If City beat Burnley on Wednesday night in their game in hand, they will go to the summit, level on points with the Gunners. But there could yet be more twists to come with this season not over yet! Here, Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta, their players and our Sky Sports pundits have their say on what happens next in this thrilling race to be crowned champions of England... Guardiola: Momentum shifts in one instance Man City boss Pep Guardiola: "I am happy because we can extend the hope. Maybe it goes until the end, we will try. "Momentum changes. People said to me that the momentum from Arsenal is bad. What I saw today wasn't a bad momentum. They are in the semi-final of the Champions League, where they haven't lost a single game. Momentum shifts in one instance. "The reality is just one thing: they are top of the league. One ahead on goal difference. We have to enjoy it, celebrate it, take the good things. But don't lose the focus. In three days we go to Burnley." Arteta: We have full belief we can do it Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta: "The positive thing is we have seen the level, we can cope with that, and not just that but do even better. "There are five games to go, but we're going to give a real go for it. We have full belief we can do it. Today we have shown the team that we are. It's still in our hands, and it's there for the taking. "We were close, not close enough. But now we have to reset. We lost an opportunity today, a big one. But there is still another five to go. There are still a lot of positives today." Haaland: We need to stay humble Man City striker Erling Haaland: "Every game is a final. On Wednesday we have a new final. When we have stopped speaking here, it's about recovering for the Burnley game. Because the Burnley game is just as important as this game. We need to stay focused, stay humble." Odegaard: We are going to focus on ourselves Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard: "There's always that pressure in football. Always noise. That's a part of being a football player at this level. We are going to keep going, focus on ourselves. Look forward to the next game and move on. That's all we're doing to do." Does he still believe? "Of course!" Live Premier League table | Watch FREE PL highlightsGot Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW 📺Neville: City have a massive, massive advantage now Eight-time Premier League winner and Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville: "I don't think both teams will win every game. City are going to have to drop points somewhere [for Arsenal to win it]. I'm not quite sure where that is. I think they have a massive, massive advantage now. "I think next Saturday night [at home to Newcastle] has got a lot of danger [for Arsenal]. The nerves inside that stadium if Arsenal don't start well... it's imperative Arsenal get over the line in that game. "That tension will still be there next Saturday and Arsenal have to cope with that and come through it. "For the first time this season, I'm going to say [the Premier League ribbons] are going to be blue." Vieira: I question the mental strength of the Arsenal team Three-time Premier League winner and former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira on Sky Sports: "Today, [Arsenal] had a good performance but the difference between good and great teams are the teams who are not used to winning and the ones who compete at this level all the time. "You can see the difference today on the field and those top players made a difference today. "The momentum is on City's side. It will be interesting to see how Arsenal recover because it's a huge disappointment for them. They will feel the pressure more now. "I always question the mental strength of the team and I will question it more now regarding the result today. "I believe City will do it." Keane: Man City are the best team at dealing with pressure Seven-time Premier League winner and Sky Sports pundit Roy Keane: "The momentum's all with Man City. They've been the best team the last eight, nine, 10 years at dealing with pressure. We saw that again today. "Pep mentioned pressure before the game; if they didn't win, that was the league over, so these players can deal with pressure and they did that in the second half. "They rode their luck a little bit, but they're peaking at the right time. "I'm going to stick with Arsenal. That belief isn't as strong as it was before the game." Richards: Momentum with City Man City Premier League winner and Sky Sports pundit Micah Richards: "I always said if Man City win this game, it would give them the momentum. I just thought this was the game. If City could get over the line and stay within three points of Arsenal, with the experience, the big players, the big moments, they would turn up. "I thought Arsenal were very good today, but Man City just get over the line. "I said: if Man City win this game, they win the league."

