Man City star Kyle Walker warns Arsenal of ‘twists and turns’ in Premier League title race
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Arsenal, watch out! Man City star Kyle Walker tells table-topping Gunners there could be a lot of ‘twists and turns’ in the title race, despite Pep Guardiola’s side passing up a golden opportunity to close the gap in the loss at Tottenham.
Four-time Premier League champions Kyle Walker has warned Arsenal there will be ‘twists and turns’ in the title race, despite Manchester City passing up a huge opportunity to close the gap at the top to just two points.
City were beaten 1-0 by Tottenham, with Harry Kane scoring to overtake Jimmy Greaves as Spurs’ all-time top scorer, and meant Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat to Everton a day earlier was over. unpunished in the title race.
But Walker, league champion in 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21 and 2021-22, has asked for calm because he knows that “there is still a lot of football to play.”
‘Of course it is [a missed opportunity]’ Walker said. sky sports after the defeat at Tottenham.
“They lost points and we needed to score points to close the gap, but there is still a lot of football to play.”
Kyle Walker (right) is convinced the ‘twists and turns’ are ahead in the Premier League title race
Harry Kane’s record-breaking goal dealt a major blow to champions’ title hopes
City’s defeat means they stay five points behind Arsenal after playing one more game
He added, drawing on his own title victories: “I’ve been here many, many years in the Premier League and I know the twists and turns that can occur.”
‘I know what this team is. I know what this team can do. We can race from now until the end of the season and it’s really about us doing it.’
City have dominated the league in recent years, having won four of the last five Premier League titles.
But Arsenal, who have not won the league since the Invincibles team of 2003-04, are setting the standard and are leading by five points with 20 games played, one less than City.
Walker went on to dismiss concerns about striker Erling Haaland’s role in the team after he struggled on Sunday, saying criticism of the Norwegian only comes when City fail to win.
‘This is the team we have now until the end of the season. We will fight until the end,’ he concluded.
Their boss, Pep Guardiola, has taken a different approach publicly, stating that his players can’t even think of being champions after this latest setback.
City, who have yet to face Arsenal home and away, must worry about securing Champions League football in Guardiola’s eyes.
“It’s important for us to be close and come out fifth, which is Tottenham at the moment, far away to ensure qualification for the Champions League,” Guardiola said.
Pep Guardiola admitted that Manchester City missed a great opportunity after Tottenham’s defeat
The Man City manager said his team “is not in a position to think about being champions” now
“The team started very well in many things, but after a mistake that we made for two more weeks, we repeated it.”
He added: ‘We are not in a position to think about being champions, just the next game, Aston Villa, we will prepare well and play our game to the best of our ability.
Tottenham have a fantastic team and squad and they punish you. They have a lot of quality up front and they don’t need much with transitions, set pieces, give them a lot of credit.’
City face a midweek trip to the Emirates Stadium on February 15 before the reverse game at the Etihad Stadium on April 26, in what are two very significant games in the title race.
They last met in late January in the FA Cup fourth round with City advancing with a 1-0 win.
