Despite securing an impressive victory at home to Newcastle United at the weekend, Manchester City know that it will mean very little if they don't follow it up with a good showing away at Crystal Palace. With Premier League title rivals Arsenal away at Fulham at the weekend, both clubs will be conscious of dropping points.
Pep Guardiola's men were brilliant against the Magpies and stretched their unbeaten run to seven matches. For a brief period of time, it appeared the Gunners would be dropping points at home to Bournemouth, but Mikel Arteta's men, to their credit, did what potential champions do and turned things around.
City did their job and they can, of course, only focus on themselves. Yet, they would certainly have benefitted from the London outfit dropping points. Instead, the title race continues with Arsenal boasting a five-point lead.