Robinson was relieved of his duties at the Accu Stadium at the end of March following a run of five successive Super League defeats. Liam Finn has since taken interim charge of the Giants and has put his name forward for the role on a permanent basis. John Cartwright leaves role as Hull FC head coachNRL CEO in the UK for talks over Super League investmentNot got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream contract-free on NOW Huddersfield director of rugby Andy Kelly revealed that the shortlist also features Cartwright, who stepped down from his role as Hull FC head coach after the club announced he would be moving on at the end of the season. Speaking on The Bench podcast with Jenna and Jon, Kelly said: "[A list of coaches] is definitely being looked at - probably obsessively looked at. "It's been a long list, and it's shortening down. There are people we are very interested in. "I have an influence on what's going on. I'm doing a lot of the background work, a lot of the research, looking at where I think a coach will fit with what we're trying to bring about, and then putting that in front of the board of directors." On Cartwright, Kelly added: "He's probably not even considered what his next job is. He's been associated with all the jobs at the moment. I would imagine John Cartwright, at this minute, needs to finish his cup of coffee and sit back and breathe. "He's a profile coach, a coach we will do some due diligence and background work on. We're not in a position where we can just dismiss someone who might be available, just as we can't dismiss someone who is effectively available. "It's about covering the whole sphere and not rushing into the decision." Huddersfield sit third from bottom in Super League after two wins from their eight games this season, including a chastening 56-22 home defeat by Leeds Rhinos on Friday. Kelly shed light on the recruitment process and the importance of making the right appointment with the club at such an important juncture. "I'm looking for a coach who has a vision for where he wants to take the team in the next two to four years, and who understands where we are now and the importance of the club in the community and to the game itself," he added. "We were at the very beginnings of rugby league in Huddersfield, but we can't live off that forever. We have to understand the club before we start to understand where the club wants to go. "A coach has got to have technical and tactical know‑how, but they also have to have the ability to manage a team. "This is a defining moment in the club's history - one where we can change what we're capable of doing going forward. The coach appointment is a massive responsibility for us all." "We asked for expressions of interest rather than applications. Expressions of interest are a two-way thing - they've allowed us to look at and approach coaches who may not have seen us as a viable option and ask them if we'd be of interest to them." Kelly explained how aligning the club's player recruitment strategy with potential coaching appointments has lengthened the process of appointing a permanent head coach. "That has stalled our process a little bit because we want to make sure that whoever the coach is, they are comfortable with the players we are looking to recruit," he said. "The coach will have a say in recruitment. The announcement will come at the point when we know who that person is. "We could approach somebody who actually turns us down, so it would be wrong of me to put names in place." 2026 Super League - key dates and what to look out forSuper League in Paris: Sat Jun 6: Catalans Dragons v Wigan Warriors (Paris), 6.30pm UK (Sky Sports)Magic Weekend: July 4-July 5Rivals Round reversed: July 23-July 26Elimination Play-offs: September 19-September 20Play-off semi-finals: September 26-September 27Grand Final: October 3, Old Trafford. Sky Sports will again show every game of the Super League live this season - including two matches in each round exclusively live, with the remaining five matches each week shown on Sky Sports+

Arsenal and Manchester City have five weeks to prove why they should be Premier League champions after a scintillating top-of-the-table clash on the most Super of Sundays evened the stakes. Now, City can overtake Arsenal on goal difference if they beat Burnley on Wednesday, live on Sky Sports. With so much on the line, what will be the factors that determine the run-in? Live Premier League table | Watch FREE PL highlightsGot Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱No Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW📺The looming T word Forget Premier League title favourites, Manchester City are now on for a domestic treble. The significance of which seems difficult to comprehend after a campaign of inconsistency that was meandering towards nothingness merely a month ago. How fortuitous does this all feel? Well, Man City are the perfect opportunists. Circumstances have converged kindly for Pep Guardiola from January onwards. It started with the low-cost, high-impact signings of Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guehi and snowballed from there. Last month's Carabao Cup final beating of Arsenal then wrestled momentum at the perfect juncture and pocketed the first trophy on offer. Now City close in. They are masters of the home stretch. April is Man City's best month under