'Don't know football' - Marc Guehi makes Arsenal point after Man City win

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Manchester City defender Marc Guehi spoke about the title race after the Blues leapfrogged Arsenal at the top of the Premier League

Marc Guehi said that anybody expecting Manchester City to steamroll Burnley "doesn't know football" as the Blues had to reset after beating Arsenal. Pep Guardiola's side are now top of the Premier League table but a 1-0 win at Turf Moor also gave Arsenal encouragement in a title race that could come down to goal difference.

City certainly looked like they could rack up a big score against the Clarets, who were relegated with their defeat on Wednesday. Rayan Cherki forced a brilliant save before Erling Haaland scored the opening goal after just five minutes, with Burnley and Arsenal fans fearing the worst at that point.

While they did create more than enough chances to add a second goal, City could not beat Martin Dubravka again and had a few nervy moments of their own as Burnley threatened to pick up an unlikely point. In the end, Guardiola's team settled for a narrow win that takes them above Arsenal on goals scored across 33 games with the two goal differences identical.

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Goal difference was discussed by the City squad ahead of the Burnley game but the importance of not conceding was pitched as essential. As one of the team that helped to keep another clean sheet, Guehi believes that the team faced a significant hurdle in having to pick themselves up again after the draining impact of beating Arsenal in what was a shootout for their title hopes.

"The lads were saying it today a lot to be fair, Erling was mentioning it a lot to make sure we don't concede because it really is important right up to the last game of the season we don't know how it's going to come down so any advantage we can gain in the title race is important," he said.

"It's not easy. There's a lot that goes into those games and we knew how important that [Arsenal] game was but you always have to back it up and coming to a place like Turf Moor, they're fighting for their lives and made it really difficult for us attacking and defensively. It's not easy, but getting over the line was most important.

"Everyone thinks these games are easy when a lot of emotion and focus went into the last game against Arsenal. When you're playing a team that's fighting for their lives it's not going to be easy. Whoever thought it was going to be easy clearly doesn't know football. I'm glad everyone did their jobs today and dug in and most important today was just to get the win."