Is it advantage Arsenal in dramatic title race?

Are Arsenal now firmly in pole position to be Premier League champions after the Gunners went six points clear of Manchester City with a 3-0 win over Fulham. By Joe Rindl BBC Sport journalist By Andy Cryer BBC Sport Senior Journalist We're in the middle of one of the Premier League's most dramatic and tightest title races, but did it swing back in leaders Arsenal 's favour on Saturday? The Gunners went six points clear of Manchester City with a 3-0 win over Fulham - and have just three league games left this season. Five-time Premier League winner Wayne Rooney believes Arsenal are now the definitive favourites to end their 22-year title wait, while former City keeper Joe Hart expects his old club to be triumphant. Defeats by Bournemouth and City, coupled with a victory for Guardiola's men at Burnley , had knocked the Gunners off top spot two weeks ago for the first time in 209 days.

But Arsenal have since beaten Newcastle and Fulham - either side of their Champions League semi-final first-leg draw at Atletico Madrid. They have survived a ridicule-filled fortnight which included a fan going viral for drinking from a water bottle labelled ' Arsenal tears' and City striker Erling Haaland calling the Gunners boring on Snapchat. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said they "showed the kind of team we are" in their comfortable win against Fulham . The title could also be settled on goal difference, or even goals scored. In extending their goal difference advantage over City to four, it felt like 1-0 to the Arsenal was out and all-out attack in.

"I think the team played incredibly well," added Arteta. Manchester City visit Everton on Monday, before taking on sixth-placed Brentford away, Crystal Palace at home, eighth-placed Bournemouth away and Aston Villa , currently in fifth spot, at home on the final day. "I think Arsenal will win it," he said. I think they will win every game and Man City will slip up. "I can see Arsenal being quite comfortable.

A two-time title winner with City in 2012 and 2014, he said: "I don't care who Arsenal will lose to, I look at Man City and their spine is so long. I think they will do whatever needs to be done." Meanwhile, reacting to Arsenal 's win on Saturday, former Gunners forward Paul Merson told Sky Sports: "In his wildest dreams Arteta could not have asked for anything better. "If Arsenal win their next three Premier League matches, Man City will have to pull up trees. "I would pick Arsenal just because of the fixtures they have. I expect both teams to win all their games and I think it will come down to goal difference." Former England midfielder Jamie Redknapp added on Sky Sports: "If it goes to goal difference, I see Arsenal have the big advantage when you look at the games.

Man City could blow teams away, anything could happen. I think Arsenal are favourites, but I don't think they are 80% favourites. "For City, the games are coming thick and fast and Mikel can look after his players just that little bit more." What information do we collect from this quiz? Listen to the latest Football Daily podcast Get football news sent straight to your phone Are Arsenal now firmly in pole position to be Premier League champions after the Gunners went six points clear of Manchester City with a 3-0 win over Fulham. Is it advantage Arsenal in dramatic title race?