City are still favourites but may regret not signing a striker

Footballers like to say they don’t look at the table. But we do. And what the Premier League table is telling Manchester City’s players right now is that this title race is nowhere near over.

Liverpool are only six points behind. They have a game in hand, and they go to the Etihad Stadium on April 9.

Jurgen Klopp’s signing of Luis Diaz has given them another dimension, too. It has increased confidence in the camp, the way he’s hit the ground running, with the Colombian showing his class against Norwich.

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Harry Kane defeated City on Saturday evening, showing Pep Guardiola what he missed out on in the summer. There isn’t much in the goal difference between City and Liverpool, but over the next few months, this is where we will see how costly it was for Guardiola not to sign a striker.

We know he wanted Kane specifically, and City had four bids turned down for him while Spurs held out for £150million.

City have handled not having a striker but as the title race gets tighter, they could do with an experienced forward who can score