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Perhaps it’s not the best league in the world but who wants a runaway leader? We’ve no idea what’s coming next in Europe’s most compelling competitionA third of the way through the Premier League season and it is still to take shape. There is a pleasingly old-fashioned look to the table, with the top seven separated by six points. To put that into context, 12 games into last season, the leaders Chelsea had six points more than Manchester City do now and the gap to seventh was 14. The usual suspects – or some of the usual suspects – will presumably kick on but this promises to be a closer, less predictable race than for years.
It’s not possible always to make precise comparisons because of teams having games in hand (and looking at the spread of the top seven is an arbitrary metric anyway) but it’s probably fair to say not since 1999-2000 have the top seven been separated by such a narrow margin at this stage.
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It’s not possible always to make precise comparisons because of teams having games in hand (and looking at the spread of the top seven is an arbitrary metric anyway) but it’s probably fair to say not since 1999-2000 have the top seven been separated by such a narrow margin at this stage.
Related: Is José Mourinho coming to the end of the 10-year managerial success cycle? | Barney Ronay
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