Man City have everything Manchester United want amid Old Trafford chaos

Pep Guardiola asserted this week that Manchester City will win the Premier League come May.

The Blues have drawn their last three matches and sit six points below Arsenal ahead of their game in hand with Aston Villa tonight. But Guardiola is pleased with his side's progress and has faith in his treble winners going the distance once again.

It underlines the calmness and the confidence of a manager and a club who have proved more than anyone in recent seasons that they play the long game. City started last term slowly but picked up speed in the second half of the campaign to end with three trophies.

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"My feeling today is we're going to win the Premier League," said Guardiola. "If we play at the levels that we showed against Liverpool and Tottenham, we're going to win it again.

"People don't believe it already after three draws but we feel we're going to do it again, knowing that it is not easy because no team has done it yet [won four in a row]. The difficulty is there and was last season but, if you ask me today what I'm feeling, we're going to do it again."

There's certainly no panic at the Etihad and the contrast to the chaos of Manchester United just now is stark. The Reds lurch from one headline to another, whether it's poor performances, the manager arguing with the starting striker or banning journalists from press conferences.

While City are a well-oiled machine, United are disjointed. They are struggling in the league and on the brink of a Champions League exit. The past decade has seen countless managers all failing to bring the Reds back to the top table.

It's where City dine regularly. They serenely