City hope to keep spark alive

London, Oct. 20: Manchester City will be aiming to continue their recent scintillating form when the free-scoring Premier League leaders host Burnley on Saturday.

Pep Guardiola’s side are two points clear of second-placed Manchester United as they chase a first English title since 2014. Can anyone stop sparkling City? Inspired by Kevin de Bruyne’s majestic form, Manchester City have taken the Premier League by storm and Burnley could be the next lambs to the slaughter.

City’s 7-2 rout of Stoke City last weekend made them the first English topflight team to score 29 times in their first eight games since Everton. Conte must lift Chelsea mood Without a win in three games in all competitions, Chelsea are in danger of being cast adrift in the title race as the injury bug bites hard at Stamford Bridge.

Having already lost N’Golo Kante, Victor Moses and Danny Drinkwater, Antonio Conte could have done without David Luiz, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Gary Cahill suffering knocks against Roma. Spurs threaten

Reds revival Fresh from their impressive 1-1 draw at Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur will pose a severe threat to Liverpool’s hopes of building on their much-needed demolition of Maribor.

Matching Madrid blow for blow showed Tottenham deserve to be ranked among Europe’s heavyweights. Mourinho makes case for defence In the opening weeks, United were playing with such a stylish swagger that it was briefly possible to believe Mourinho had changed his spots at last.

But Mourinho has reverted to type over the last week, hatching safetyfirst game-plans for United’s draw at Liverpool and win at Benfica. — AFP