Manchester City is one victory away from crowning the title for the third time in a row and the fifth in the last six seasons, with its outright victory over its host Everton 3-0, and the loss of its direct chaser Arsenal at home against Brighton, with the same result, Sunday, in the thirty-sixth stage of the England Football Championship.

City raised its tally to 85 points, compared to 81 for Arsenal, who played one more match, and only two matches remain for the last. Even if he wins them, he will raise his score to 87 points, while City needs a victory in the last three matches to secure the title, or perhaps to two points, given his superiority by 20 goals over Arsenal. .

At Goodison Park, Manchester City raised its winning streak to 11 in a row, after defeating its host Everton by three.

For the second time in a row, German midfielder Ilkay Gundogan led Manchester City to victory. After his double against Leeds last week, he repeated the same scenario in today's match, while the giant Norwegian striker Arling Haaland scored the other goal.

Haaland strengthened his position at the top of the scorers list with 36 goals.

Manchester City is preparing to face Real Madrid in the second leg of the semi-finals at the Etihad Stadium next Wednesday, after the two teams drew 1-1 in the first leg.

Manchester City also reached the FA Cup final, where it will meet its neighbor Manchester United on June 3 at Wembley Stadium, and thus has the possibility of achieving a rare treble that only Manchester United in 1999 preceded in England.

Spanish City coach Pep Guardiola rested some of his key players, most notably Belgian playmaker Kevin De Bruyne, Portuguese winger Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish, and replaced them with Argentine striker Julian Alvarez, Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez and Phil Foden.

Everton, threatened by the specter of relegation, held out for 37 minutes before conceding the first goal, when Mahrez passed a perfect cross into the area, which Gundogan controlled and winked with a wonderful technical movement into the net.

Soon, Gundogan turned from a scorer to the owner of the decisive pass, from which the second goal for City came by Haaland, who raised his head above everyone else and deposited it in the net (39).

In the second half, Gundogan added his team's third goal from a direct free kick, which he cunningly hit against English international goalkeeper Jordan Pickford (51).

And at the Emirates Stadium in north London, the hopes of Arsenal, who topped the standings for most of the season before their level declined in the final meters, to win the title for the first time since 2004 became very slim, with a big fall at home to Brighton with three clean goals.

And Arsenal paid the price for its decline last April when it scored only 3 points in four matches through three draws and a severe loss against Manchester City in particular 1-4.

Arsenal's Norwegian captain, Martin Odegaard, was asked if the dream of winning the title had finally vanished. He replied, "Yes, that is the feeling. We must be frank, it will be very difficult now. It is a heavy blow."

"The feeling is not good at the moment, it seems that there is no hope at the moment," he added.

As for Arsenal's Spanish coach, Mikel Arteta, he said about his team's chances of winning the title, "Mathematically, hope still exists, but we do not think about this matter. We have to digest this loss and analyze the offer we presented, especially in the second half."

"I have to apologize to our supporters because what we did in the second half is not acceptable," he added.

After the first half ended in a goalless draw with few chances for the two teams, the three goals were scored in the second and opened by the young Paraguayan striker Julio Enciso (19 years), who found himself unattended in front of the goal, so he followed a cross with his head easily into the net (51).

And Arsenal threw all his weight to turn the score in his favor, but his attacks were relatively shy before Brighton took advantage of the many spaces left by the Gunners' defense at the end of the match and added two goals, the first through German substitute Dennis Ondav, who took advantage of a wrong pass from the Belgian Leandro Trossard, and hit it over Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale ( 85), and the second by Ecuadorian left back Pervis Estobian III in the sixth minute of stoppage time.

In another match, Brentford defeated its London neighbor, West Ham, with two clean goals scored by Cameroonian Brian Mbomou (20) and Congolese Yoan Wissa (43).

The stage ends on Monday with Leicester City meeting Liverpool.