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Man City vs Arsenal, Liverpool, Man United & Spurs spice up EPL Week 16’s Sunday

Angela Asante, December 17 2011,
At the exception of Chelsea, all the biggest clubs in the English Premier League will be in action on Sunday. Manchester vs Arsenal will highlight Week 16’s exciting fixtures.
Arsenal's game away to Manchester City is the highlight of Sunday's Premier League action.
Arsenal's game away to Manchester City is the highlight of Sunday's Premier League action.
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Queens Park Rangers will host league champions Manchester United in the lunch time kick-off. The Red Devils could dethrone Manchester City at the top of the table for a few hours, at least. Chris Smalling, who spoke to ManUtd.com and PA Sport, knows exactly how Sunday’s games could affect the race for the Premiership title:

“City have obviously had that psychological edge over us over the last few weeks in terms of being top. If we can go above them it will put a lot of pressure on them when they play a couple of hours later.”

Manchester United will have to cope with the absences of Nemanja Vidic in defense and Darren Fletcher in midfield as both players won’t return to action anytime soon. However, the return of striker Berbatov should boost the Red Devils’ chances of finding their way out against Queens Park Rangers.

Fans can also expect Darron Gibson and Rafael to play a role on Sunday as Alex Ferguson suggested in a pre-match interview with the press. Fergie foresees a “hard game”. Will Manchester United pursue their good record away to QPR?

Elsewhere, Liverpool will lock horns with Aston Villa. Kenny Dalglish and his men are striving for a top four finish. Presently, they seat behind Arsenal as the competition between the first and the sixth spot looks rather tight.

Meanwhile, Tottenham Hotspur will keep both Arsenal and Liverpool under pressure if they win at home to Sunderland. Despite recording a convincing win over Shamrock Rovers in midweek, Spurs have no more hopes in Europe this season. Expect Harry Redknapp’s boys to pour all their efforts in the English Premier League where things are looking quite good for Tottenham.

The day will end with the Citizens’ crucial match against the Gunners at Eastlands. After ending their unbeaten run against Chelsea the other time, Manchester City are only thinking about bouncing back.

Mind games have already started with rumors claiming that Van Persie has become a £30M target for Manchester City. Since quite a long while now, the Arsenal skipper is in formidable form.

Will the billionaires of Manchester stop him from producing wonders on Sunday evening? Unfortunately for Mancini, RVP may not be the Citizens’ only danger among Arsene Wenger’s entire team.

Manchester City vs Arsenal will begin at 11:10am EST (16:10 GMT).

Manchester City vs Arsenal

Date: Sunday, 18 Dec 2011
Time: 11:10 ( US/Eastern )
Competition: England Premier League
Live/Repeat: Live
Venue: Etihad Stadium, Manchester (Manchester)

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