Five reasons why Man City will win the Premier League
Date published: Thursday 7th January 2021 3:41 - Will Ford
Liverpool will probably win the Premier League, but
Spurs are still well up there and
Chelsea somehow remain just seven points off the top. We may well have to make claims on behalf of Leicester, Everton and Southampton in the coming weeks (this season?!) but for now we’ll look at Man City, who looked
particularly menacing against Chelsea on Sunday. Here are five reasons Pep Guardiola’s side can win the Premier League this season.
Been there, done it
Excluding players that aren’t really playing now (like Phil Jones) and players that weren’t really playing when their teams won the title (like Paul Pogba), only four players from the squads at United, Spurs and Chelsea have played in a Premier League title-winning team: David de Gea, Nemanja Matic, Cesar Azpilicueta and N’Golo Kante.
Goals: Ilkay Gündogan (£5.4m)
Own goals: Ruben Dias (£5.6m)
Assists: Raheem Sterling (£11.4m) | Semi Ajayi (£4.8m)
Bonus points: Gündogan x3, Kevin De Bruyne x2 (£11.9m), Sterling x2
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Owners of
Kevin De Bruyne (£11.9m) were left frustrated by Manchester City’s 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday night.
The Belgian struggled to find the space to operate at his best level in Gameweek 13 as Slaven BiliÄ’s men executed the perfect away-day game plan at the Etihad Stadium.
With a trip to Southampton awaiting Manchester City on Saturday, the opening day of Gameweek 14, there are already mutterings of considering De Bruyne’s position in our squads – although it is worth assessing some of the mitigating circumstances for his midweek blank.