THE DERBY’S DONKEYS
Having finished second in six of their past eight matches in all competitions, Manchester City’s players have meekly acknowledged the Premier League title defence jig is up and said they need to get their act together if they are to even finish on the lowest step of the podium. “It’s essential to try and finish third,” said Joe Hart, after his team’s monotonously predictable yet slightly weird surrender in yesterday’s Manchester derby. “We’ve got to get our heads down and win these massive games.” Echoing – well, sort of para-echoing – the words of a compatriot on a similarly doomed title chase last season, the goalkeeper added: “We’ll think about it and we’ll go again.”
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