I know some Liverpool fans still believe the Quadruple is on, but if anyone were to offer me odds of it happening in the here and now then, frankly, it’s not a bet I’d be taking.
Manchester City are so far odds-on to win the Premier League title that I just don’t see them slipping up against Aston Villa at home on Sunday. Even if there is extra motivation for Villa boss Steven Gerrard and midfielder Philippe Coutinho, as Liverpool old boys, and for Danny Ings and Tyrone Mings as boyhood Reds, to deny City they points they need.
Villa are an open side, they aren’t a great counter-attacking or defensive-block team. So while those little extras might have made a difference at Villa Park, at the Etihad I just don’t see Gerrard, Coutinho, Ings and Mings influencing the rest of the Villa dressing room enough for them to play the game like it was a cup final.
