Manchester - Manchester City Difference points with Chelsea is not exactly small. If you can not catch Chelsea, City asked to work hard to collect the runner-up.
City started spilling out of the competition to the Premier League title. Was a 1-2 defeat of Crystal Palace which makes City increasingly lags behind Chelsea. Both teams are now separated within nine points in the standings.
Not only away from the top position, the City now also dragged into four major competition. Inconsistency shown the Citizens --terakhir with less than Palace-- make them slipped to fourth Premier League standings with 61 points.
City has now been overtaken by Arsenal and Manchester United. The Gunners sit in second place with 63 points, while the 'Red Devils' there is one level down by 62 points, one point ahead of City.
With seven games remaining, mission City to catch Chelsea at the same time retaining the Premier League title is not exactly easy. Therefore, if it can not be champion, City called must finish in second position in order to avoid the Champions League play-offs.
"Obviously with United and Arsenal now there above us, we have to strive very hard because if we can not win the league, we have to make sure we got the second place, because if you can not win a trophy, sometimes you just have to press for the best possible finish , "said City defender Pablo Zabaleta, as quoted by the official club website.
"The fourth position means that we have to undergo a play-off to get into the Champions League group stage and we also have Liverpool, Southampton, and will target the Spurs into the top four, so we have to react immediately and finish as high as possible
Outside of those in the top four, there are three teams who are also eyeing the Champions League ticket. Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur in the fifth and sixth the number of points are both 54, while Southampton sit in seventh place with 53 points.(detikSport)
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