Have Man City blown the title?

Ayo Akinwolere· Host0:00

[gentle music] The Athletic FC. Welcome to The Athletic FC podcast with me, Ayo Akinwolere. [upbeat music] It's advantage to Arsenal in the title race after Manchester City's slip up at Everton. The Gunners are now five points clear with three left to play. So have City thrown it all away? All right, in with us for this one, we've got our Manchester City correspondent, Sam Lee. And we've given him a break from talking about everything Spurs, we've got Jay Harris and Jack Pitt-Brooke in at the studio as well. So an absolute thriller at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. There were mistakes, tough tackles, and a dramatic last-minute equalizer from Jérémy Doku.

Sam Lee· Guest0:45

Doku bends another one!

Ayo Akinwolere· Host0:47

Yeah, Sam, in your match piece on The Athletic, you wrote that Doku's late goal at Everton could mean everything in the title race, or it could mean nothing. I mean, what, what side of the fence are you sitting here, Sam?

Sam Lee· Guest1:01

Uh, you can have both sides of the fence, can't you? [laughs] Because City undoubtedly, because City d- undoubtedly messed up. Um, but obviously the, the dynamics of the drop in points means, you know, City fans can be a bit happier with the situation than it looked, you know, in the, in the 95th minute. And Arsenal fans not quite as happy with the situation as, as they would've been in the 95th minute. So City have undoubtedly slipped up. But, like, I've always said, I've said all season, I basically just disagree