Man City vs Arsenal – Premier League: Live score, team news and updates from a critical match in the title race where a win for either side could see them take control at the top of the league

Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta nearly won everything together at Manchester City.

Now, their respective teams are battling against each other ‘hammer and tong’ for the Premier League title.

It’s clear to see Arteta has taken a lot from Guardiola, but is now spreading his own wings and has created a clear Arsenal identity.

I must say, I didn’t envisage Arteta being as much of a success as he has, but boy has he proved me wrong.

That success will be rubber-stamped if he brings the title back to the Emirates.

You feel the Gunners can’t lose today if they are to make that happen.

There is no doubt that Arsenal have struggled against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City over the years.

City have won 12 out of the last 13 meetings between the sides, so it has been pretty one-sided.

What happened in that one other fixture, you ask?

Well, that match happened earlier this season, and Arsenal finally got their win against the Champions thanks to Gabriel Martinelli.

It’s fair to say that there was the definition of ‘limbs’ that day from the supporters.

They were incredible scenes, can Arsenal repeat the trick today?

There are going to be battles all over the pitch today, but none more pivotal than the one between Rodri and Declan Rice.

The two players are arguably the best in the division at what they do, and it will be interesting to see what happens when they collide today.

We were robbed of seeing a showdown between the two players when Arsenal beat Manchester City 1-0 earlier in the season, as Rodri missed the match through injury.

I feel whoever wins this battle, will win their team the game.

Jack Gaughan, Mail Sport, at the Etihad Stadium:

The press room filling up already, still two hours to go.

This just shows how big today is…

I was just about to post that Liverpool were behind at Anfield, Luis Diaz has just changed that.

Danny Welbeck stunned Anfield into silence after just two minutes to fire Brighton into the lead.

However, Diaz has just fired Liverpool level and got the crowd going again.

The Reds can’t afford to slip up with their title rivals facing off later today.

To follow the enthralling match at Anfield, check out our live blog below.

At the start of the day, just one point separates the top three in this incredible title race.

Today is the final time any of these three will face the other, we have to savour it. They have all been sensational this season.

How will the top three be looking come 6.30pm?

There are three teams in this title race, so technically this isn’t a ‘title decider’, but it may as well be.

Whoever wins today will go a long way to boosting their Premier League title hopes. This match is massive.

With only 10 games to go, any slip-up now could be catastrophic.

These two battled it out last season for the title with City coming out on top in the end.

However, could this year be different, have Arsenal learned from their failures of last year’s run-in?

The anticipation for this one is through the roof.

This is the match we have all been waiting for.

Ever since the final whistle was blown on Liverpool and Manchester City’s 1-1 draw at Anfield, all eyes have been on the monumental clash between the Citizens and table-toppers Arsenal.

The stakes are at their absolute highest. Arsenal win, they go four points clear of City in third. City win, they leap-frog Arsenal, but until we know the result between Liverpool and Brighton, we don’t know into which place.

This campaign’s three-way title race is one of the best we have ever witnessed, will today open it up once more, or close the gaps even tighter?

There is no better way to celebrate Easter than to follow a title six-pointer while scoffing Easter eggs – I have mine on standby at home.