Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany and Leroy Sane speak after their side moved to the top of the table with a derby win over Manchester United.

With Champions League and Europa League success, Shaka Hislop’s Power Rankings feature quite a few Premier League clubs.
The Premier League has drawn up plans to have two trophies and two sets of medals on standby if the title race between Liverpool and Manchester City goes to the final day of the season on May 12, sources have told ESPN FC.
Defending champions City moved one point clear of Liverpool with a 2-0 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford on Wednesday and will retain the title if they win their remaining three games against Burnley, Leicester and Brighton.
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Pep Guardiola’s men prevailed 2-0 in the Manchester derby to put them within sight of back-to-back Premier League titles.

ESPN FC’s Craig Burley was left deeply underwhelmed by Manchester United’s latest defeat to title-chasing Manchester City.

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany and Leroy Sane speak after their side moved to the top of the table with a derby win over Manchester United.

MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City have played 27 games in 2019 and walked off the pitch as winners after 25 of them. They have not fallen behind in a Premier League fixture since the end of January and they are on course to end the season with 98 points.

Yet most of the talk in this title race has centred on the unbreakable spirit of Liverpool.

City, perhaps because they set the bar so high last season by amassing 100 points, have found themselves slipping under the radar due to the drama…

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With the 178th Manchester derby on the horizon, the FC guys delve into Man United’s chances of getting a result against their rivals at Old Trafford.

The 178th Manchester derby between United and City, on Wednesday at Old Trafford, will be crucial in deciding the outcome of this season’s Premier League title race, but the result of this game will mean as much in Liverpool as it does in Manchester.

With United languishing in sixth position, it is all about whether City can claim the win that will put them on course for the title or if the home side can get the draw or victory that would tilt the balance in Liverpool’s favour.

But with United…

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For Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, Sunday’s humiliating 4-0 defeat against Everton at Goodison Park had at least one positive. If every cloud really does have a silver lining, this one offered validation of United’s determination to rip it up and start again under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and follow the example set by, of all clubs, their biggest rivals, Liverpool.
You will hear plenty of talk this week about the United-Liverpool rivalry and how the men from Old Trafford have…

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For Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, Sunday’s humiliating 4-0 defeat against Everton at Goodison Park had at least one positive. If every cloud really does have a silver lining, this one offered validation of United’s determination to rip it up and start again under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and follow the example set by, of all clubs, their biggest rivals, Liverpool.
You will hear plenty of talk this week about the United-Liverpool rivalry and how the men from Old Trafford have…

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For Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, Sunday’s humiliating 4-0 defeat against Everton at Goodison Park had at least one positive. If every cloud really does have a silver lining, this one offered validation of United’s determination to rip it up and start again under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and follow the example set by, of all clubs, their biggest rivals, Liverpool.
You will hear plenty of talk this week about the United-Liverpool rivalry and how the men from Old Trafford have…

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A Georginio Wijnaldum volley and James Milner penalty gave Liverpool the win they needed to stay ahead of Manchester City in the table.

Alexis Nunes and Paul Mariner share their thoughts on Liverpool’s win over Cardiff which keeps the Reds on top ahead of Man City’s derby match.

CARDIFF, Wales — Liverpool have done their bit, but if Jurgen Klopp’s team are to end the club’s 29-year wait to become champions of England again, they now really need a favour from their biggest rivals. And therein lies the crucial weakness in Liverpool’s title ambitions: their hopes and dreams lie in the hands of a listless Manchester United.

A team requires many elements to become Premier League champions, and considering Liverpool are on course to end this season with 97 points, there…

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With Pep Guardiola once again crashing out of the Champions League, the FC panel confront the question of whether or not the City manager is overrated.
Pep Guardiola resembled a broken man at the end of Manchester City’s epic, but draining, Champions League quarter-final exit against Tottenham earlier this week. The image of the City manager on his knees on the touchline, his head in his hands, perfectly summed up the mood of everyone connected with the club.
Spurs had ended City’s dream of a Quadruple, with a helping hand from VAR, but Guardiola’s anguish and was not about missing the chance to create history by winning four trophies — it was…

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MANCHESTER, England — It was Pep Guardiola’s Jose Mourinho moment. A late, dramatic winner in a Champions League tie, followed by the victorious manager sprinting down the touchline to celebrate wildly with his players.

But then, in the flash of a video screen, it wasn’t.

The Etihad Stadium went from raucous noise to mournful silence as Raheem Sterling’s 93rd-minute hat-trick goal, Manchester City’s fifth on the night, was ruled out — correctly — following a VAR review that ruled that Sergio…

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MANCHESTER, England — It was Pep Guardiola’s Jose Mourinho moment. A late, dramatic winner in a Champions League tie, followed by the victorious manager sprinting down the touchline to celebrate wildly with his players.

But then, in the flash of a video screen, it wasn’t.

The Etihad Stadium went from raucous noise to mournful silence as Raheem Sterling’s 93rd-minute hat-trick goal, Manchester City’s fifth on the night, was ruled out — correctly — following a VAR review that ruled that Sergio…

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