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Man
City
Two of the four English sides that became European champions in the Premier
League era, Liverpool in 2005 and Chelsea in 2012, finished fifth and sixth respec-
tively that season. Manchester United, winners of the “Big Treble” in 1999 did win
the league, except they did it with 79 points. The 2008 version also won the league
and finished with 87; this City team reached that total with four matches to spare.
But there are results and then, aesthetics.
And this City team marries the two like
few others in recent history. You know
the points total; how about the fact that
over the past two years, City have lost
the xG (expected goals) battle on just five
occasions, and in two of them, it was by
less than 0.05 xG?
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