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Hello and welcome to the Athletic FC tactics podcast.

I'm Michael Bailey.

This week there's only one story in town, the Premier League

title clash between Manchester City and Arsenal. Can Michael Artetta finally get the better

of his old mentor or will Pep Guadioca pull yet another tactical rabbit out of his hat? Let's find

out with Michael Cox. Hello, Michael.

Liam Tharm.

Hello Michael.

And Mark Carey.

Hello, Michael.

A very good day to you all.

Now, there's been lots of chat about the Premier League being boring this year,

but we are very excited about Sunday's title showdown at the Etihad.

If Man City win this and their game in hand at home to Crystal Palace,

there'll be level on points for the gunners with just five matches to play. This feels like the

biggest Premier League game since where do we want to start the bidding here, guys? Liam.

Well, I remember back in February when City went to Anfield and that was kind of

build as a must kind of win or the title is effectively done.

It's obviously never that simple or straightforward and City have had quite a

poor record at Anfield for a long time and obviously ended up with a really

significant win, a lot of late drama in that game and doing so as well from 1-0 down.

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