article_snippet.sent: What if they come fifth?
article_snippet.sent: Man City may have big plans to revamp the team in the summer, with Yaya Toure and Samir Nasri among the high-profile casualties, but what if Liverpool reel Yaya Toure and Samir Nasri in over the next six matches?
article_snippet.sent: Man City are four points clear and have a superior goal difference, which equates to five, yet undoubtedly five are vulnerable.
article_snippet.sent: For a team playing this poorly no run-in is easy and matches against the much-improved Aston Villa and even Queens Park Rangers can no longer be viewed with certainty.
article_snippet.sent: Future opponents Man City and Southampton have little to play for — yet neither did Crystal Palace.
article_snippet.sent: Yet where will Man City be by then?
article_snippet.sent: Eliaquim Mangala was supposed to be a different class to Joleon Lescott, but the Premier League’s most expensive defender cannot command a place in the team; Stevan Jovetic is no Carlos Tevez; Fernando no great upgrade on Gareth Barry or Nigel de Jong.
article_snippet.sent: Not on the evidence of their recent signings.
article_snippet.sent: And what if City are caught and condemned to the Europa League?
article_snippet.sent: Take away the the Europa League money and City’s financial capacity is not really much greater than City’s.
highlights_snippet.sent: Man City currently occupy final Champions League place .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Liverpool are four points behind Man City with six matches to go this season .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Man City planning mega-bid to sign Liverpool star Sterling .
  