Man Utd: 5 Ways The Premier League Was Won & Lost

3. Southampton 3-1 Manchester City - Feb 9th

Mancini Manchester City's title defence suffered a withering blow on the South Coast in February when they were humiliated by relegation haunted Southampton by falling to a shocking 3-1 defeat. Puncheon first put their visitors on the back foot by prodding into an open goal after just 7 minutes and Steven Davis capitalised on a Joe Hart error to make it 2-0 just after the 20 minute mark. City were by now all over the show and though Edin Dzeko gave the defenders hope of a reprieve with an equalizer shortly before half time, a calamitous City display was compounded when Gareth Barry prodded into his own goal. Manchester United would later take full advantage of City's ugly performance by stretching the gap at the top of the table to 12 points against Everton...
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Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.