EPL: Guardiola speaks on title race as Arsenal qualify for Champions League final

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has congratulated Arsenal for making it to the Champions League final.

The Gunners beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 at the Emirates on Tuesday, after drawing 1-1 in the first leg.

They will now play the current holders of the trophy, Paris Saint-Germain in the final on May 30.

Before then, Arsenal will focus on the Premier League title race, where they go into this weekend five points ahead of City.

City can close the gap to two points when they host Brentford on Saturday.

Speaking ahead of the game, Guardiola said: “I want to congratulate Mikel [Arteta] and his group on reaching the Champions League final – it’s good for Arsenal, but for English football.

“The same like Aston Villa; Unai [Emery] showed again how incredible a manager he is. I think six Europa League finals…

“And the same with Crystal Palace with Oliver [Glasner]. It’s good for English football three teams are going to play in three finals – it’s really, really good.

“And of course, we’re facing a team [in the Premier League title race] that has been really good and I know the only chance we had, we dropped two points in a tough game against Everton, but still we try to win, to sleep two points behind them, and see what happens…”

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