5 reasons why Manchester United can still win the Premier League

#4 The other title challengers have issues

Rivals to United like Tottenham have struggled this season

For all the strength that the Premier League currently boasts – five teams in the last sixteen of the Champions League – it’s probably safe to say that only the two Manchester clubs don’t have major issues right now. And that’s why it’s probably going to come down to just United who are capable of challenging Man City for the Premier League title once the spring rolls around. Last season, Chelsea won the league while Tottenham finished second, but it’s safe to say that won’t happen this time.

Chelsea currently sit in 3rd position, three points adrift of United, but they’ve shown themselves to be vulnerable this season – although they’ve beaten Tottenham and United themselves, their losses (outside of one to City) have come against far weaker sides in Burnley, West Ham and Crystal Palace. And that isn’t mentioning the constant rumours that boss Antonio Conte isn’t happy. Spurs meanwhile have looked inconsistent for the majority of their Premier League games – probably suffering due to the extra Champions League games sapping the energy of their relatively small squad.

Liverpool have struggled due to a perceived weak defence, and while they’ve only lost two games thus far, they’ve relied mightily on the form of Mohamed Salah to keep them in the Champions League spots; Arsenal have looked great at times but terrible at others and remain as inconsistent as ever, and nobody really expects Burnley – currently in 6th place - to keep up the pace. Which means United are the only consistent rival to Man City, and the only team likely to still be capable of winning the Premier League title.