Manchester City v Wolves: Premier League – live

Manchester City are so good that they don’t even need to be first to be in pole position. They go into tonight’s match against Wolves knowing that if they win their last four league matches they will win be a champions for a record-breaking fourth successive year. And there’s not a goddamn thing Nicolas Jover can do about it.

Jover and the specialist open-play team at Arsenal are at least making City work. Their 3-0 win over Bournemouth earlier today moved them four points clear at the tophaving played two games more. Crucially their goal difference is +60 to City’s +50, which means a City draw would cede the initiative to Arsenal.

City have won their last five league games, scoring 19 goals in the process. There are unconfirmed reports that a couple of those goals didn’t involve Kevin De Bruyne. Not for the first time, De Bruyne is in rampant form at the business end of the season. He was absent when Wolves won the return game at Molineux in September; so was Rodri. City’s defeat that day was a shock; a draw today would be an even bigger one.

Kick off 5.30pm.

Pos	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	36	60	83
2	Man City	34	50	79
3	Liverpool	35	41	75
10	AFC Bournemouth	36	-11	48
11	Wolverhampton	35	-7	46
12	Fulham	36	-4	44