Guardiola in terms of points-per-game and win rate. No inhibitions from here, just freestyling football. Not to mention the kindest of FA Cup draws as they meet Championship side Southampton in the semi-finals this weekend. Luck? Fate? Something else entirely? Whatever the reasoning or rationale another historic treble is remarkably in reach. Gunners have favourable fixtures - but will Europe impact? As these two titans go toe-to-toe towards the finish line, who has the better fixtures? Arsenal do have the more favourable run-in, with all of their remaining games against teams in the bottom half of the table. City have some tricky away games coming up, with visits against Everton and Bournemouth being branded as opportunities for Arsenal to capitalise on dropped points. However, Arsenal's Champions League campaign could have a big say. Mikel Arteta's side have failed to win seven out of the last 10 matches which have followed a European fixture. And London derbies with bogey team Fulham and an away trip to relegation-threatened West Ham follow the two semi-final matches with Atletico Madrid... Calm heads make better decisions As alluded to already, the opportunity to take a running jump at this title has rather fallen in City's lap. Guardiola might argue they were playing the long game. Analysts might believe Arsenal, as they have continually proven, were always going to stumble. The Gunners would have been temporarily 12 points clear if they had beaten Bournemouth last Saturday. Race over. And it's because of the gap, the 207 days spent at the top, the depth of a superior squad and desire of a manager that has come so close, that it always felt like Arsenal's. Until it didn't. While Arsenal fans have spent all season whipping themselves into a frenzy over the prospect of a first title in 22 years, City's expectations have been modestly tempered. Not even Guardiola believed this was possible until now. And so City have the fortune of going at this run-in with a devil-may-care attitude. Do not underestimate the power of clear and calm heads as the pressure mounts. Arteta needs to pick the right striker If marginal goal difference is going to feature, then Arsenal will need more firepower. It was clear in Sunday's loss that Arsenal have two very different profiles in Kai Havertz and Viktor Gyokeres. The Gunners look a better overall team with Havertz as their No 9, with the German's ability to occupy defenders and create space for others very clear at the Etihad. The only problem is Havertz is not a ruthless goalscorer, as can be seen with the three big chances missed in Manchester. Gyokeres, meanwhile, is a natural goalscorer - as evidenced by his 18 goals in all competitions in a season where he hasn't exactly impressed. But the Swedish forward lacks in the hold-up and build-up phase, where Havertz thrives. How Arteta chooses between his No 9 options will be vital to Arsenal's trophy chances from here. The Cherki factor Over to the importance of City's chief spark. Clearly Semenyo and Guehi have been season-changing. But the mastery of Rayan Cherki should be given equal weight in this category. Every title-winning side needs a Cherki-style character. The last time Man City won the league it was Phil Foden; not just with the goals he scored but the charisma he carried in big games and influential moments. That responsibility is now Cherki's to bear. The Frenchman has been directly involved in 12 goals in 16 Premier League starts, none more important than the sumptuous opener in victory over Arsenal. He is also the first Premier League player to 10+ goals and 10+ assists across all competitions this season. A proper creative genius. Odegaard shows worth in much-needed return Arsenal were struggling for form and fluency going into the Man City game but actually delivered a display of promise despite the result. One of the reasons for the shift? Martin Odegaard. The Arsenal captain was a strong presence with and without the ball, knitting Arsenal's creative play together whilst also leading the off-the-ball press to cause City problems. Odegaard has been sorely missed with this just his third start in three months. It was only the fourth start of the season alongside Eberechi Eze. In the other three games, one of them was forced off before the start of the second half. Cherki has shown the unpredictability of flair players is crucial in a title race. If Odegaard and Eze can start regularly, it's a huge boost to Arsenal's attack. Do Arsenal's hopes depend on Saka? That being said, Arsenal could do with every goal they can get. And Bukayo Saka's return date could be a pivotal part of the Gunners' remaining season. Noni Madueke's lack of form and fitness has shown there is a gulf in class between him and Arsenal's No 7. Madueke has just two Premier League goals in 22 outings. And if Odegaard and Havertz are going to form a key part of Arsenal's attack, then Saka would be another boost with title sway. The last time all three started a match for Arsenal was December 21, 2024 - when Arsenal romped to a 5-1 win away at Crystal Palace. Those are the type of compelling results Arsenal need from here. What if Rodri is missing for City? To temper City's optimism with a dose of reality, Rodri limped out of Sunday's game in the 88th minute. Guardiola revealed in his press conference that the Spanish midfielder has suffered a