Manchester City are once again in control of their own destiny and in the driver\u2019s seat to reclaim the Premier League title after Pep Guardiola\u2019s side beat Arsenal 2-1 in Sunday\u2019s sensational showdown at the top of the table.<\/p>\n
MAN CITY 2-1 ARSENAL \u2014 Video highlights & recap<\/a><\/p>\n Below is the latest Pep Guardiola reaction, speaking after Rayan Cherki scored a sensational solo goal in the first half and Erling Haaland slammed home winner in the second.<\/p>\n MORE \u2014 Mikel Arteta reaction<\/a> | Player ratings<\/a> | What we learned<\/a> <\/p>\n From nine points down with eight games left to play, to three points back with six to go (and a game in hand) \u2014 if Man City beat 19th-place Burnley on Wednesday, they will go top of the table for the first time since Aug. 21. Arsenal have been top since Oct. 4.<\/p>\n Pep Guardiola reaction \u2014 What did Man City boss say after beating Arsenal in title six-pointer?<\/p>\n \u201cSo far, they are the best team in England, but of course we extend the chance and the hopes to fight until the end.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a good advert for the Premier League. They don\u2019t allow you to go through the process, they\u2019re so aggressive. They are good in the duels and one of the most competitive teams I ever faced in my career in terms of duels and one against one; long balls with Havertz and Rice, second balls \u2014 fantastic. \u2026 When you beat them once, it\u2019s difficult. But twice [in a short time], they are so competitive and aggressive in all departments. We had momentum, they had momentum, we had chances, they had chances. At the end in these type of games, it is little margins.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been so demanding, but the reality is it\u2019s just one game. They are top of the league with one goal difference [better than Man City]. We have to enjoy it, celebrate it, take the good things, but don\u2019t lose the focus. The focus is in three days, we go to Burnley.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City are once again in control of their own destiny and in the driver\u2019s seat to reclaim…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-594294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}