After witnessing Arsenal deliver an important 3-0 win over Bournemouth, Saturday afternoon set up a chance for Gunners fans to hope and pray that Wolves would deliver an unlikely result at the Etihad Stadium. However, unsurprisingly, it wasn't to be and Manchester City scored five, closing the points gap again and the goal difference by one.
This has led to many suddenly panicking that the advantage in goals that Arsenal have has come into question with the two and three games each respective side has remaining in this Premier League season. City face Fulham (A) Tottenham (A) and West Ham (H)whilst Arsenal travel to Old Trafford before hosting Everton on the final day.
At present the goal difference is split by just six, which feels close when considering the capabilities of Man City to narrow that gap with an extra game, and looks far more realistic than the calm tone this article's intro might suggest. That said, goal difference will only be relevant should Man City draw one of their three games with them winning the other two, and Arsenal winning their final games also.
Therefore it can be assumed for the goal difference to matter, both City and Arsenal have two games remaining in this context. Should Arsenal win both their remaining games, at the very minimum it will be achieved by a one-goal difference taking their gap over Manchester City to eight.
Therefore, should City draw one of their three games and Arsenal win both of theirs by a maximum margin of one in each, City would need to score by a winning margin of nine goals in the other two clashes. Whilst sounding somewhat complicated the likelihood will be that Arsenal will win against Manchester United and Everton by more than just a one-goal margin meaning that
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