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The Fiver would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Manchester City on winning the Premier League (2021 Late-January) title, deposing Premier League (2021 Mid-January) champions Manchester United after an intense 26-hour period of action. Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s side had been anointed as the best team in the country, pretty much, if the mood music was anything to go by, following some deflected goals against Wolves and Burnley. But in the wake of Wednesday night’s shock home defeat to Sheffield United, the mantle has been well and truly wrested from their grasp by their rivals across town after a seven-match winning streak consisting of victories over the likes of Newcastle, West Brom and Frank Lampard’s version of Chelsea.

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