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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Sky Sports pundit, Graeme Souness, has named his three favourites to win the Premier League title this season.<\/p>\n

Souness, speaking with The Times, picked Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool.<\/p>\n

City are the current champions, but have dropped five points already this season.<\/p>\n

Pep Guardiola\u2019s men are now three points behind Liverpool, who remain unbeaten following a 3-0 victory over Crystal Palace on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Third-placed Manchester United and fourth-placed Chelsea can go above Manchester City and level with Liverpool on Sunday, when they play West Ham and Tottenham respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cI agree this is the strongest top four we\u2019ve seen in the Premier League for several years.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut with the caveat that there are still more question marks against Manchester United than any of the other title contenders \u2013 Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City,\u201d Souness said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Sky Sports pundit, Graeme Souness, has named his three favourites to win the Premier League title this season. Souness, speaking with The Times, picked Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool. City are the current champions, but have dropped five points already this season. 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