A third league title in four years will surely follow.
It is not just that City are five points clear with a game in hand, or even that their rivals continue to stutter, but that Guardiola’s side have risen back to their immaculate peak. It is striking that City are both familiar and new, both rediscovered and reborn.
Phil Foden now carries the torch, Joao Cancelo drives midfield from right-back, and possession replaces pressing as the dominant form of control. And yet City have built on these recalibrated foundations to once again create and conquer in the long-established Guardiola blueprint.
Ilkay Gundogan insists Manchester City’s current brilliant form is not taken for granted and the players will not drop their guard as they look to regain the Premier League title.
Pep Guardiola has found a way to make Manchester City the team to beat again, says MOTD pundit Alan Shearer, and it is hard to see anything or anyone stopping them winning the Premier League title.
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