Predicting Final Premier League 2017/18 Table After Transfer Deadline

It was a productive start for Pep Guardiola as he addressed his problems at full-back with some big spending on Benjamin Mendy and Kyle Walker.

But City failed to bring in a centre-back all summer, leaving them hugely reliant on the dodgy fitness of captain Vincent Kompany, and inexplicably delayed their pursuit of Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez until too late in the day.

While the Citizens have plenty of attacking firepower without him, the Chilean would have been a game changer. As it is, they might lose out to their red neighbours. It promises to be a titanic tussle between the Manchester rivals.