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the threats of topics we've spoken about that we've had to leave the league leaders to the top of part three.

Let's talk Arsenal.

You said before I didn't think Arsenal played that well, did you? In the game?

In the game.

I thought they were all right Saturday. No, I don't think they played quite well. I didn't think it was a bad one. I mean, obviously it was a bad result for them, but... Do you know something? We were at the City game on Sunday, and when the team came through, City's team came through at, we get it at quarter past three was it?

I thought, for the first time I thought Arsenal could win the league. When the team came through, City's team came through at, we get it, a quarter past three was it?

I thought, for the first time I thought Arsenal could win the league. And that's not looking smart before, you know, after the events of the city lost. I just thought he's messing around. He's tinkering far too much. I don't know why DeBroner's not playing. I don't know why Gondon's not playing. I don't know why Diaz is not back in the centre of that defence with Laporte to make them solid.

And I saw the team and thought, thought, you know, from a point of view of my prediction, which is that City would catch Aslo, I was less sure on Sunday afternoon than I've ever been. I was pretty certain two weeks ago. I was actually certain on Saturday afternoon. I thought, right, City'll do it properly tomorrow. This will be a proper champion's performance. He'll go with his best team, he'll not mess around. But if he carries on like that, if he carries on doing what he's doing, and sometimes great managers of that ilk, you know, Sir Alex had it a little bit in him as well. They'd just like to do things a little bit differently. I'd rather talk about money than football ever being honest. No, but anyway, from Arsenal's point of you, I thought it was a pretty good weekend for Arsenal. They'll have been worried a little bit, Arsenal on Saturday afternoon. But I think out of that weekend, they'll come out psychologically, I think, in a better place, particularly with what's happened with City in this last 24 hours. I think Arsenal, unbelievably out of a defeat. And I thought they did all right on Saturday.

I thought there was a game that you could just lose. I didn't think it was like a... I was more worried after watching City on Sunday than I was after Arsenal losing on Saturday. I really was, because I thought Arsenal still played reasonably well in the game, at a difficult place with a new manager. Jeremy, do you think they've got the mentality to finish off this title charge.

We don't know, That's always the question. This was the question of thing a few years ago when I think City came back in. You said it did last week? No, no. I think it remains to be seen, doesn't it? But I've tipped them for to go on and win the title. But I haven't tipped them because I think if they were level with Man City now, I think everyone would be tip of Man City the whole point is can these sort of hold on from Manchester City getting back to what we normally see but the longer it goes each week you're thinking our city actually going to get back to that what we expect from the last few years but that was the question thrown at Liverpool a few years ago and I think City came back and just pipped them to the title in that first season.

But the longer City like that, the more room they've got to breathe.

Because I just think that buffer of points that they've got right now is quite sizeable.

And I think they will.

I don't think the buffer is that size.

I mean, that would have been two points on Sunday night with Arsenal playing City a week on Wednesday. I know, but it's five points with a game in hand. Five points with a game in hand. It's now, but the point is I don't think it's that big a lead at all. I really don't. Honestly, there's 18 games to go yet. It's not a massive game. It's not a massive. If you win your game in Angie Camp, you're never going to be more than eight points clear

with, what is it, 16 or 17 games to go. It's a big lead. It's not a massive buffer if it was City of two, three years ago. Right now it feels bigger than it. You don't feel like City are going to win every year. This thing, we looked at it and we didn't we? We sort of said, what have City got to win to almost get to the points that we think maybe might win the league, which might be 90 points? City'd almost have to win, go on a run that he did three or four years ago to catch Liverpool. It doesn't feel like City are there right now. That is even before what's gone on the last few days. I think Arsenal a really good position. I think going out the FA Cup, I think it was big

in terms of, you know, Man City going along in that competition. I think you'd all believe you've got to play your subs. Because you'll improve in the summer. You'll go and buy another two or three players and you might be a better team next season. You won't be eight points clear with 16 games to go. Not a chance. Not a chance.

City will be better.

You'd expect Liverpool to come back. Chelsea to come back. Hold on. That gets said every year. You think you're going to be eight points clear with 16 games? No chance. But I remember last year, you know, is the same argument. You know what I mean? This one's going to improve that one. We'll improve as well. You know what I said you will improve.

What I'm saying is how often even when City are at the best the last few years, Liverpool have still sort of been there. Arsenal not winning the title on like 95 points in the season. No, what I'm saying is eight points for anybody. How often were Man United? Eighth, so've got to six points wins the title this year, a few weeks ago on Monday night football.

I think we end.

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