LONDON (Reuters) - Pep Guardiola hopes to end the year with another illustration of his Manchester City aristocrats at their irresistible best. For it's the way they are creating their milestones, not the records themselves, that appears to most energise the Spanish perfectionist. Sooner or later, we are going to drop points and we have to see how we react in that moment." UNITED'S WOESCity's nearest challengers, neighbours Manchester United, need a morale-boost after a stuttering end to the year which saw them knocked out of the League Cup by second-tier Bristol City followed by two draws against Leicester City and Burnley. Liverpool should add to their 75 goals in all competitions this season -- only Paris St Germain (89) and Manchester City (77) have scored more -- as they seek to make it their best run under Juergen Klopp by going 12 league matches undefeated.

Source: The Star December 29, 2017 16:41 UTC