…AND THEN THERE WERE THREE

What a difference a week makes in Premiership football! Not long ago, all the talk was about Aston Villa challenging for the title, Liverpool’s Champs League’s chances being written off and of course, Mark Hughes’ dismissal at Man City.

Well, over the Christmas fixtures, Villa lost both games and Liverpool and Man City secured maximum points making the top eight a pretty tight affair. Significantly, the title race is now a three-horse race, with fourth-placed Spurs eight points away from leaders Chelsea.

If nothing else, this makes for exciting viewing and the race for the title, Champs League and Europa League qualification is hotting up indeed. Simply put, that 4th place is up for grabs and its difficult to put any daylight between Spurs, Man City, Villa or Liverpool.

Just like the title race, its too close to call but with the January transfer window opening soon and key African players missing in the same month, there should be further surprises to come…