#X A V I ♕ Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 The Premier League leaders are outpacing the reigning champions at present, says the Manchester City boss Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola admits Liverpool's form at present makes them untouchable in the Premier League title race. The Reds are now nine points clear at the summit - and 10 ahead of City ahead of their game Sunday at Southampton - after thrashing Arsenal 5-1 at Anfield on Saturday. Jurgen Klopp's men are now unbeaten in their first 20 matches of the campaign, and have scored 48 goals and conceded just eight so far this term. Though Guardiola has spent in the region of £539 million ($685m) on players since arriving at the Etihad Stadium, the ex-Barcelona boss says his City side are currently unable to compete with the Merseysiders. “We did well so far,” said Guardiola prior to Liverpool going nine points clear. “We got 44 points in the first round. "If you get the same number of points in the second round, that’s 88 points. With 88 points, you are champions. You have the numbers to be champions. "Most of the Premier League champions in the past 20 years won it with less points. We did quite well. We did really well. “But of course you have the past two games, against Crystal Palace and Leicester, and you have that sense, because there are two teams there now who are better than us in the last month. “What can we say when Liverpool keep nine clean sheets and score a lot of goals? We cannot compete with that in terms of comparing with them.
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