{"id":1620,"date":"2024-04-06T00:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T00:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2024-04-06T00:41:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T00:41:02","slug":"mikel-arteta-boldly-predicts-where-the-premier-league-title-will-be-decided-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=1620","title":{"rendered":"Mikel Arteta boldly predicts where the Premier League title will be decided | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mikel Arteta is trying to win Arsenal\u2019s first Premier League in 20 years (Photo: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mikel Arteta is sure that the Premier League title race between Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City will be decided on the final day of the season.<\/p>\n

At the time of writing and with just eight games left, just three points separate the top three sides in what could be the closest and most unpredictable title race in the competition\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

Everything could change this weekend with Arsenal and City facing potential banana skins at Brighton and Crystal Palace on Saturday, while leaders Liverpool travel to arch-rivals Manchester United on Sunday.<\/p>\n

While each team will be taking things one game at a time, Arteta is in no doubt that the destination of the title won\u2019t be decided until the very last day of the season on 19 May.<\/p>\n

\u2018This is the level and it\u2019s been the level in this league for the past six or seven years,\u2019 the Arsenal manager said in his pre-match press conference on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u2018The margins are so small, let\u2019s see those numbers at the end of the last game and hopefully if those are maintained, I think we have a good chance.<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019re still not at the top and we have to transform that into winning and winning and winning, and that\u2019s the only way to have the chance in the last game of the season to do it.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Jurgen Klopp is looking to win one more league title before he leaves Liverpool in the summer (Photo: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the 31 Premier League campaigns, the title race has only been decided on the final day on nine occasions, and only three times in the last decade.<\/p>\n

Notably, on those last three occasions it was City and Liverpool contesting the trophy, with the former prevailing each time.<\/p>\n

Never before have three clubs had a chance of victory on the last day, while Arsenal have only taken a title race to the very end once in 1999 when they lost to treble winning Manchester United.<\/p>\n

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Pep Guardiola is aiming to win a record fourth straight Premier League with Man City (Photo: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All three contenders are at home on the final day, with the Reds facing Wolves, the Gunners playing Everton and the Citizens taking on West Ham.<\/p>\n

Liverpool are currently the bookies favourites, but reigning champions City can never be discounted given their ability to go on long, end of season winning runs, including the 12-game win streak that saw them pip Arsenal to the post last season.<\/p>\n

But Arteta does not believe the same will happen this time round, predicting that all three title rivals will drop points in the next eight games.<\/p>\n