The three golf equipment have been separated with the aid of just two factors earlier than suits kicked off on December 14. Fast ahead to the cease of the month and City at the moment are 8 factors clean of second-placed Chelsea.
Pep Guardiola's guys were not at their best at Brentford on Wednesday however did sufficient to win 1-zero on an nighttime while injury-hit Chelsea conceded a last-gasp equaliser at domestic to Brighton.
Liverpool misplaced ground the day before today, beaten through a feisty and devoted Leicester side after Mohamed Salah didn't convert a primary-half of penalty.
AFP Sport appears at a number of the important thing factors within the identify race heading into the new yr.
Points gap
Champions City may want to streak eleven factors clean in the event that they beat fourth-located Arsenal on Saturday, with Chelsea and Liverpool meeting at Stamford Bridge the following day.
They are already overwhelming favourites to boost a fourth Premier League crown in five years and a double-digit lead even in early January may want to prove an excessive amount of for their opponents.
Guardiola, predictably, is refusing to just accept the identify race is over, hailing the pleasant of City's challengers.
"There are many games to move," he stated. "We are 8 points in front however there are fifty four nevertheless to play for and plenty of difficult video games nevertheless to play.
"I'm no longer going to believe all of us who says it's already achieved. The teams we've with Chelsea and Liverpool are extra than super."
