The PL title race

 The title race is on in England, and I enjoyed two matches this weekend, looking at the two main title contenders.

I happened to be in a small beer-tasting bar in Mexico City where they put on the Manchester City-Newcastle match. While Newcastle has not lived up to expectations this season, Manchester City has refocused its efforts to keep the pressure on Arsenal on top of the league and kept pressure on Newcastle, taking a deserved lead in the first half by way of Nico O'Reilly, but Lewis Hall equalised for Newcastle, not entirely deserved, but Nico O'Reilly scored a second to give Manchester City a tighter victory than should have been the case, and keeping the pressure on Arsenal.

Today Arsenal was up against the hapless local rivals of Tottenham, a team that hardly appears to belong in the PL. Arsenal were far superior to Tottenham, winning 4-1 on two goals by Eberechi Eze and two by the Swede Viktor Gyökeres. 

This means that Arsenal keeps the lead on the PL table relatively comfortably, five points clear of Manchester City, but with one more match. But the pressure is big on both sides and it will be an interesting race to the end of the season.