The Premier League is on fire. After 22 days, the City of Guardiola is leader of the classification of 47 points. United follows very closely with 44, although the ‘citizens’ still have a game pending. Leicester, with 42, has already been somewhat more off the hook. Like Klopp’s Liverpool, with 40. Chelsea, Tottenham or Arsenal, all three out of European positions, are already ruled out as title contenders. However, and despite the fact that the numbers do not indicate such a path, there are many voices that consider that City is already the champion of the tournament this season.
So much so that the Irish sportsbook Paddy Power has run a risky marketing campaign. As he has announced on his social networks, assumes that Manchester City will win the Premier this season and has therefore decided to pay all users who invested in that market in advance. That is, anyone who played with the bet in his day “City will be the 19-20 Premier League champion“You can now withdraw your winnings, even though there are still 16 championship rounds to go.
This weekend, City and Liverpool face off in what could be a decider for the championship. Even with the high level shown by Manchester United, Klopp’s are still the most reliable contenders to dethrone Guardiola’s from their first position. In the event of the latter being victorious, the difference would increase to ten points., a difficult strip to save seeing the high level shown by the current leader of the classification. The 13 consecutive victories counting Premier and the Cups are a good argument to think that it will not escape them. But there is still much left. A risky bet from Paddy Power …