Danny Murphy column: Why Man City will win Premier League ahead of Arsenal

Manchester City's win over Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday was an absolutely thrilling game to watch and analyse - not the cautious and cagey tactical battle I thought it might be. Given they were the team who really needed to win, I expected City to be the ones to go after Arsenal from the off and that Mikel Arteta's side would have to weather the storm. That kind of happened, but the reply from Arsenal to equalise immediately took the wind out of City temporarily. Arsenal regained their poise and there was not much in it for the rest of the first half. After half-time City came out brilliantly, but the way Arsenal responded - even before they went 2-1 down - is the way a top team should. In the past the Gunners have been accused of being too pragmatic in games like this and not going for it enough, but this time they started committing more and more men forward, being braver on the ball and getting quality balls into the box. They hit the woodwork twice and were right in the game at the very end - when Kai Havertz had that late chance, he really should have scored. I have heard lots of criticism of Arsenal recently - how they have bottled it in games or are falling away a