Johnny Nicholson: If we pretend Man City don't exist, this was a perfect title tussle

Manchester City moving 10 points clear after the weekend is bad for everyone who isn’t a City fan. To have the season sewn up in the first days of the new year is, to say the least, disappointing

Liverpool's Sadio Mane (left) and Chelsea's Thiago Silva battle for the ball. Picture: Adam Davy

VAR makes angry fans, even more angry

Man City's penalty was a penalty. The hapless Granit Xhaka pulled Bernado Silva’s shirt and looked like a drunk trying to stay upright on a boat. That Silva, being a professional footballer and therefore prepared to cheat at every opportunity, threw himself to the ground like an Olympic diver leaping off a high board, shouldn’t blind us to the basic infringement.