Man City Premier League run-in and the potential pitfalls

Premier League title races never quite come as relentless or intense as those shared between Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City and Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool. In the 2018/19 season, the pair went head to head for the crown, with City finishing out on top by just one point with a mammoth 98 points attained from a possible 114.

Liverpool’s mightily impressive haul of 97 points is still the most a side has ever achieved without winning the Premier League title. This statistic alone helps to demonstrate both the level of quality as well as the lack of room for error between these two battling sides.

This present campaign is no different with the same two teams vying for English football’s highest domestic honour, again with not much to split them in terms of both quality and points.

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So with six games to go, where do the potential pitfalls lie for Manchester City in their quest for what would be a fourth Premier League title in just five seasons? We profile our picks for the toughest fixtures in City’s final stretch that could make or break their season.

Tonight’s match represents a unique challenge for Pep Guardiola and Manchester City. Newcastle, despite being threatened by relegation in the first half of the season, have bounced back and find themselves 11th in the Premier League table.

The Magpies have put together some great form since their big-money takeover in October of last year and have beaten the likes of Leicester City as well as drawn against Man United in a run that has seen them win 10 games out of 15 since the new year in all competitions

City need only look to their last title race with Liverpool in 2018/19 when they succumbed to a