As Man City near fourth Premier League title in five years, they're more than just Liverpool spoilers

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MANCHESTER, England -- Maybe this season will always be remembered for Liverpool's bid to win everything,

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but Manchester City deserve better than to be cast as quadruple party-poopers.

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After Liverpool's draw with Tottenham Hotspur and City's 5-0 win over Newcastle United this weekend,

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Pep Guardiola's side need seven points from their last three games to win the title for the fourth time in the past five years.

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If they do it -- and with two weeks of the season left, it's still "if" -- it would be a feat only previously achieved in the Premier League era by Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United.

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Should it happen, it's an achievement worthy of more than an asterisk at the bottom of Liverpool's quest for history.

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