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MANCHESTER City boss Pep Guardiola hailed a clinical performance against Arsenal that edges his side closer to the Premier League title.
City inflicted more pain on Gunners boss Arsene Wenger with a second crushing 3-0 victory over his side in the space of four days.
After losing Sunday’s Carabao Cup final, Arsenal could not find any level of retribution as they were again humbled by far superior opposition in Guardiola’s 100th game in charge.
Bernardo Silva, David Silva and Leroy Sane all scored wonderful first-half goals for City, who now require only five more wins to secure the title.
The Gunners were better than they were at Wembley but Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s second-half penalty miss summed up their current form.
Guardiola said: “Mentally we were strong. We were clinical. We scored three outstanding goals. After that it was not easy — the first 15 minutes of the second half we were poor. Still, it’s an amazing result for us.
“We are out of the FA Cup and we won the League Cup. Now it’s just two competitions and you fight for one of them for 10 months.
“These are the last steps to be champions, you keep going until theend.
“We have to win five games. We don’t think too much. Now we play Chelsea. Hopefully we have the desire to win, to be the best team in England. We forget