Mateo Kovacic makes Man City Premier League title prediction amid Arsenal and Liverpool battle

Manchester City midfielder Mateo Kovacic admits that the Premier League title run-in will be a test of nerve. The champions maintained their pressure on Arsenal and Liverpool at the top of the league with a resounding 5-1 victory over relegation-threatened Luton Town.

The Etihad club now have just six games remaining of what has been an enthralling title race. After scoring City's second goal in a dominant performance at the Etihad Stadium, Kovacic said: «It's amazing, it's entertaining. Three amazing teams doing great. It will be tough until the end and let's see who will have the strongest nerves until the end.

»It was important to keep the pressure on them but we are focused on ourselves, to win our games and then in the end we'll see what happens."

Despite dominating against the Hatters, City were fortunate to take the lead after just two minutes when Erling Haaland's acrobatic volley deflected off Daiki Hashioka into the net for an unfortunate own goal. Perhaps with the upcoming Champions League clash against Real Madrid in mind, City played at a slow pace until Kovacic doubled the lead with a powerful strike in the 64th minute.

Haaland then added a penalty and the hosts finished strongly with further goals from Jeremy Doku and Josko Gvardiol, despite Ross Barkley grabbing a consolation goal.

«We kept going, doing our job and in the end scoring five goals,» Kovacic added. «It could have been even more but we are happy with the three points. We have to keep going now.»

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