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 bushed Atletico Madrid 1-0 astatine the Emirates on Tuesday, aft drafting 1-1 successful the archetypal leg.

They volition present play the existent holders of the trophy, Paris Saint-Germain successful the last on May 30.

Before then, Arsenal volition absorption connected the Premier League rubric race, wherever they spell into this weekend five points up of City.

City tin adjacent the spread to 2 points erstwhile they big Brentford on Saturday.

Speaking up of the game, Guardiola said: “I privation to congratulate Mikel [Arteta] and his radical connected reaching the Champions League last – it’s bully for Arsenal, but for English football.

“The aforesaid similar Aston Villa; Unai [Emery] showed again however unthinkable a manager helium is. I deliberation six Europa League finals…

“And the aforesaid with Crystal Palace with Oliver [Glasner]. It’s bully for English shot 3 teams are going to play successful 3 finals – it’s really, truly good.

“And of course, we’re facing a squad [in the Premier League rubric race] that has been truly bully and I cognize the lone accidental we had, we dropped 2 points successful a pugnacious crippled against Everton, but still...