Man City head and shoulders above the rest

Manchester City 1 Chelsea 0: And then there were four. Four games and 12 points which Pep Guardiola and Manchester City require to make mathematically certain of the Premier League title after Bernardo Silva’s goal allowed his team to open up an 18-point lead at the top of the table. 

Coincidentally, the largest winning points margin by which a team has won the top flight in the Premier League era is the 18-point margin rivals Manchester United enjoyed in 2000.

But it takes a far longer memory than that to recall a team standing so far above their rivals in English football. And last night at the Etihad, just to underline the point, City humbled the defending champions with a mastery that far exceeded the solitary goal winning margin.