Rob the rich to help the poor? Manchester City's recent three dropped points in the title race were all against relegation teams, becoming the king of dropping the chain.

In recent years of Premier League title contention, Manchester City has been Arsenal's biggest nemesis. Arsenal used to be particularly prone to dropping the chain, but this season Manchester City has become the king of dropping the chain. Arsenal currently leads by 9 points with one more game played and already sees the Premier League title as within their grasp.

Why has Manchester City fallen behind in the title race? Because Haaland is ineffective in tough battles, Manchester City has become the new "rob the rich to help the poor" in the Premier League. The points dropped in their last three Premier League matches were all against relegation teams.

Manchester City's recent three dropped points in the league were against Tottenham (5th from bottom), Nottingham Forest (4th from bottom), and West Ham United (3rd from bottom). For relegation teams, Manchester City is truly a good team, giving each one a point: a 2-2 draw away at Tottenham, a 2-2 draw at home against Nottingham Forest, and a 1-1 draw away at West Ham. Not securing full 3 points in these three matches against Premier League relegation teams means Manchester City has become the king of dropping the chain in the title race and has completely fallen behind.

There are 7 rounds left in the Premier League this season. Arsenal has 70 points from 31 games, Manchester City has 61 points from 30 games. Although there is still a match where Manchester City hosts Arsenal in the remaining schedule, Manchester City has lost the initiative in the title race. Given Manchester City's current frequent points dropped against weaker teams, Arsenal will win the long-awaited Premier League title. Guardiola's obsession withHaaland, and the development of Manchester City's "princes"Foden, Lewis, O'Reillyall turn out to be soft in tough battles, timid in strong confrontations, with no hardness at all. Selling Alvarez, De Bruyne leaving, Rodri's serious injury and declining form—Manchester City now truly has no one who can fight tough battles. Guardiola ended up empty-handed last season, and this season he is parting ways with the Champions League and Premier League titles. Perhaps this summer Manchester City should resolve to change managers, because Guardiola and Manchester City have hit a huge bottleneck with no solution. Manchester City spends big money on players every year but has only one Champions League title, which is certainly unsatisfactory. Guardiola needs to take responsibility for the 3-goal collapse in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals against a depleted Real Madrid.