Soccer-Man City on brink of reclaiming throne

When Liverpool were romping to the title last season Manchester City's Raheem Sterling promised there would be a"massive reaction" from Pep Guardiola's chastened side and his ominous prediction has proved to be spot on.

Even by his own standards it would complete a sublime week for Guardiola whose team won a fourth-successive League Cup last Sunday, then produced an excellent second-half display to beat Paris St Germain 2-1 in their Champions League semi-final, first-leg on Wednesday. City cannot attain the points totals of their first two Premier League titles under Guardiola and whatever happens it will be the lowest tally for champions since Leicester City won it with 81 points in 2016.

A win at Palace would leave City 26 points better off than Liverpool whose only focus now is to try and make sure they scramble back into the top four. Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has known the title race was effectively over weeks ago, but the thought of a loss to bitter rivals Liverpool handing the title to City is not one the Norwegian would relish.

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