Defeating Fulham, Man City takes the upper hand in the Premier League title race

Man City can knock Arsenal off the top spot if they beat Fulham in London. The Gunners will travel to Manchester this round to face MU at Old Trafford.

Pep Guardiola's side got off to a flying start, opening the scoring with their first shot at Craven Cottage in the 13th minute. A Kevin De Bruyne assist split the home side's defence, allowing defender Josko Gvardiol to beat goalkeeper Bernd Leno with a low shot.

Man City move closer to title in two-horse race with Arsenal

Although the first half ended without any goals, Man City showed complete dominance on the pitch (controlling the ball for 67% of the time). The reigning champions will move a little closer to defending the Premier League title if they secure 3 points against Fulham.

Meanwhile, Fulham seem to lack determination as Marco Silva's team has no goal to strive for, except to avoid a 16th consecutive defeat to their opponents. The Craven Cottage team continued to have 24 matches without a shot in the first half in 37 matches this season. That is the opposite number to Man City when the visitors had 15 shots, 4 of which were on target.

While Erling Haaland remained silent, the attacking trio of Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva continued to torment the Fulham defense in the second half. One of them was converted by Foden to double the gap in the 59th minute. Young center-back Gvardiol completed a beautiful day by completing a brace along with Julian Alvarez's goal (from the 11m kick) to seal a 4-0 victory for Man City.

Coach Guardiola continues to help Man City dominate the Premier League

With this victory, Man City took the top spot, 2 points ahead of Arsenal. With both teams having 2 matches left this season, if the Gunners stumble at MU, Man City will move closer to the Premier League's historic milestone of becoming the first team to win 4 consecutive seasons. In the last 2 rounds, Coach Guardiola's team will meet Tottenham (away) and West Ham (home). Meanwhile, in addition to the match against MU, Arsenal will also host Everton in the final round.

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