City are 15 points clear at the top of the Premier League going into Saturday’s game against Burnley at Turf Moor.
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However, it seems like an nearly unassailable advantage for Man City, who manager Jose Mourinho effectively conceded the title to ahead of the weekend. However, the Clarets recent form has dipped, as the home side have failed to win in eight league games.
Earlier, City boss Pep Guardiola said midfielder Jack Harrison, newly signed from NYCFC, was likely to be given a chance during the tour after completing his loan at Middlesbrough.
Yet City’s run of squandered openings was about to grow, with the worst of the lot, when Sterling missed an open net from two yards as he steered Kyle Walker’s cross the wrong side of the post.
“I’d like to have 18 players and could have called on one of the second team, but they played yesterday”.
Danilo so almost replicated his first with another long-range strike in the 57th minute, but Pope tipped his effort over on the stretch. “We have to avoid this kind of game as much as possible and do our game to make another step in the title race”.
If the difference between the teams remains the same when Jose Mourinho’s men arrive at the Etihad Stadium six games from the end of the season, a victory for City would secure title glory in a manner aligned with most fans’ wildest dreams.
Pep Guardiola is in such an irascible mood today, as his Man City team travel to play Burnley in the Premier League.
They’ve lost Leroy Sane, Fabian Delph and Gabriel Jesus to lengthy injuries, and Benjamin Mendy won’t return until next season.
Of those 10 goals, four have been scored by midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, which is the joint-most by a single player this season, alongside Philippe Coutinho.
“He would have known well before the under 23’s played so he could have pulled one of them out and said ‘you are not playing in the under 23’s tonight because I need you for the subs bench'”.
“Then we played some good stuff, the quality was on show and it was a fantastic goal”.
“We have an unbelievable run of tough games to play, for example at Burnley”.
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And his profligacy would ultimately cost the runaway league leaders two points.