groin problem. Any damage to Rodri does damage to City's title hopes. This is a player who makes everyone around him function at full tilt. Without him, City's coherence with and without the ball falters. No one of a City persuasion will need reminding of the disaster that unfolded in his injury absence last season. It's unlikely he will be risked at Burnley on Wednesday, if deemed fit at all. Lucky Gabriel gets to soldier on While Arsenal will be disheartened following Sunday's defeat, they will count themselves fortunate their situation is not worse. Had they lost Gabriel to a red card for a headbutt on Erling Haaland, and a subsequent three-match ban, then an isolated blip would have turned into a full blown crisis. With Jurrien Timber and Riccardo Calafiori also out injured, Arsenal's defence would have been stretched, with Piero Hincapie needing to fill in alongside William Saliba - and Myles Lewis-Skelly needed at left-back. Instead, Gabriel is available to play in the games against Newcastle, Fulham and West Ham. Has Haaland's honest lack of 'housery' actually boosted Arsenal's title chances? What does it mean for Pep? The final factor is Pep's undetermined future. Does he stay or does he go? Perhaps that can only be answered by the culmination of this season. To bow out on the highest of highs will surely be his aim - if his mind is not already made up in either direction. His legacy will not be decided by what happens over the next few weeks but it can be enhanced. Plenty believe this to be his last. If it is, he will not be leaving quietly. A final one over on his old pal Arteta might just seal the deal.

It was always going to be a real stretch to be successful, because of the huge sums of money that they had to invest in order to take on and compete with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour. It was - and is - an enormous challenge from a business and sustainability point of view. Although there's mixed messaging from their chief executive Scott O'Neil, where he's done an interview and then retracted some of that to try and backtrack on what he said, what's rumoured to be happening appears quite clear in that LIV Golf is at a major - and possible terminal - crossroad. LIV Golf chief executive plays down funding fearsSergio Garcia responds to LIV shutdown rumoursWhen are the majors? Key dates in 2026Get Sky Sports or stream golf with no contract Most reputable media companies are aligned in saying that the end of the LIV Golf League in its present format is imminent, maybe as soon as the end of the year. So, from there, the question is what happens next? An 'impossible situation' for LIV Golf or chance to evolve? LIV Golf are paying their players colossal amounts of money, on top of huge prize monies and staging costs. You're talking about $5m to $70m overhead for every single event they have played around the world. An estimated figure of $5bn has been spent since it started four years ago. With limited media rights and sponsorship coming in they have admitted that they are quite a number of years away from break even or profitability. Even with big crowds in places like South Africa and Australia, you're still not going to get anywhere near that financial outlay back, because ticket prices can only go so high in those countries. It has been quite clear that the golf public seem to prefer the old traditional form of golf, the history of golf and the connection with that history. It appears people are generally more interested in historic events than the 'golf but louder' offering as well as team events that LIV Golf offer. The music and in-your-face golf is what they felt was the future and what young people wanted. Young people haven't reacted that way, certainly in the United States, because viewing figures are only a tiny fraction of what the PGA Tour still have. I think it's going to be next to impossible to get sponsors to take over the financial undertaking to the level that the Saudis are doing for LIV. Although I'm an ex-Tour player, I've also been on the board of the DP World Tour and know what the commercial challenges are like. Even the PGA Tour are having challenges, as they have been forced to react financially to the emergence of LIV. They had to bring in private equity to help sustain paying the bills that they have now that their prize funds have had to increase so much, in order to be comparable to what LIV are offering. Could LIV's struggles bring a rebalance in power? Brian Rolapp has gone into the PGA Tour as CEO and his job has been to repackage the Tour and try to sell it for more money, whether that be to the sponsors or whether to TV companies. That's not an easy sell. Prize funds have more than doubled since LIV have come on the pitch and the business model overheads have become very, very expensive now for the PGA Tour and DP World Tour. Going back to sponsors and looking for two or three times the money they were paying before, considering golf is somewhat of a minority sport compared to football, NFL or the NBA in America, is not going to be easy. There may well be an adjustment or reset coming . However what may work in their favour is that you've got three tours currently and a small pool of players, making the players very powerful. Those players have had leverage over the three tours but if LIV were to not exist anymore, that gives a lot more leverage