straight to your inboxBack in the gloomy lockdown days of November, Manchester City might have wondered whether they should have fought a little harder to keep David Silva.The Blues slumped to an unthinkable 13th place in the table after defeat at Tottenham, and the following day West Ham and Arsenal both moved above them in the table to leave Pep Guardiola’s team eight points adrift of Spurs and Liverpool at the top.City were virtually written out of the Premier League title race, a victim of the late, hurried start to the re-jigged season.Meanwhile, over in Spain, Silva was inspiring Real Sociedad to a remarkable streak of seven wins in eight games to take top spot in La Liga, igniting hopes the team from the Basque country could take.
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