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00:00Michael, moving on to Manchester City now, obviously, like a couple of seasons ago, the
00:05final day will decide the title winner. If Manchester City are to do it, there will be
00:11four in a row, which is quite remarkable. What would that achievement sort of mean and
00:17what are the thoughts going into this final day?
00:21Well, it is a huge achievement. Any side in the history of English football have never
00:27achieved that, be that Charles Ferguson's great sides, Arsene Wenger's teams, the great
00:35Liverpool teams of the 80s, Matt Busby. You go back to the Arsenal teams as well in the
00:40kind of the 30s and none of them have managed to win four titles in a row. Quite a few teams
00:46have won three, but never a fourth. And it would speak, I think, to the consistency of
00:50Manchester City, the ruthlessness of their play. They're just so clinical when they get
00:56into these latter stages of the season. And, listen, Guardiola, it would put him, it would
01:02elevate him to another level, I think, in the history of English football managers in
01:06England. And it would just be an incredible achievement. And, you know, I was thinking
01:10about this, I was doing the maths, you've got 152 games you would have to play over
01:16four Premier League seasons. And Manchester City have played 151 of those 152 games and
01:21they are now one game away from that achievement. Now, it still could slip away from them because
01:26obviously if they lose in the final day to West Ham and Arsenal win, then Arsenal are
01:30champions. But I'd be very, very surprised if that happens. I just think City, the way
01:34they're playing at the moment, I think they showed a little bit of nerves against Spurs,
01:37but that probably is the first time that they've kind of blinked a little bit. I say blinked,
01:41they still won 2-0, didn't they? I mean, even that sums them up, really. But I don't expect
01:46them to have any nerves going into the final day against West Ham, a side who have nothing
01:49to play for, who are not in good form. And I just think it's going to be a pretty straightforward
01:57affair, really. West Ham have a terrible record for City. David Moyes has a terrible record
02:02against City. He's lost his last seven games as a manager at the Etihad. You have to go
02:07back to his time as a manager for the last time, he got a win there. You know, I'd be
02:11really, really surprised if it's anything other than a City win. And of course, as we
02:17know in the history of the Premier League, I think I said eight times previously, no,
02:22nine times previously, that it's gone to the final day of the season. The side who start
02:26the day at the top of the table every single time so far have gone on to win the title.
02:30I suspect that's going to go up to 10. I'd just be amazed if West Ham can offer enough.
02:33But yeah, we'll be there anyway to see if we can get any drama, but I really don't think
02:38so.