Crucially, Burnley host Forest on the final day of the season.Erling Haaland has been ruled out of Manchester City’s trip to Brighton & Hove Albion on Thursday through injury.
Haaland, the Premier League’s joint-top goalscorer this season, has not recovered from the problem that made him miss Man City’s FA Cup semi-final win over Chelsea on Saturday.
“Erling is not ready for tomorrow,” manager Pep Guardiola said. “It’s not a big issue but he’s not available.”But Man City have been boosted by Phil Foden and John Stones being passed fit to play.
Foden reportedly missed training earlier this week, while Stones was forced to come off at half-time of Saturday’s FA Cup victory. Thursday’s match is a huge one in the title race. While Man City have two matches in hand on leaders Arsenal, they have slipped four points off top spot following the Gunners’ 5-0 win over Chelsea on Tuesday.
Indeed, Man City could also find themselves four points behind Liverpool, as the Reds are in action in the Merseyside derby at Everton on Wednesday. Alex Keble looks at how Arsenal recorded their biggest-ever win over Chelsea as the Gunners moved three points clear at the top with a 5-0 win.
To think that at half-time there were a few concerned faces around the Emirates after Chelsea had spent a good 20 minutes knocking at the door.
By the final whistle Arsenal had recorded their biggest home win of the season, humiliated their rivals and moved back to the top of the table with an extended goal-difference advantage.It was a strange game: a 5-0 drubbing that could have been different. Nothing went in for Chelsea in that first half, everything went in for Arsenal in the second.