“Next season they need to change up their game for them to get anywhere near Manchester City”.
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However, despite the awesome season, they have lost their last three home games in all competitions and will be looking to avoid losing four in all competitions for the first time since 2006.
Tottenham Hotspur had three players on the list, including England striker Harry Kane, who made the team for a third straight year along with Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea.
“I didn’t come here to change English football”.
Swansea City manager Carlos Carvalhal: “I believe it will be a fight to stay up until the last minute”.
Guardiola was named Barclays Manager of the Month four times in a row between September and December, a first.
They may have lost on Thursday night, but Burnley have had a strong end to the season.
Incredibly, having risen in four years from the fourth division, within four more Swansea were back there again.
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“It depends on my energy and strength to keep going”.
City’s title-winning week was slightly soured by crashing out of the Champions League at the quarter-finals 5-1 on aggregate to Liverpool just five days previously.
“I don’t think that point will help West Brom massively, so it feels like a waste of points really”, said Klopp. Astute management, careful player recruitment nnd meticulous planning can take you a long way but the opposite, as these two clubs have proved adequately enough, can also undo all the good work in double quick time. His technical quality has been a key component in the slick football played by Pep Guardiola’s side, and has registered a league-leading 15 assists so far.
This Manchester City team can rest on their laurels after already clinching the Premier League title this past weekend.
With the title wrapped up in freaky fashion, Manchester City’s players and fans can look forward to a worry-free afternoon against relegation-threatened Swansea on Sunday. Nothing less than full effort would be an injustice to the other sides struggling at the bottom of the table. “They deserve to be champions – the numbers show you that”.
Probability of away win: 3%. While some of the criticism he is receiving is willfully disproportionate considering what City have achieved in the league, Guardiola is always likely to be haunted by the reflection that the season, and his own behavior, could have been better.
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Such has been City’s dominance this season that new best marks for most wins, most goals and most points in a Premier League season are within their reach. The former Bayern Munich coach sees the Spaniard as a replacement for Yaya Toure and Fernandinho. In these five games we’ll see how we react to the success.
