Arsenal are not slowing down, they are stomping over everyone in the Premier League after years of languishing and Manchester City will have a tough task of defending the crown. Cityzens are 10 points behind the Gunners, with a match in hand. Pep Guardiola’s team was defeated by Brentford before the break for the World Cup in Qatar (1-2), so they no longer have room for a setback if they want to keep the crown at the Etihad.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Today (23.00) City are visiting Leeds in the last match of the 17th round. The home team is in 15th place and faces a fight for survival like last season when they luckily stayed in the best league on the Island. All the eyes of Cityzens fans will be focused on Erling Haaland, who is excelling in his debut season in the shirt of the team from Manchester. He has already scored 18 Premier League goals, five more than Tottenham’s Harry Kane.Pep Guardiola’s team beat Liverpool 3-2 six days ago in the English League Cup – the Norwegian got himself on the list of scorers, as did Riyad Mahrez and Nathan Ake.City will be without the Portuguese Ruben Dias for a month due to a hamstring injury, while Kalvin Phillips returned with extra weight after the World Cup in Qatar and will not be in the competition for the team for the time being. Argentina’s Julian Alvarez got a few more days off after the Gauchos’ intensive title celebration of the World Cup title.At least he’s being honest! Radrizzani invites investors and says he cannot lift Leeds United to another levelIn the ranks of the team from Yorkshire, they hope that the goalkeeper Ilan Meslier will recover from his illness. Midfielder Tyler Adams is suspended for his red card against Tottenham in the last match before the World Cup break. Mateusz Klich will have a chance to start. Coach Jesse Marsh can’t count on Stuart Dallas and Luis Sinisterra either, while striker Patrick Bamford is questionable for tonight’s encounter.During the ongoing campaign, City were defeated only once on the road, and that was at Anfield against Liverpool (0-1). They has three wins and two draws. Leeds have three wins, two defeats and a draw at their Elland Road.👥 Predicted line up:⚪️ @LUFC 🆚 @ManCity 🔵Your thoughts? 💬 pic.twitter.com/zxXxe3Qwx7— mcfc lads (@mcfc_lads) December 27, 2022 Last season, City overcame Leeds in both matches. At their Etihad Stadium they ran over the Peacocks 7-0, while the score at Leeds’ home ground was 0-4. However, Cityzens fans are not forgetting the defeat against the team from Yorkshire two seasons ago at the Etihad (1-2).Jesse Marsch has given Erling Haaland permission to be injured when Leeds face Man City 😂 pic.twitter.com/NRM7zhN6Ko— ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) December 23, 2022 PREMIER LEAGUE – ROUND 17MondayBrentford – Tottenham 2-2 (1-0)/Janelt 15, Toney 54 – Kane 65, Hojbjerg 71/Leicester – Newcastle 0-3 (0-3)/Wood 3 pen, Almiron 7, Joelinton 32/Southampton – Brighton 1-3 (0-2)/Ward-Prowse 74 – Lallana 15, Perraud 35 og, March 56/Everton – Wolverhampton 1-2 (1-1)/Mina 7 – Podence 22, Ait Nouri 90+5/Crystal Palace – Fulham 0-3 (0-1)/Reid 32, Reim 71, Mitrovic 81/Aston Villa – Liverpool 1-3 (0-2)/Watkins 59 – Salah 5, van Dijk 32, Bajcetic 80/Arsenal – West Ham 3-1 (0-1)/Saka 53, Martinelli 59, Nketiah 69 – Benrahma 27 pen/TuesdayChelsea – Bournemouth 2-0 (2-0)/Havertz 16, Mount 24/Manchester United – Nottingham Forest 3-0 (2-0)/Rashford 19, Martial 22, Fred 87/Wednesday23:00: (9.00) Leeds (5.60) Man.City (1.35)***odds are subject to change***
