Gary Neville believes Arsenal’s victory over Burnley could have a psychological impact on Manchester City ahead of their crucial Premier League fixture against Bournemouth.
City entered the latest round of matches hoping Arsenal would drop points against Burnley, but the Gunners managed to secure a hard-fought 1- 0 victory to strengthen their position at the top of the table.
Arsenal Increase Pressure on Manchester City
Arsenal have continued to handle the pressure impressively during the closing stages of the season and once again delivered the result required to maintain control of the title race.
The win against Burnley means the men at the Emirates have now placed further pressure on Manchester City, who must respond with a victory against Bournemouth if they want to keep their title hopes alive going into the final day of the campaign.
Bournemouth also enter the match in strong form and still have important objectives to fight for this season. The Cherries remain in contention to overtake Liverpool and qualify for next season’s Champions League, providing extra motivation ahead of the encounter with City.
As City prepare for the fixture, they find themselves five points behind Arsenal and fully aware that anything other than a win would effectively hand the advantage to the Gunners.
Neville Discusses City’s Mentality
According to Sky Sports, Neville believes Arsenal’s latest result could affect City mentally before they take to the pitch against Bournemouth.
He said:
“From a Man City side, that result can hurt them because it is just two games to go for them and one for Arsenal now.
“They may go to the game tomorrow feeling a little bit disappointed with the result today.”
Neville’s comments underline the pressure surrounding City at this decisive stage of the season, with every result carrying major significance in the battle for the Premier League title.
Arsenal have already completed their task for the week, and now City must respond under increasing scrutiny as the race for the championship approaches its conclusion.
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It’s very doubtful that yesterday’s expected win against Burnley will have any effect other than “only 1-0?”. Infact after watching the game, they’ll be quiet bouyed up by our not too dominant performance.
Just a thought, but didn’t City only beat Burnley 1-0.
They did Derek but that was away. At home they beat them 5-1
Reggie,
And we beat them 2-0 away.
6-1 on aggregate to 3-0. There lies the facts of GD😂
Reggie,
If my memory serves me, I think Wenger’s last game was against Burnley at the Emirates.
I think we won 5-1 that day, does that count. 😂👍
No because there was no VAR and 4 of them could have been ruled out😂
Reggie,
And Wenger would not have seen it.
Maybe it had an effect, that’s certainly a possibility.
On current performances, Bournemouth and Villa are relatively stronger opposition for City to face all within 5 days.
And then there’s hoping Arsenal gets even more hungrier for it ….. and then it’s partying time again!!
Perhaps the news of Pep’s departure having been released last night could also have an effect, possibly in a positive way for the team but in any case, tonight’s game is a must watch.
I have to add that I think Neville is one of the best, if not the best, co-commentators there is, speaks his mind, makes a lot of sense and in the main unbiased. I agree with him too that Havertz should have got a straight red. VAR seems be on our side with that one but perhaps not regarding the Saka penalty shout.
What would have hurt was a 4-0 win. 1-0 keeps it VERY MUCH Alive and City will know they can send Arsenal to Palace knowing Arsenal HAVE TO win to win the league. IF THEY WIN TONIGHT. So it wont have an adverse effect as a thimping win would have. City can make it sqeaky bum time.
City are in our territory tonight. A draw or a defeat is not good enough. If they win, it will be us with that scenario on Sunday.
Were those travel brochures delivered properly to the city130 camp?
If the departure of Guardiola is leaked as reported, it’ll have a more damaging impact on the mentality of some players esp new signings like Cherki.
👍I agree Ambachew. imo, the only effect the report can have on city130 for this game in terms of result is negative. I still expect them to win but this may help.
Dan Roan of the BBC today presented a wonderful description on Guardiola’s departure under the title “Could history be rewritten? Guardiola, Manchester City and the 115 charges”. What a read! Yes this really is amongst the things I would like to hear.