“This was the weekend when Sunderland ended Arsenal’s run of 10 consecutive wins (and eight straight clean sheets) in all competitions and Manchester City made a significant step forward in the Premier League by taking a hammer to Liverpool’s title hopes, while victories for West Ham United and Nottingham Forest left Wolverhampton Wanderers adrift at the bottom of the table. Here we will ask whether the Premier League is now looking like a two-horse race — as opposed to a three-horse race or indeed an Arsenal procession — whether Sunderland can keep defying expectations and gravity and whether Rob Edwards is making a terrible mistake if he leaves promotion-chasing Middlesbrough for doomed-looking Wolves. …”
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