Erling Haaland: Man City have nothing to lose in Arsenal crash after playing cach-up in Premier League title race all season
Erling Haaland says he is feeling 'no pressure' and Manchester City have 'nothing to lose' from potential title-decider with Arsenal on Sunday.
Manchester City forward Erling Haaland says he is not feeling the pressure ahead of a potential title decider with Arsenal on Sunday because his side have "nothing to lose" after playing catch-up for most of the season.
City come into the crunch game, live on Sky Sports, knowing seven wins from as many games will almost certainly return the Premier League trophy to the Etihad after a year's sabbatical in Liverpool.
But the normally free-scoring forward - who himself has been under the microscope after netting once in his previous five league matches - played down the expectation that City will keep up their remarkable consistency in the final weeks of the season across recent years to overturn the Gunners' six-point lead.
"Right now, I'm quite calm," he told Sky Sports from the club's Etihad Campus training ground. "It's one game a week, which is really unusual for us.
"It barely happens. Honestly, I don't feel a lot of nerves or anything, because we've been chasing all season and we've got nothing to lose, so I don't have any pressure.
"You'd have to ask [Arsenal] if they feel the pressure. I cannot talk about them. I can talk about myself, mostly. With myself, I don't feel loads of pressure, because we're still far behind."
If Haaland is to break his four-game league duck he will have to get the better of Arsenal defensive duo Gabriel and William Saliba, something he failed to do in City's 1-1 draw at the Emirates earlier this season.
Haaland does have five goals in 10 appearances against the Gunners during his time at the Etihad - but will have to work hard to find space against arguably the best central-defensive partnership in the Premier League.
He said: "It's always a fight. They normally have loads of players around me, which is a good thing for me. That means it's a good thing.
"It's not easy to play against many players around me, but it's always a nice fight. It's always good, as I said, to play against the best, because that's something you want to do."
City shook off the pressure of knowing the title is all but in their own hands last weekend after a nervous first half at Chelsea, re-emerging after the interval to net three goals in 17 minutes and run out comfortable 3-0 winners at Stamford Bridge.
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