Clean sheets are particularly "important" this season as Manchester City need "any advantage" they can gain over Arsenal in a tense Premier League title race, says defender Marc Guehi.

The England international was part of the City backline that edged a 1-0 victory at Burnley to help the side move top of the table on goals scored with five games remaining.

In the space of 11 days, Pep Guardiola's side have managed to claw back a nine-point deficit on the Gunners, with Erling Haaland scoring the only goal at Turf Moor.

Asked about the goal difference which is currently level, Guehi said: "The lads were saying it today a lot to be fair.

"Erling was mentioning it a lot to make sure we don't concede because it really is important right up to the last game of the season.

"We don't know how it's going to come down so any advantage we can gain in the title race is important."

City were expected to beat the Clarets by a more handsome margin, having opened the scoring in the fifth minute but they could only muster a single goal from a total of 28 shots.

"When you're playing a team that's fighting for their lives it's not going to be easy," said Guehi. "Whoever thought it was going to be easy clearly doesn't know football.

"I'm glad everyone did their jobs today and dug in and most important today was just to get the win."