JAKARTA - Manchester City will visit Tottenham Hotspur headquarters in the match week 36 of the 2023/2024 Premier League, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, early morning WIB.
For The Citizens, the match must be won. Otherwise, they will find it difficult to win the league title this season and Arsenal have a great chance of becoming champions.
Pep Guardiola stressed to his team not to make the slightest mistake against Spurs.
If that happens, Guardiola's dream of winning his fourth Premier League title in a row will come true.
The current situation is clearly similar to what happened in the 2021/2022 season. At that time, Manchester City also fought closely with Liverpool in the race for the league title until the final week.
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The difference in the second point was only one point, City packed 93 points, while Liverpool had 92 points.
No wonder Guardiola really learned from the incident two seasons ago to return to being the champion of the competition.
"It's clear. We only have one choice, which is to win the game. We came for it."
"I feel from what happened in the past the way we played against Liverpool (to win the title), I say whether we win, win, win, or everything will end," Guardiola said at The Independent.
Indeed, Manchester City has one game more than Arsenal. However, victory is still a fixed price.
Guardiola set up a winning scenario against Tottenham and West Ham in the last two weeks of the league.
If so, whatever Arsenal vs Everton's result in the only game remaining, won't be able to stop City from lifting the Premier League trophy this season.
The Citizens will have a maximum of 91 points, while Arsenal earns the most 89 points.
If Manchester City had only picked up four points from two games, one win and one draw, they would have struggled to win in goal difference to become league champions.
That too with Arsenal's record of winning in the final week of the match against Everton. If that's the worst case, the Gunners and City's points collections will be both 89.
Because of that, Guardiola didn't want to make assumptions. There was only a win shouted at his team now.
"I feel like beating Arsenal is very difficult because they perform very well in all aspects and are difficult to beat."
"If we had the opportunity, we had to take advantage of it. We had the last chance to give it a chance at home," Guardiola said again.
City have won the last seven league games. However, Guardiola did not want to rely on the slick record.
Moreover, the statistics of the City vs Spurs encounter were not too lame. In 151 encounters in all competitions, The Citizens won 60 times, drew 33 times, and lost 58 times.
If it's narrowed again in the seven latest meetings, Manchester City only won three times, just like Tottenham's score, and the remaining one match ended in a draw.
"We have to know exactly what they demand as a team this season because they are more proactive with different managers."
"They (Tottenham) are very aggressive, it doesn't matter if they lose at Anfield, they continue the game plans they believe in."
"The difficulty is there, but we know what we are playing to give us a chance to win. The last game at home (vs West Ham) depends on us," said Guardiola.
Head-to-Head Tottenham vs Manchester City
Number Of Meetings: 151
Manchester City Win: 60
Series: 33
Tottenham Win: 58
Manchester City Scored Goals: 235
Tottenham Scored: 206
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