back to the tours again. I'd love to have been playing in this era. It's just unbelievable how much money is available to all players nowadays because of the emergence of LIV. The DP World Tour because of its strategic alliance with the PGA Tour are playing for record prize funds over the past few years. Those prizes are largely unaffected by any kind of a downturn in the economy, which is unrealistic long-term. I believe LIV has created a dangerous false economy for golf. A period of readjustment is needed, and you may well see a power shift back to the administrators and Tours - rather than the players - should players' leverage go away. The DP World Tour is an obvious place where LIV could well try to hang their hat and maybe do an alignment with, but that's not going to be an easy fix. You have to remember that LIV has been a hostile competitor to the DP World Tour over the past few years and have taken sponsors, as well as venues, off the DPW Tour schedule. There has also been a lot of claims from people at LIV in recent years about LIV being the 'world tour', which rankles and is somewhat disrespectful to the DP World Tour and all its history. It's fair to say relations are not amicable at the moment and a lot of negotiation and progress would have to be made in order for LIV to forge any kind of alignment with the DP World Tour, let alone with the PGA Tour. How could LIV Golf players be reintegrated, if needed? It's not going to be easy to mould these players back in again, should they be allowed to do so. Over the last few years, since LIV Golf has been going, all of the spots that these players had - whether that be on the DP World Tour or the PGA Tour - have been filled by new players. You can't just muscle your way back in again, especially when the PGA Tour is going to be having smaller fields rather than the bigger fields that these players left behind, so there's a lot of roadblocks in the way. There will be suspensions, there will be fining, and all the things that that have been talked about for last few years will have to remain in place, in order to be fair to the guys who remained with the main tours. Of course, the very top LIV players will probably have better options than lower ranked LIV players. Everybody who went to LIV went with a huge amount of risk attached. They got paid a huge amount of money to take a massive risk, to leave behind the safety net of the tours and compete against the model they left behind. They justified it as a tough business decision, making a decision looking out for themselves. The roles could be reversed now and the tours can play really hardball back against them. There's a lot of negotiation to be done between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and the LIV players, if it comes to pass that LIV is going to fold, in terms of what the future may be. It's not going to be plain sailing for the LIV guys, I can assure you of that. Disruption creates opportunity, so let's see how things play out as a number of different paths are possible. Watch the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA Tour, majors and more live on Sky Sports, with the PGA Championship (May 14-17), US Open (June 18-21) and The Open (July 16-19) all exclusively live on Sky Sports Golf. Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract.

Welcome to The Debrief, a Sky Sports column in which Adam Bate uses a blend of data and opinion to reflect on some of the key stories from the latest Premier League matches. This week: Chelsea's goal drought continuesWirtz flatters to deceive at LiverpoolNo defence for Howe's NewcastleAre Chelsea unlucky or is it an issue? Earlier this month, Liam Rosenior opted to point out that for all the noise about his time at Chelsea, his team ranked fourth in the Premier League table since he took over. Let's hope he has not checked lately because they are down to ninth during his reign now. The defeat by Manchester United made it four defeats in a row, three coming at home. The previous run of three consecutive defeats at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League included a loss to Oldham in which Tony Cascarino was up front for Chelsea. In other words, these are strange times for the club and, for all Rosenior's bullishness, it is threatening to unravel. Supporters are becoming used to his robust defences of his record and he was typically emphatic that Chelsea's loss to United was undeserved. "They have had one shot on our goal when we are down to 10 men off an injury and score and then we have wave after wave of attack, crosses in the box, moments that we do not take advantage of. I think we have hit the woodwork four or five times," said Rosenior. "I will never lie, I cannot speak on things that I do not see. I saw a team that were dominant. We were dominant from the first moment of the game to the last but we have to take care of our moments better. That is what is costing us points at this moment in time." Up to a point, Rosenior is right, even if Opta claim that only three shots struck the frame of the goal. Chelsea's finishing has been spectacularly bad. Since mid-March, they are the only team in the Premier League not to score - despite having had the most shots. That is an extraordinary statistic. However, it is worth noting that United actually had the clearest opening of the game. Chelsea's opportunities, while