The new season at Manchester City has started with a huge bang, just two games into the new campaign the Citizens have already laid down a huge marker ahead of the rest of the season.

Sunday's demolition of Chelsea has put City favourites with the bookies to regain the Premier League title, after what can only be described as the perfect start to the season.

Three consecutive wins, eight goals and three clean sheets, the confidence will be high at City as they look to build on an albeit early five point lead over what is thought to be the main rivals Chelsea for the title.

However, last Sunday against Chelsea, although the game was tight for large periods, the gulf in the sides did indeed become apparent at the ease City were creating chances that Sergio Aguero squandered in the first half and, on a better day, he could of had four by half time.

Despite this, City new boy Raheem Sterling believes that this season that the title race is going to be very tight. He said: "Everyone has strengthened their squads and the Premier League is always hard to second guess."

And his general feeling was that is was going to be tight, and even go down to the wire. Of course at the moment it'S only early days, and it is hard to make a definitive call one way or another as there is so much that could go right or wrong, depending on whose side you are on.

But as a player he would of course say something like that. It is diplomatic and the safe thing to say. He isn't going to come out and say that his side are going to walk the Premier League this season, and although it may be a diplomatic thing for Sterling to say, there is at least an element of truth in what he has said.

There is a strong case to say that it will be tighter this season than it was last time out, where Chelsea comfortably won the title and weren't really challenged after Christmas as City fell away soon after the new year.

You wouldn't say Chelsea have strengthened their first team a great deal, whereas City and United have while Arsenal also have to a lesser extent, and this will only help close that gap and make it a whole lot tighter this season.

I wouldn't want to write Chelsea off after a couple of bad performances, but I wouldn't say that they are the heavy pre-season favourites in my book, it is going to be tight between Chelsea, United and City, and whoever gets the title out of those three is really anyone's guess at this stage.

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