Pep Guardiola has played down the suggestion that Manchester City are now Premier League title favourites despite two stumbles in as many games by leaders Liverpool that cut the gap at the top to three points. “There will be surprises and it will be tough for teams to win every game. “After that, we see about the results, the table, the favourites and this kind of thing.”– ‘Typical’ English title race –City won the title last season with a Premier League record total of 100 points last season, but Guardiola sees that kind of dominance as an anomaly in English football. Spurs are two points behind City, in third, and five points off the lead, with Chelsea 12 points from top spot and United 14 points adrift. United, if they carry on making this run every single week, they will be there.

Source: Punch February 05, 2019 16:18 UTC