Jose Mourinho can improve players as well as Pep Guardiola and Dominic Solanke's exit from Chelsea is justified

Jose Mourinho can improve players as well as Pep Guardiola and Dominic Solanke's exit from Chelsea is justified - 10 things we learned this New Year

Daily Mail | January 3, 2018

Manchester City have managed to maintain their 15-point lead as well as their unbeaten status throughout a hectic festive period.

Meanwhile, the race to beat the drop has twisted and turned as Crystal Palace and West Ham rose from the ashes while West Brom and Stoke nosedived.

RALPH ELLIS looks at 10 things we learned from the New Year fixtures up and down the country...

Pep Guardiola kept Manchester City well ahead of the pack over their frantic festive fixtures

Lingard form down to Mourinho

If Pep Guardiola gets credit – and rightly so – for the improvements in players like Raheem Sterling and Fabian Delph then it’s time to give Jose Mourinho some kudos too for how Jesse Lingard has taken a leap forward.