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Watch out Premier League: Manchester City 2-0 is coming. Embracing the attacking chaos over control, Rodri's return and defensive additions will fuel Pep Guardiola's rapid rebuild.
After a spending spree in January, the soon-to-be dethroned champions are expected to splash out more money this summer to overhaul their ageing squad.
Wednesday was strange. It was a pivotal night in the Premier League title race, and yet Manchester City's game against Tottenham was a complete letdown. The only meaningful action came at Anfield and the City Ground, as Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the table to 13 points with a home win over Newcastle, while second-placed Arsenal were comfortably beaten by Nottingham Forest. City have not been eliminated from the Premier League title after 27 games since Pep Guardiola's first season in charge. However, by the spring of 2017 we were already starting to see signs that the Catalan was building something special at the Etihad Stadium. Indeed, City have only lost one league game since January 16, and even that was away to eventual champions Chelsea in April. 5. So by the end of the season it was clear that Guardiola's footballing philosophy had already begun to take root, and that summer he added a number of key players, including Ederson, Bernardo Silva and Kyle Walker, to what would become his first great City side.