Arsenal next five Premier League fixtures compared to Man City and Liverpool in title race twist

Arsenal were unable to end their Etihad Stadium hoodoo after an attritional title bout ended goalless against Manchester City. The Gunners managed to improve on a run of seven losses in a row away to Pep Guardiola's side but ultimately left having struggled to assert themselves in an attacking manner on the game.

After Liverpool went top earlier in the day with a 2-1 win over Brighton, it was over to last year's contenders to battle it out. The Reds had to come from behind to ensure that full pressure was ramped up for the clash, relying on goals from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah after former Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck had put the visitors into the lead just 90 seconds in.

Following the ding-dong fight between City and Liverpool before the break it looked set to be yet another entertaining collision of the best English football had to offer.A game largely stunted by two teams unwilling to make a mistake in an attempt to win the match brought about only the perfect result for Klopp and his merry men.

The table now reads Liverpool at the summit, two ahead of Arsenal in second with City dropping still another further adrift. Nine games left to go and it's all to play for.

Here, football.london analyses the upcoming run of league fixtures for the top three.

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