David Moyes makes ‘best in the league’ claim after Man City hand Arsenal title advantage | Football

David Moyes claimed Manchester City are currently the best team in the Premier League after his Everton side Arsenal a huge advantage in the Premier League title race.

Pep Guardiola’s side looked on course for a vital win when they led 1-0 at half-time thanks to Jeremy Doku’s stunning effort.

A calamitous 13 minute spell after the break, during which City conceded three times, turned the game on its head, however, as Everton capitalised on a series of defensive lapses.

To their credit, City rallied immediately and eventually secured an unlikely point with Erling Haaland and Doku denying the Toffees a victory that would have boosted their European aspirations.

Arsenal now know that should they win their remaining three games, against West Ham, Burnley and Crystal Palace, they will be champions for the first time in 22 years.

Despite having led the way for the overwhelming majority of the campaign, Moyes believes the Gunners are not the best team in the land.

Following the pulsating 3-3 draw, the Everton manager said: ‘I’m disappointed because we [Everton] were on the verge of taking three points against the best team at the moment in the Premier League.

‘Whether Man City go on to prove they’re the best team by winning it I don’t know. But there’s no doubt they’re playing better than any other team in the Premier League.’

Asked if he anticipated a thank you from his former Everton charge, Mikel Arteta, who is now on the verge of bringing the title to the Emirates Stadium for the very first time, Moyes added: ‘Now and again I speak to Mikel, but no, he’s got his own things he’ll have to keep focus on.’

Pep Guardiola, meanwhile, promised will keep fighting despite their precarious position.

‘We need to win our games,’ Guardiola said. ‘Now it is not in our hands.

‘If they win their games the title will be for Arsenal. Now have to win our next game, we have to recover well for a series of games, and this is what we have to do.’

City chose a terrible time to end an eight-match winning run away to Everton, but Doku’s late intervention could prove pivotal.

‘It’s better the point than no point, but it (would be) better to win the game that we needed,’ Guardiola said.

‘I know it was in our hands and in Arsenal’s hands as well, it depended on goal (difference). Now it’s not, but we have a responsibility. We play Brentford on Saturday and we continue and we will see what happens.

‘Better effort cannot be possible. The message is the same as the day before. We have four games left and a final – win the games. That is the message. We play for that, even with difficulties for many reasons.’

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