Their reign as champions may be ending, but Manchester City are determined to make Liverpool wait as long as they can. Phil Foden inspired City to this most straight forward of wins over hapless Burnley, which means Liverpool cannot claim the title against Crystal Palace at Anfield on Wednesday.
Pep Guardiola’s side can frustrate them at least until the sides collide here on Thursday week if they can avoid defeat at Chelsea on Thursday.
City have been the quickest and the slickest out of the blocks since football restarted and they must be frustrated by all the points they dropped before the shutdown.
This match was football’s equivalent of social distancing and Burnley did not get within a mile of City, let alone two metres.
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