How Saka and Haaland answered the same question shows Man City's title advantage over Arsenal
It's not an exaggeration to characterise Manchester City's methodical approach to the Premier League title race as entirely different to that of Arsenal and Liverpool.
While City have been here and done it before, they know exactly what is needed to block out the noise and focus only on the next game. The bigger picture will take care of itself, and Pep Guardiola only thinks about the title and trophies when they are within sight.
He will dismiss questions early in the season, telling his players only to put themselves in a position every spring to be able to compete for the end-of-season trophies. After that, it's game-by-game, and the trophies tend to follow. There is simply more fanfare when it comes to the attempts of Liverpool and Arsenal to usurp City.
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Arsenal were criticised for their perceived over-the-top celebrations after beating Liverpool, in which captain Martin Odegaard took on the role of photographer, and their fanbase feels more prone to emotional swings after particularly good results and then the more disappointing ones.
There was Trent Alexander-Arnold's 'it means more' comment given Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool side's inferior trophy haul to City's - a theory that went down with utter bemusement in the Etihad dressing room. City will end the season with more trophies than Liverpool again, regardless of what happens in the next month.
When City were reluctant to discuss trebles and quadruples (they did, but not often), Liverpool fully embraced the idea of signing Klopp off with four trophies this season. They celebrated wildly at