Ryan O'Hanlon Apr 24, 2026, 06:48 AM ET

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Ryan O'Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He's also the author of "Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game's Analytics Revolution."

At the start of this month, Arsenal had a nine-point lead over Manchester City atop the Premier League table. And just like that, it's gone.

After beating the Gunners last weekend and then taking down Burnley earlier this week, Man City are tied with Arsenal -- on points, and by goal difference -- with just five matches left to go.

The bookies see it as City's title to lose, too. The implied odds at DraftKings give Pep Guardiola's side a 58% chance of chasing down Mikel Arteta's team for the third time in four years.

If only there was a way to see this coming. You could've, I don't know, read this power-ranking column last month , when City vaulted over Arsenal for the top spot?…