Who will win the Premier League title? Arsenal, Tottenham, Leicester and Manchester City go head to head

The title is becoming a reality for Leicester and Tottenham while Arsenal and Manchester City face a battle to justify early-season optimism. Who is under the most pressure? Who will take the crown?
Super Sunday: Arsenal host Leicester as second-placed Tottenham travel to Manchester City
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Standard Sport10 February 2016

Standard Sport’s football writers have their say....

Patrick Barclay: "I don’t think any of them are under as much pressure as they would be in a less competitive season. When teams are always taking points off each other, it gives everybody a greater margin for error. Of the four, Arsenal must be feeling it the most, simply because their manager has gone so long without winning the League. The Manchester clubs will be stronger next season and it is hard to think Chelsea will be as bad again. If they don’t win it, there will be smacked arses all round. Beginning with the manager."

Tony Evans: "There must be an end-of-term feeling at City with Manuel Pellegrini leaving and several players unlikely to remain at the club beyond the summer. They don’t knuckle down and grind results out. The pressure is really on Arsenal because of the paucity of opponents and Arsene Wenger will never have had a better opportunity to win it."

Tom Collomosse: "I agree. There is every expectation at City that they will continue to win titles when Pep Guardiola gets there. Whatever happens to Leicester from here, it has been the most magnificent season for them while Spurs feel this is only the start of something great if they can keep all their key players. Arsenal must feel this is their best chance for a number of years and unlike Leicester and Spurs, they were in that group of clubs at the start of the season that were expected to win the title."

James Olley: "It will make a mockery of Arsene Wenger’s assertion that there were no outfield players available last summer to improve Arsenal’s squad if Leicester win the League with a group of unheralded and overlooked individuals combining perfectly as a team."

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Patrick Barclay: "Arsenal. Surely the penny has dropped now that they need to start games well. Start every game as if it was the last five minutes, keep working and they should be champions."

Tony Evans: "If Leicester can get a positive result at Emirates Stadium on Sunday, they will take some catching. Ranieri won’t let them slack off and I think they will get over the line."

Tom Collomosse: "Leicester. The last 12 months have been bad for sport in terms of off-field controversies and the apparent disregard of clubs for fans who pay to watch their teams. It would show that sport still has the capacity to surprise you and not just a group of companies separated by who spends the most money. Spurs are playing the best of the four but they may get held up by the cup competitions."

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James Olley: "It is Leicester’s to lose already and I don’t see the chasing pack showing the consistency to overhaul them. Arsenal have away games against Manchester United, Tottenham, Everton, West Ham, Sunderland and Manchester City left — I think that will prove their undoing. City are a Sergio Aguero injury away from obscurity but Spurs are the main danger for me."

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