Mark Ogden May 13, 2026, 06:04 PM ET Close Mark Ogden is a senior soccer writer for ESPN.com. Read his archive here and follow him on Twitter: @MarkOgden_ . MANCHESTER, England -- Pep Guardiola regards Mikel Arteta as one of his closest friends in football, but the Manchester City manager is showing no mercy to his Arsenal counterpart. If Arteta wants to win the Premier League title, Guardiola is making him earn it. Even though he chose to start with Erling Haaland , Jérémy Doku and Rayan Cherki on the substitutes' bench in Wednesday's game against Crystal Palace -- all three were rested ahead of Saturday's FA Cup final against Chelsea -- Guardiola still had enough firepower for his team to seal a 3-0 win against Oliver Glasner's team. City are still two points behind the Gunners, with each side having just two games left to play in the final week of the season, but this victory means they are ready and waiting to pounce if Arsenal fail to win their remaining fixtures.…