numerous, were of lower quality and that has been a feature of their play under Rosenior during this poor run. In fact, only Wolves have had a lower expected-goals total per shot than Chelsea over the past 10 games. Penetrating the penalty box has been a problem. Their chances are not good chances. And that means blanking despite 'dominating' has been a recurring theme. Perhaps even more worrying than the possibility that this is a product of their style of play is the potential for it to be a consequence of their personnel. Is it really a coincidence that United's Matheus Cunha found the crisp finish to decide this game? The Brazilian has overperformed his expected goals significantly during his time in the Premier League. Every single one of Chelsea's attacking players on the pitch on Saturday have underperformed expected goals throughout their careers in the competition. Football is a game of fine margins. And Chelsea will score again soon. But on a Premier League weekend when proven scorers Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah proved decisive for their sides, maybe Chelsea's bad luck in front of goal has been baked into their model. Live Premier League table | Watch FREE PL highlightsGot Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱No Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW📺Wirtz still not seizing the moment Jamie Carragher focused on Florian Wirtz before the Merseyside derby. Of a haul of four goals and three assists, Carragher told Sky Sports: "I would describe that as neat and tidy, not really hurting the opposition in terms of getting assists and scoring goals." He added: "When you look at the size of this pitch, how nice this pitch is, this is a game he should be winning, this is a game he should be controlling and running." Although Liverpool did win the game late on through Virgil van Dijk, it was another that passed Wirtz by. The statistics afterwards highlighted why the £116m signing from Bayer Leverkusen last summer is so tricky to assess. Those stats say that nobody created more. Wirtz now ranks second in the Premier League behind Bruno Fernandes for open-play chances created. But what were the four chances created? There was a cute reverse pass to Cody Gakpo that came to nothing and a fizzed ball in to Alexander Isak where the striker got his shot off but it was easily saved. The other two were simple passes prior to speculative shots. The eye test told a different tale. Wirtz struggled to retain possession in a game that was typically frenetic. He was outmuscled and unable to impose himself as Carragher and the Liverpool fans would have hoped. There was one successful dribble and no shots. Wirtz can be a joy to watch in full flow, gliding across the turf, and there is no questioning his work rate. He ranks fourth in the Premier League for runs this season and the three men above him have all played more minutes. Always seeking space. Not always found. But he has not shown the chutzpah expected. Where is the swagger, the appetite to take risks to make things happen that has marked out Rayan Cherki as an emerging superstar at Manchester City? Wirtz was a leader at Leverkusen. He is not yet that at Liverpool. His obvious talent - not to mention his long-term contract - buys him time. But there are limits to the patience. "He is in a new league, new manager, new system," said Carragher. "But we are 10 months in now. We need to see a lot more." We did not see that at Everton. Newcastle so shaky now under Howe On the face of it, Newcastle are still playing with the old intensity. They rank second in the Premier League this season for sprints, having been in the top five for that metric in each of Eddie Howe's five seasons at the helm. But that approach is leaving gaps now. Part of Newcastle's success has become part of their problem. If they are a little slow to that press and if the defence do not push up then those spaces open up. There were lots of them in their 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth, a game that they were never really in control of. Howe insisted that the margins were fine but Andoni Iraola's side had the better chances and an expected-goals total of 2.99 reflected that. It is the highest Newcastle have conceded this season - just edging out last week's tally against Crystal Palace. A trend. Since the end of January, their expected goals against is worse than every team in the Premier League bar bottom-club Wolves. They are sandwiched between the three clubs in the relegation zone, confirming their status as one of the leakiest defences in the league. The home form is alarming. Newcastle have lost five of their last six Premier League games at St James' Park - as many as they lost in total last season and as many as the two seasons prior to that combined. It is a fortress breached. A daunting trip no more. A vulnerable Newcastle makes for a vulnerable Howe. Even the much-maligned Steve Bruce never finished as low as Newcastle currently lie in the Premier League table. As a result, Howe finds his selection decisions under scrutiny with his role in recruitment inflaming that. Yoane Wissa has had little impact, Anthony Elanga was poor again and Nick Woltemade has become a problem to solve. Howe knows that he must find the answers at the top end of the pitch. But it is Newcastle's dismal defensive record that is damning right now.