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Man Utd news: ESPN pundit Stewart Robson makes bold title claim after Tottenham win
MANCHESTER UNITED are not playing well enough to challenge Manchester City for the title despite their 1-0 win over Tottenham on Saturday.
Robson: Man Utd not good enough to challenge Man City
That is the opinion of ESPN FC pundit and former Arsenal midfielder Stewart Robson.
Manchester United beat Tottenham thanks to a late Anthony Martial goal at Old Trafford.
But Manchester City’s 3-2 win at West Brom later in the day once again extended their advantage over their rivals to five points.
Tottenham are third favourites with the bookies to land the title but now see themselves eight points adrift of Pep Guardiola’s side after 10 games of the campaign.
Man Utd news: Robson says United and Tottenham are not playing well enough to challenge Man City
Neither Man Utd or Tottenham are playing well enough at the moment to challenge Manchester City
Robson was discussing the key aspects he took away from the Manchester United's win at the weekend.
And one of them highlighted the gap between City and the chasing pack.
“My conclusions from this game were that (Eric) Dier playing at centre-half isn’t as good as when he’s playing in central midfield,” he said.
“Ashley Young is doing a brilliant job for (Jose) Mourinho as the left wing-back when you think that he’s keeping (Daley) Blind out the side and (Matteo) Darmian out the side.
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“He’s doing a good job defensively and on the attacking side.
“Tottenham are far too predictable without Harry Kane because they’ve got nobody who can actually run with the ball.
“And neither side are playing well enough at the moment to challenge Manchester City.”
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