Manchester City v Sunderland

Manchester City sailed to a spectacular 4-1 win against relegation bound Sunderland on boxing day. The game was symbolically summarised by its first goal, a delicious cross from DeBruyne headed in by Raheem Sterling. Raheem is 5ft 7 facing 2 6ft plus centre backs John O'Shea and Seb Coates, and yet he headed in unchallenged on 12minutes. Sunderland were very poor, almost abject, unable to retain possession, and very weak in the challenge. Watching this Seb Coates display Liverpool fans …

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Another clash that will have implications at both ends of the table, Manchester City and Sunderland meet at the Etihad for the first of their 2 games in hand. Manchester City saw a huge dent into their title aspirations at the weekend with the defeat at Anfield now meaning it is out of the hands of City as they trail the Merseyside club by 7 points. Having played two fewer matches than Liverpool and Chelsea – who are 5 points …