Man City curse, Arsenal challenge and the Man Utd factor - four days that will define PL title race

Pep Guardiola is not expecting Arsenal to drop any points in their final three games of the season, meaning Manchester City will have to win each of their remaining four games to be champions again.

Arsenal play first next weekend with a chance to go four points clear of City on Saturday lunchtime at home to Bournemouth, before City are then at home at teatime for the visit of Wolves. The following week, it's City's turn to go first as they are in the Saturday 12.30pm game at Fulham on May 11.

If results were to go their way - as in Arsenal slipping up against Bournemouth - then six points from City's next two games could put them in a position where Arsenal would need to beat Manchester United to keep their title hopes alive. There is a possibility that a United win in that game hands City the title.

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But that would rely on two things - Arsenal not to beat Bournemouth, and United not to lose when they face Arsenal. Bournemouth may spring a surprise, but on form United will not. As Guardiola said, City can't expect anything other than Arsenal to take nine points from their remaining fixtures. Erling Haaland said thinking of Arsenal would make City 'go mad', so they must only focus on themselves.

In that case, assuming United continue their shambolic season, City will have to do something they have never done - and something Guardiola identified after last season's title win as his main ambition. Score a Premier League goal at Tottenham's new ground.

City admittedly broke their Tottenham Hotspur Stadium duck in the FA Cup earlier this season, with