This is another mouth watering tie, with an Arsenal team seemingly destined for third place, taking on Manchester City, who will know that should Tottenham slip up, they can reclaim fourth place in the league, which of course means champions league qualification.
Arsene Wenger described his sides loss against Wigan last week as the most disappointing of the season, and he will no doubt be looking for a very strong reaction from his players. It might be difficult for his players to motivate themselves given that they are out of sight for third place but it appears that any chance of winning the league went under with their pride at Wigan last week. Arsenal will also struggle with the absence of their heartbeat Fabregas, who misses out for the rest of the season with a broken leg sustained in the champions league exit to Barcelona a fortnight ago. One glimmer of light at the end of a long tunnel for Arsenal is a likely start for recently recovered Robin Van Persie.
Manchester City will see this game as their cup final. With a relatively easy run in after this game, they know they have to perform at the Emirates. Any neutral will tell you that despite Tottenham’s recent run of good form, a loss at United is likely. Manchester City will be hell bent of making sure that if they do slip up, they will be ready and wanting to leap frog Tottenham into fourth place. Man City have a couple of low key injuries but nothing that should worry their mammoth squad.
This is a really tough tie to call, but I think that Arsenal’s experience at this stage of the season should just see them home with a narrow home victory.
Verdict: Arsenal Home Win
Odds: 9/10
Bookmaker: Sporting Bet
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