Pep Guardiola sends fresh Premier League title warning to Arsenal after Man City cut gap | OneFootball

Man City are just two points behind leaders Arsenal, though have played a game more

Pep Guardiola has sent Arsenal an ominous warning in this season’s title race after Manchester City closed the gap at the top of the Premier League.

City appeared to be cruising to victory when Sander Berge’s own goal in the 54th minute handed them a 5-1 lead.

However, the visitors ultimately had to survive a tense finish after Fulham struck three times in the space of 21 minutes to threaten an unlikely comeback.

Arsenal will restore their five-point lead at the Premier League summit if they beat Brentford in Wednesday night’s London derby at the Emirates Stadium.

Speaking after City’s win, Guardiola offered a timely reminder that his side have experience of winning league titles when they’ve been chasing the leaders during the first half of a season.

“Arsenal are so strong and so solid,” the Spaniard said. “So I know what we have to do, I know if we drop points it will be so difficult, we have to put in our mindset that it will be difficult but at the same time the Premier League is so long.

“I promise you I am the oldest manager in the Premier League and have enough experience to make a long, long run to try to fight to win the Premier League. It is so long.

“Chelsea impress me more and more every day with Enzo [Maresca], but it’s long.

Man City avoided a huge scare to beat Fulham

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“Premier League is so long, many things will happen. We won six Premier Leagues, four or five when we were December, January or February we were behind.

“The team who wins the Premier League is the team who grows during the months and this is what we try to do. No injuries, it’s so long.

“But at the same time, if we push, we will be better and push ourselves and control the situations better, the emotions and we will see what happens.”