The Premier League title race: assessing the contenders

Premier League title race: Liverpool, Man United, Man City, Leicester, Tottenham, Everton
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In the past three years, four Premier League teams have smashed the 95-point mark. One wasn't even good enough to win the title.

This was the age of dominant top clubs - mentality monsters, as Jurgen Klopp called them - teams to whom your average banana skin wouldn't phase. The likes of Manchester City and Liverpool swept all before them much more convincingly than this season: if City want to reach 95 points this term, they can only afford one more loss all term.

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Mark White
Content Editor

Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.