In almost any other season, Manchester United would be title favourites. They have the best defence in the Premier League – and are still in single digits for goals conceded – while they are scoring freely at the other end and have arguably the best big-game manager in the division. Yet they go into Sunday’s derby clash against City as, incredibly, underdogs, while you have to go back to 2005 for the last time a second-placed team was so far adrift of the leaders.
This is a side that have picked up just two less points than Chelsea had at the same stage of last season, who were nine games in to their record-equalling winning run. In fact, in five of the last 10 years, United’s points tally would have seen them top the table after 15 match days. Over the same period, only three teams have boasted a better goal difference at this stage of the campaign.
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from Metro http://metro.co.uk/2017/12/10/jose-mourinho-deserves-more-credit-hes-poised-to-end-man-city-winning-streak-7142946/
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