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Manchester clubs were supposed to do battle for the Premier League title, but now City and United sit outside top four... just where did it all go wrong?

It may be easier said than done on this dark and miserable January morning but just cast your mind back to August for a moment. Warm, pleasant summer days and the Premier League season stretched out before us.

Remember how the title race was billed as being a Battle Royale between the two Manchester teams, of City against United, of the old adversaries Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho slugging it out?

That city isn't big enough for the both of them, we thought. It would be a tooth and nail fight to the finish but, one way or another, the trophy would be returning to Manchester.