The Premier League requires at least 10 games to determine the teams’ prospects for the season, but oftentimes that’s not enough to do so.
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Joleon Lescott’s goal before the half-time break gave them hope of getting their first victory under new manager Remi Garde before Oriol Romeu’s strike secured a point for the Saints.
If City beat Gladbach and Sevilla overcome Juventus, the Premier League club will top the group and Unai Emery’s men will progress to the Europa League – a competition they have won in the past two seasons.
Stoke’s Philipp Wollscheid, centre, is tackled by Manchester City’s Martin Demichelis, right, and Nicolas Otamendi, left, during the English Premier League soccer match between Stoke City and Manchester City at the Britannia Stadium, Stoke on Trent, England, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015.
Not for the first time this season Manchester City were made look a very ordinary side, in their 2-0 defeat to Stoke City at the Brittania Stadium the blues were second best throughout.
The remarkable 6-1 Capital One Cup quarter-final win away at Southampton on Wednesday night confirmed the turnaround inspired by new boss Jurgen Klopp, but could it really end with Liverpool being crowned as champions next May? The results from play last week saw Leicester City and Manchester United play to a 1-1 draw, while Chelsea and Tottenham played to a scoreless draw to earn a point each.
Meanwhile, second on the log, Leicester City face a tricky test away to Swansea.
Chelsea will be taking another step on the road to recovery as they welcome Bournemouth to Stamford Bridge.
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Going into this weekend’s games already there had been some insane results this season, but we got a whole bunch of them at once.
The season has also shown little respect for the teams who finished top of the table in the previous season, with Chelsea losing eight games and Manchester City tasting defeat in four games, cumulatively the worst in over 10 years.
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Santi Cazorla also added to the Gunners’ injury woes as he picked up a knee problem, and manager Arsene Wenger will have to get creative for the visit of the Black Cats to the Emirates Stadium. Big Sam Allardyce will want to take advantage, having re-instilled belief at struggling Sunderland. Chelsea will win matches and come out of that area. Arsenal are depleted, with both eyes on next week’s crunch UEFA Champions League clash against Olympiacos. We must continue with the same 13 or 14 players.
