MANCHESTER: It’s a huge day in the Premier League title race, with Arsenal traveling to Manchester City in a meeting between the top two. A win for Arsenal and the long-time league leaders will regain a nine-point advantage, leaving them in a strong position to become English champions for the first time since 2004. A win for City and the gap would be reduced to three points. City would also have a game in hand, at next-to-last Burnley on Wednesday. After that, both teams would have five matches left. A draw? That would suit Arsenal more, keeping a six-point cushion between the teams.

The Arsenal head coach sees their trip to the Etihad Stadium as ‘a big opportunity’, though Bukayo Saka is still unavailable with an achilles problem

Novel solutions, no matter how small, might decide the Premier League title. We take a closer look at how Arsenal have played recently and what this means for the run-in.