Premier League winners and Manchester United
Date published: Thursday 28th January 2021 10:55 - Sarah Winterburn
We’ll get to Manchester United but first…
Ilkay Gundogan and a purring Manchester City
Much has rightly been written about Manchester City’s improved defence. Over their last 1,015 Premier League minutes, only one opposition player has scored against them – Callum Hudson-Odoi’s last-minute consolation goal for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. That defensive record has clearly provided the foundation for everything else.
But it has also allowed for a change in City’s attacking vision. The loss of Sergio Aguero to injury for most of the season and the patchy form of Gabriel Jesus has persuaded Pep Guardiola that he can use a whirring, interchanging band of attacking midfielders to bamboozle opponents and create chances. Of City’s 36 league goals this season, only eight (Raheem Sterling six, Jesus two) have been scored by out-and-out attacker
Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan has already helped Pep Guardiola s side replace David Silva, now he has turned into their new Sergio Aguero too.
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Liverpool s Mohamed Salah (top left), Leicester s Jamie Vardy (top right), Manchester City s Gabriel Jesus (bottom left) and Manchester United s Marcus Rashford are all hoping to win this season s Premier League Four or five teams could win the Premier League - it is wide open and shaping up to be a thrilling title race.
Ex-England captain Alan Shearer knows about winning the Premier League title after his goals fired Blackburn to glory in 1994-95 and in a recent column for BBC Sport he was excited about what the rest of the season has to bring.
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Premier League s top six are tightly bunched in one of the most open title races
The two Manchester clubs occupy the two spots in the table currently
Leicester City aren t far behind and have been flying high in recent weeks
Reigning champions Liverpool are in a rough patch of form at the moment
Tottenham and Everton aren t far off the top of the table with games in hand