the idea this is now City’s to lose is difficult to argue against based on momentum and recent history.
And it hits even harder because of what Arsenal have to show for their efforts under Mikel Arteta. The Gunners have topped the table for almost 100 more days than City since the Spaniard took charge in 2019, and yet they have never topped it at the right time, adding to this reputation as bottlers.
Never change, @ErlingHaaland pic.twitter.com/QtqYkq5F5P
— Premier League (@premierleague) April 20, 2026The players will be more than aware. “It’s not done,” Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice declared from the Etihad turf, and all this – the hate, City’s arrogance, the belief it is now in their rivals’ hands – must now be their fuel to get over the line. It has to be.
And it is therefore worth remembering the title is still in Arsenal’s hands in equal measure. If City win at Burnley on Wednesday, both sides will be tied on 70 points with five games to go. The goal difference will be close, and it then becomes a straight shootout based not only on wins but the scorelines as well.
Two home games await Arsenal, against two out-of-form sides in Newcastle United and Fulham, and as well another home game against Burnley, it could be the two trips closer to home, against West Ham United and Crystal Palace, that decide the Gunners’ fate.
Remaining Premier League fixtures
Arsenal Man City
Newcastle (H) Burnley (A) Fulham (H) Everton (A) West Ham (A) Brentford (H) Burnley (H) Bournemouth (A) Crystal Palace (A) Aston Villa (H) TBC: Crystal Palace (H)City, meanwhile, head to Everton and Bournemouth either side of hosting Brentford. All three teams very much have Europe in their sights, with seven teams separated by just three points from sixth (Chelsea) down to Fulham (12th).
Opposition with something to play for could therefore have a bearing on this title race, but overall it comes to down to performances and mentality.
This Saturday’s hosting of Newcastle will show us whether Rice’s words ring true, or whether the fear of another trophyless season is eclipsing the belief that Arsenal can finally end the wait.
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