Premier League title race: Manchester City keeps pressure on Arsenal with win over Crystal Palace

The Premier League rubric contention is not implicit yet. Manchester City chopped Arsenal's pb astatine the apical of the standings backmost to 2 points aft beating Crystal Palace 3-0 astatine the Etihad Stadium.

With 2 rounds of the play to spell it means Arsenal volition person to hold different week astatine slightest to beryllium confirmed champion.

Mikel Arteta's squad plays relegated Burnley connected Monday and a triumph would permission City needing to bushed Bournemouth 24 hours aboriginal to instrumentality the rubric contention into the last time of the season.

"We've seen a batch of things tin hap connected the last day," City guardant Phil Foden told Sky Sports.

"I've experienced it galore times erstwhile the crippled doesn't spell your way, truthful we conscionable person to support pushing and doing our part."

City plays Chelsea successful the FA Cup final earlier each that and Pep Guardiola appeared to person Saturday's Wembley showdown successful caput by making six changes to his team. But adjacent without Erling Haaland, Rayan Cherki and Jeremy Doku successful his starting lineup, City won comfortably.

Foden — making a uncommon commencement successful caller months — provided assists for some of City's archetypal fractional goals.

His backheel created an opening for Antoine Semenyo to unfastened the scoring aft 32 minutes and helium acceptable up Omar Marmoush for City's 2nd 8 minutes later.

Savinho added a 3rd successful the 84th.

The size of City's triumph could yet beryllium important arsenic it moved 1 up of Arsenal connected extremity difference.

Guardiola is targeting his seventh league rubric astatine City. He has ne'er gone back-to-back seasons without winning a league rubric successful his full coaching vocation astatine Barcelona, Bayern Munich and City.

"Unfortunately it's not successful our hands," Guardiola said.

"It's not easy, but it's important that we are there. This radical of players are each extraordinary."