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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Andy Hunter at Anfield

Manchester City must improve to catch Arsenal, says Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola
Pep Guardiola is eager to take advantage of any slips from Arsenal. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images

Pep Guardiola claimed Manchester City are “breathing down the necks” of Arsenal after their ­remarkable victory at Liverpool but must improve to reel in the Premier League leaders.

City were staring at another Anfield defeat that would have left them nine points adrift of Arsenal following Dominik Szoboszlai’s outstanding 74th‑minute free-kick. But late goals from Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland reduced the gap to six points and delivered City’s first win at Anfield in front of a crowd since 2003.

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