{"id":51298,"date":"2026-05-05T08:20:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T02:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=51298"},"modified":"2026-05-05T08:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T02:50:51","slug":"guardiola-backs-man-city-to-chase-down-arsenal-despite-3-3-result","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/premier-league\/guardiola-backs-man-city-to-chase-down-arsenal-despite-3-3-result\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardiola backs Man City to chase down Arsenal despite 3-3 result"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pep Guardiola has sent a strong message in the title race after Manchester City were held to a 3-3 draw by Everton.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the match, Guardiola praised his team\u2019s performance. He said City were \u201coutstanding\u201d and deserved more from the game. Despite dropping points, the manager made it clear that belief inside the squad remains high.<\/p>\n<p>City are currently chasing Arsenal at the top of the table. Arsenal hold a five-point lead, but Guardiola\u2019s side still have a game in hand. This keeps the title race open with several matches left.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola stressed that the fight is far from over. He said the team will continue pushing until the final day. His comments reflect confidence built on City\u2019s strong record in recent seasons, especially in the closing stages of a campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The 3-3 draw showed both City\u2019s attacking strength and defensive concerns. They created chances and scored freely, but failed to control key moments in the game. Everton capitalised on those lapses to secure a valuable point.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Guardiola focused on the positives. He highlighted the team\u2019s intensity, movement, and control for large parts of the match. According to him, if City maintain this level, they can close the gap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pep Guardiola has sent a strong message in the title race after Manchester City were held to a 3-3 draw\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":51299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4650],"tags":[5409,270,4813,497,2501,3918,1100,3800,702,5410,359],"class_list":["post-51298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","tag-3-3","tag-arsenal","tag-bottled","tag-city","tag-draw","tag-english-premier-league","tag-everton","tag-manchester-city","tag-mikel-arteta","tag-no-title","tag-pep-guardiola"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51300,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51298\/revisions\/51300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}