Manchester City are already five points clear of the pair at the top - allowing that advantage to gr. Showing brute strength as well as speed and a football brain, Sagna proved an excellent Wenger addition when he joined from Auxerre in 2007. It was not until this point last season they lost their first top-tier game, an uncharacteristic 5-2 collapse to Arsenal. Hull wont be visiting Anfield with a game-plan the gives Liverpool free reign to terrorise, and these are the matches where we will see just how serious they are as challengers. If City can make it a perfect six, they will not only move on to 18 points but they will also striker fear in?their title rivals who all have issues to overcome. Getty Images6Give Wayne Rooney a break and Man United can benefitThe 2-1 derby loss to Man City was breathless but against Watford Roo looked stodgy and out of ideas. ured with ankle ligament damageTottenham beat Sunderland 1-0 with Harry Kane grabbing the winning goalThat means the decision to only sign one striker in Vincent Jansen in the summer could come back to haunt Mauricio Pochettino and his side. Can't see how Phil Neville thinks #Rooney has done ok. The pair were level in the Premier League and had drawn 0-0 at Villa Park in the original game. own Ray Parlour in the box in stoppage time — only to see his spot-kick saved by Schmeichel.