EPL Matchweek 18: 5 things we learned

PierreEmerick Aubameyang
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

#3 Manchester City are not as invincible as we thought

Pep Guardiola
Pep Guardiola

15 games into the season many fans and pundits were beginning to entertain the idea that Manchester City could go the season unbeaten. They were the pacesetters in the league and Liverpool were clinging to them by the skin of their teeth.

A few weeks later, Liverpool are now four points ahead of Manchester City and some football fans have started revising their prediction of City winning the league.

It is too early to say that City will or will not win the league but if the game against Palace taught anything, it is that City are vulnerable. Lyon showed glimpses of this fact in their two games against City in the Champions League.

Fernandinho may be the most unheralded but he is City's most important player. His absence in the Palace game was thoroughly exploited. An injury or suspension for the Brazilian enforcer spells a problem for the Citizens.

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