All Manchester City can do is what they did on Wednesday night against Aston Villa: beat the next opponent and hope that Liverpool – and Arsenal – slip up in the remaining games of this invigorating championship race.
This scenario is due to the four dropped points in their recent meetings with their title rivals. And, in Unai Emery’s Champions League hopefuls, City took on and defeated the team directly below them, finally recording a victory over a top-five side.
