A big few games ahead for the champions.
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00:00 Michael, let's look at Manchester City and coming up next for them, there's a hold in
00:07 the title race but they host Wolves but in terms of this steam train that they turn into
00:12 past December, January sort of time, it's happened again, it's incredible. What do you
00:18 see firstly coming from the game against Wolves on Saturday evening and just touch on the
00:24 title race and you know, Arsenal must be really ensuring that they've got to be there or they're
00:29 a bounce because this City train just keeps ploughing on.
00:35 Yeah I think so. I think that, I mean you and I were just talking, I don't think the
00:39 City team are as good as they were last season, I don't think they're actually as good as
00:42 the season before but they just have a way of when they get to this stage of the season
00:46 just winning football matches. They've been relentless the last couple of months, they
00:50 are unbeaten in 31 games in all competition, it's just kind of a ridiculous run. I think
00:55 it's actually the longest running Guardiola's time at City as well. They've won the last
01:01 five in the league, I mean they drew twice against Liverpool and Arsenal which you know,
01:06 looking back now probably one of the worst results as well before that and they just
01:11 as I say, they just know how to win football matches. Against Forest at the weekend, they
01:16 weren't great, didn't think they were brilliant but they just get across the line and they
01:20 just get it all wrapped up. I mean in saying that I thought they were very good against
01:23 Brighton last week to be fair. We'll say and I mean going into Wolves at the weekend, the
01:29 dynamic of it is that it's the last time this season that Arsenal play first and then City
01:33 play so Arsenal play Bournemouth which is not an easy game actually going away to Bournemouth.
01:37 I saw some stat that if you start the league table in November Bournemouth are fourth in
01:42 the table or fifth in the table maybe. So you know, they're a really difficult team
01:47 actually and it's going to be a difficult game for Arsenal. I still want Arsenal to
01:50 win, I back City to win against Wolves at the half five kick off but obviously the pressure
01:54 could be applied if Arsenal manage to get that win. Wolves, I mean you'd know better
02:00 than me but Wolves are a good team in my eyes. They've had a good season. I mean I tipped
02:06 them to be relegated before the season so I'm sure it's not much I know but anyway they're
02:11 well clear of that. They've had a good season, really competitive. At one point maybe looked
02:15 like they could mount a bit of a European fight. It's just died off isn't it? But I
02:19 think to be fair that's as much down to injuries as anything else. Gareth Neal I actually think
02:23 he's a really, really good manager. I think he's done a fantastic job at Wolves, did a
02:26 great job at Bournemouth before that. So it's going to be a tough game. I mean obviously
02:29 he's actually in the stands at the weekend. He's got a touchline ban so he's not going
02:32 to be involved. At the end he had, well certainly from the sidelines anyway and I just think
02:38 that as I say City in this vein of form at the moment, the way they're playing, they're
02:41 in good form. Wolves struggling. I mean they won last week but before that they haven't
02:45 won in seven and they've got quite a few injuries. I think it'll be a relatively straightforward
02:49 win for City. It'll bring them into that title race and the more and more it's going on I
02:54 just think they've got that game in hand which I think is going to be crucial. They play
02:58 Spurs. I do wonder whether that Spurs game is ultimately going to be the match on which
03:03 it decides where the title goes because they've got that tough record, or not a great record
03:07 at Spurs. It's a tough place for them to go. They've never scored in the Premier League
03:10 at Spurs' new ground which is a remarkable stat and I think that could be potentially
03:16 the game that ultimately decides where the title goes in a couple of weeks' time.