For
“My job is to take it out from the brain and heads of my players,” Guardiola said after City beat nearest rival Chelsea 1-0 on Saturday. “To try not to believe what other people are going to say.”
With City holding a 13-point lead, it's hardly surprising that people have already basically handed Guardiola's relentless team a sixth title in 11 seasons.
After all, the defending champions are on a 12-match winning run in the league after
Liverpool, in third place 14 points behind having played two games fewer, looks to be the only team realistically capable of stopping City. Even that is improbable, given City's form and pedigree.
Chelsea was well beaten even if
“We won’t give up,” Tuchel said, "but if City keep on winning every game, nobody can catch them.”
Liverpool will look to trim the gap to City by beating Brentford at home on Sunday.
COUTINHO THWARTS UNITED
Coutinho, on loan from
With
It was the teams' second meeting in a week, after an FA Cup match on Monday won by United.
NORWICH OFF BOTTOM
Norwich is off the bottom of the league. Everton is plunging toward it.
A 2-1 home win over Everton lifted Norwich to 18th place and dragged the visitors into the relegation picture, while piling more pressure on their manager
Everton supporters’ frustrations with Benitez appear to be boiling over, with one fan seen running onto the field in the first half at
There were calls for Benitez to leave the club before the game, with banners held aloft, and then Norwich scored two goals in quick succession — an own goal from
Richarlison pulled one back for the visitors shortly after coming on with an overhead kick, but Everton remains without a league win since the start of December and is 15th, six points above relegation zone.
NEWCASTLE DENIED
New signings aren't changing Newcastle's fortunes yet.
Watford scored an 88th-minute goal through
It was another disappointing result for Newcastle, coming a week after losing at home to third-tier Cambridge United in the FA Cup on Trippier's debut.
Also on Saturday, Wolverhampton defeated Southampton 3-1 to jump to eighth.
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