Defending champions Manchester City are seeking an unprecedented FIFTH consecutive Premier League title win. They are second in the table but have lost their last two league matches as they deal with an injury crisis.

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Is the Premier League title race down to two teams after just 11 games? BBC Sport looks at the chances of the top four.

Liverpool were expected to stagnate in a post- Jurgen Klopp transition era, but Arne Slot 's men are comfortably clear at the summit. Manchester City were tipped to make it five titles on the spin, but Pep Guardiola 's players are five points off the pace.

There is time aplenty for gaps to be made up with more than two-thirds of the Premier League campaign to be played. Like an endurance race, however, the pace has been set. A brisk one at that. Liverpool have burst out of the blocks,