Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta cut a deflated figure after his side's 3-0 defeat to Brighton - and admitted it was tough to even consider the Premier League title race.
27.04.2023 - 21:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Bernardo Silva has revealed Pep Guardiola hasn't banned talk about the treble within the Manchester City squad after the Blues took control of the title race on Wednesday night.
City are now just 11 games away from winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League and their credentials were reinforced with a 4-1 destruction of Arsenal at the Etihad, their nearest challengers for the domestic title.
Guardiola's side have the title in their own hands after that display and could go top of the Premier League with a win at Fulham on Sunday. In May they have a Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid and then an FA Cup final against Manchester United is in the calendar for June 3.
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The City boss has swerved talk about winning the treble, a feat only achieved by United in the history of English football, but he is letting his players discuss the possibility of a golden end to a season they have found a struggle until recently.
Bernardo is aware that it remains a possibility - this is the further City have ever got with the dream still alive - but is focused on maintaining momentum in their season at the moment.
“No, he hasn’t banned anything! We’re big men and we talk about whatever we want," he said after the win against City.
“These players know that the best way to achieve good things is to think just about the next one. If we don’t beat Fulham we put ourselves in a difficult position to win the Premier League.
“If we don’t win the Premier League we arrive in the final of the FA Cup and in the semi-finals of the Champions League not in a good momentum. We want to try and stay in this good momentum to try and go as far as possible. The team is doing very
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