The Premier League title situation took a dramatic turn on Sunday (14th) local time, Liverpool and Arsenal, who were originally in the best championship situation, were in a hot home game at the moment of the championship sprint, Arsenal lost 0-2 to Aston Villa, and the Premier League tasted defeat for the first time in 4 months this year. Manchester City (73 points) are now two points ahead of Arsenal and Liverpool, and the last six Premier League opponents are more "easy to eat", Opta data predicts that Manchester City's chances of winning the trophy are as high as 70%, and many institutional indices have warmed up Manchester City's odds to win the title to 1.35 times.
After Liverpool's 1-0 defeat at home to Crystal Palace, Arsenal's next home game against Aston Villa was also an incident, and their performance in the first half was quite passable, breaking through Aston Villa's defence many times, but unfortunately it could not be converted into a goal; After switching sides in the second half, Arsenal's performance on the field was completely out of shape, and Aston Villa was dominated by the opponent, and in the 84th minute of the game, the defensive misposition allowed Pele to score a goal, and then he was scored by Watkins after three minutes because of the full-time attack, and finally Arsenal lost 0-2 at home to their own home.
Arsenal have won 10 and drawn 1 in the Premier League after entering 2024, and now the strong trend has been ruthlessly terminated by Aston Villa, and now it is still two points behind Manchester City at the top of the table in a passive situation for the title, manager Arteta said after the game: "The first half was one of the best performances against strong teams this season, but in the second half we didn't lose anything, and we couldn't play at our own level." We can't control City's results but we can control our performances and the most important thing in this moment is the reaction of the players and we have a chance to make history in midweek [in the Champions League]."
According to Opta, an authoritative data company, Manchester City's chances of winning the Premier League surged from 40.6% to 70% after this round of the league, while Arsenal (18.3%) and Liverpool (11.7%) fell sharply. Looking at the remaining fixtures of the three teams competing for the title, Manchester City's final 6 rounds of opponents are only Tottenham Hotspur's top 7 teams, Arsenal will face Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester United and other tough battles to play, Liverpool is also against Tottenham and Aston Villa, no wonder Manchester City is touted as the top favorite to win the Premier League.
