Not since the first game of the season have Manchester City been in charge of their Premier League title aspirations. A 4-0 thrashing of a decidedly toothless Wolves had City top of the table, but that soon changed with back-to-back defeats to Spurs and Brighton.   Nunes and Cherki were on top of the Premier League back in August. Fast forward six months, and the previously edentulous wolf pack sunk some newly found ‘gnashers’ into the tender rump of Arsenal’s rear end, addin

Call it pragmatism or even pessimism, but Manchester City will be hard pressed to be genuine title contenders this season.   The lack of...