Pep Guardiola hints at spending spree but insists City have much to fight for

With Liverpool 22 points ahead in the Premier League the City manager admits an overhaul may be needed in the summerBlue Moon Rising is the title of Noel Gallagher’s latest single, not an accurate summary of Manchester City’s season, though Pep Guardiola is refusing to get too despondent about being 22 points behind Liverpool. “Two years ago we did something similar and people were saying we were unstoppable,” the City manager says. “Last season it was much more equal and now it is Liverpool doing something incredible. Now there is one team clearly dominant, but that has happened in the Premier League before.”Liverpool are not playing this weekend so City appear to have a chance to reduce the gap slightly with Sunday’s home game against struggling West Ham, when their end product is bound to come under scrutiny after indecisive finishing cost them points in their last Premier League game, at Tottenham. Raheem Sterling is out with a hamstring injury that could take several weeks to heal, Leroy Sané is back in training but nowhere near ready and Riyad Mahrez has been out of form of late so as usual the burden is likely to fall on Sergio Agüero. Continue reading…
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