[LOOK] Mind the gap: Arsenal and Manchester City look to close in on leaders Reds
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Blanks: Gunners had no shots on goal in loss. Picture: PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP
The Premier League title race is heating up and after Liverpool opened up a four-point lead at the summit on Wednesday night, the chase is on this weekend.
Coach Jurgen Klopp’s charges beat Luton 4-1 thanks to strikes from Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo, Luis Diaz and Harvey Elliot after trailing 1-0 at the break.
The Reds, though, are in League Cup against Chelsea this weekend, meaning the chasing pack Manchester City and Arsenal are looking to cash in.
The third-placed Gunners are involved in the match of the weekend when they host eight-placed Newcastle tomorrow night at 10pm.
Five points behind the Reds with a game in hand, Arsenal come off a 1-0 Champions League defeat to Porto on Wednesday night which saw Arteta’s men fail to take a single shot on goal for the first time in two years.
Arteta wants his hitmen to be better against the Magpies, saying: “It’s true that when we got into certain situations, we didn’t finish the action or put the right final ball in the cross or from set-pieces as well. Every time we were touching somebody, it seemed to be a foul before we even kicked the ball. So, we will learn from that and be better.”
City, meanwhile, are in second - one point above the Gunners and four behind the Reds after they beat Brentford 1-0 on Monday night.
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Star playmaker Kevin de Bruyne missed that game, but Guardiola is convinced that he will be ready to face Bournemouth tomorrow at 7.30pm.
Guardiola says of the Belgian: “He’s OK. It’s more prevention than anything.
“The doctor said it [his hamstring] os a little uncomfortable so after five months out, so we don’t want to take any risk.”
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