{"id":1114943,"date":"2019-11-11T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1114943"},"modified":"2019-11-10T21:21:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T21:21:30","slug":"mourinho-premier-league-title-race-verdict","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/mourinho-premier-league-title-race-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Mourinho cannot see a way back for Pep Guardiola in Premier League title race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jose Mourinho believes this season&#8217;s Premier League has been decided after Liverpool inflicted a 3-1 defeat on Manchester City at Anfield.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s men rode their luck as they maintained their unbeaten start, while Man City have now suffered three defeats this campaign.<\/p>\n<h2>Is the title race over? Five key things to know\u2026<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Liverpool defeated Man City 3-1 at Anfield on Sunday.<\/li>\n<li>It means after 12 league games their lead atop of the table is eight points.<\/li>\n<li>Never before has a team failed to go on and win the Premier League from this position.<\/li>\n<li>Mourinho believes the championship has already been settled.<\/li>\n<li>The former Chelsea and Man Utd boss cannot see Man City winning a third title on the bounce.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7417751<\/p>\n<p>Fabinho, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane all got on the scoresheet with Bernardo Silva grabbing a late consolation goal, meaning the Reds hold an eight-point lead after 12 games.<\/p>\n<p>Man City&#8217;s latest setback at Anfield leaves them fourth in the championship with Leicester City and Chelsea, both on 26 points, above them by a single point.<\/p>\n<p>Historically no team with such a lead after this amount of games has failed to be crowned championship, which has no doubt influenced Mourinho&#8217;s thinking.<\/p>\n<p>If they do end up in first place Liverpool will end a 30-year title drought, and Mourinho\u00a0\u2013 now working as a pundit\u00a0\u2013 has effectively ruled out Man City turning it around.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Liverpool &amp; Man City Ranked From Worst to Best\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BWBVox9fE_g?start=288&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you are behind you have to feel that you can reach them, if you are top of the league with a little or bigger advantage, you have to really feel it is not over,&#8221; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/1193609694960586752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I&#8217;m not there, I&#8217;m here, and here from my position I think it&#8217;s done unless something dramatic happens in terms of an injury situation that breaks the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I think the team is a complete puzzle, they play exactly the way I think is adapted to the qualities of the players. They do tactically to leave Mane and Salah in that position, the work that [Roberto] Firmino does for them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The work that [Jordan] Henderson and [Georginio] Wijnaldum do to cover the sides to let them free for the transitions. The puzzle is really, really good.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jose Mourinho believes this season&#8217;s Premier League has been decided after Liverpool inflicted a 3-1 defeat on Manchester City at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s men rode their luck as they maintained their unbeaten start, while Man City have now suffered three defeats this campaign. Is the title race over? 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