Pep Guardiola’s winter of discontent is nothing new in Premier League circus | Paul Wilson

Manchester City’s manager and Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp have not enjoyed the festive mayhem unique to the English game, but that is one of the many hurdles to overcome in the Premier League

The FA Cup arrives like the cavalry at the weekend to interrupt an engrossing title race and temporarily shelve Pep Guardiola’s rhetorical question about whether or not Manchester City are in it.

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If you think this PL holiday fixture list is mad, here's next year: December 16/20/23/26/30 January 1. World Cup follows. Utterly Bonkers.

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