Jamie Carragher delivers Premier League title verdict after Man City beat Arsenal

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Manchester City took a huge step towards overhauling Arsenal in the Premier League title race as Pep Guardiola's side registered a 2-1 win in Sunday's top-of-the-table clash

Jamie Carragher gave his verdict on the title race(Image: Sky Sports)

Jamie Carragher believes that Manchester City has the edge in the Premier League title race after Sunday's 2-1 victory over Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium.

The Gunners went into the game knowing that a victory would have given them a nine-point lead at the top of the table with just a few games of the season to go.

But City's win, secured by goals from Rayan Cherki and Erling Haaland, means the gap is just three points – and Pep Guardiola's men will move to the top of the table with a win over Burnley in their game in hand on Wednesday.

"I think City have got the edge," Carragher said on Sky Sports. "I just think momentum, experience, how that will affect Arsenal psychologically... not just that game, the run of games that they’re on, the performances as well.

"This was definitely a better performance [from Arsenal], there’s no doubt about that. I thought it was a brilliant game, it was a testament to both teams, both managers, it felt like a real top-level game.

"City have got the harder fixtures, there’s no doubt. But when you get to this stage and you’re in Arsenal’s position, just searching for a win from anywhere and the nerves are kicking in, the supporters are getting anxious, their next two games are at home in the Premier League, it almost doesn’t matter who you play.

"It’s more about you really. We’ve seen them lose to Bournemouth and most people would have said that was a game they should win.

"Newcastle is the next game and Newcastle are struggling right now, but you can’t hang your hat on Arsenal at the moment because this run has gone on now for four or five games in different competitions and they just need to stop it quickly."

Erling Haaland celebrates his winning goal against Arsenal(Image: AFP or licensors)

Cherki's opening goal was the game's standout moment in terms of an individual piece of skill, while Haaland's second-half strike moved him into 23 league goals for the season – he is on course to win the Premier League Golden Boot for the third time in four seasons.

Carragher believes the main difference between the two teams is the quality that they each possess in attack.

"If Arsenal do miss out I would put it down to that," Carragher added. "When you think of the Rayan Cherki goal yesterday, I don’t think Arsenal can score that goal. I don’t think they can.

"I think Erling Haaland scores that. Havertz has two big chances... not every striker scores all their chances but if you give Haaland two chances like that then he’s scoring one of them.

"That’s the difference, there’s definitely a lot more quality in the attack for Manchester City than there is for Arsenal right now."