EPL 2018/19 TITLE WATCH: FEBRUARY

“You’ll never take me alive!” Speakers somewhere in Melwood picked up a certain German screaming on phone this morning. Liverpool stretched their lead to five points via a draw with Leicester, and a shock defeat courtesy of Chef Benitez. Pep Guardiola maybe knocked out Danilo after that game too.

A trip to the London Stadium on Monday (8pm GMT) awaits the Reds on a date with a familiar face: Manuel Pellegrini. Mhmm, Man City manager in 2013/2014. Feeling signs of Déjà-Vu yet yeah? Pep sending gift baskets to Marko Arnautovic you’d expect. A showdown at Old Trafford, visits from Bournemouth (Eden Hazard still crying) and Watford, before the Merseyside derby. These streets ain’t slippery.

After the small matter of a Super Sunday with Arsenal tomorrow, Manchester City take a trip to Goodison Park v Everton, before another heavyweight with Maurizio Sarri’s Chelsea. Lisbon marathoner Bernardo Silva currently in Kenya striding on another cross country. City also looking to produce the sort of performance v Liverpool: one borne out of grit and heart. You could actually feel it. They wanted it. And this isn’t something we normally see with Pep’s teams. Isn’t that how crosstown rival Fergie did it? City won’t mind emulating United now eh?

“Boss, did you actually say you don’t want a trophy?” Tottenham are back in the running, thanks to Fernando Llorente’s goal at the right end against Watford. Seven points the distance to the leaders. Home ties with Newcastle (12:30 GMT) and Leicester on the roster, before a trip to Proudsville Mayor Sean Dyche’s Burnley. Spurs should win this game, and oh they’ve got Chelsea away next. A domestic league double couldn’t be more decisive.

Remember Wacky Races? Certainly feels like it now. I didn’t say Klopp is Dastardly though.

Who’s your money on?

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