Drawing upon his experience of numerous Premier League title challenges with Manchester United under Sir Alex Ferguson, Andrew Cole has taken to often repeating a line parroted by the legendary manager: “The season doesn’t get started until Easter.”
Neither Arsenal nor Manchester City will play another Premier League game until after all the chocolate eggs have been found, thereby bringing an end to all the fussy preliminary work in the eyes of Cole. From here on out, this is where the real business takes place.
