Man City seeks to deal a fatal blow to rivals at the Arsenal summit

Manchester City leads the English Premier League by a large and reassuring difference in front of its closest competitors, as it strengthened the summit after defeating Everton yesterday 3-1 in a postponed match, and seeks to face Arsenal at the top of the round next Sunday in very high spirits.

Manchester City leads the competition table by ten points ahead of its neighbor and stubborn rival Manchester United before City's match against Arsenal in the 25th round.

City are looking to take another step on the road to their impressive start to regain the Premier League title.

While Liverpool suffered three consecutive defeats in their last three matches in the competition, yesterday's victory over Everton was the twelfth in a row for the team in the competition and the seventeenth in a row (a record) for the team in various tournaments.

Everton coach Carlo Ancelotti said it was "almost impossible" to stop Manchester City's start on the road to regaining the title.

He explained, "It is really difficult to put forward the name of another team to compete for the title ... At the moment, Manchester City is the best team. It has the capabilities, strength and confidence. It is difficult to compete with them."

Despite this, Josep Guardiola, Manchester City coach, continues to deal with his team's match-by-game career even if the team seems highly qualified to win a third title in the last four seasons of the tournament.

Guardiola said: "We have a full calendar of matches and we have a great few months ahead. We will face Wolverhampton and Southampton in one week."

He added, "The match schedule may make you pressurized. There are many games. The players need to rest ... But at the same time the challenge seems beautiful. We do not look at the match calendar, we deal with the next match only."

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