Manchester United have not done a lot wrong this season but you wouldn't know it looking at the Premier League table.
One of the preseason favourites are 11 points adrift in the title race. It was briefly 14 at the weekend, before Jose Mourinho's team cut the deficit with a hard-fought 2-1 win at West Brom on Sunday.
Jesse Lingard, scorer of the second goal at The Hawthorns, said afterwards that in other seasons United's form -- which has seen them win seven of their last nine league games -- would be enough to sit top.
He's not wrong: United have 41 points after 18 games and in five of the last 10 seasons they would be top. In all the others the gap to the leaders would be no more than five points. It is their best start to a campaign since 2012-13, when they were crowned champions in Sir Alex Ferguson's last season. They are 12 points better off than they were at the same stage of the 2015-16 season -- Louis van Gaal's last in charge -- and eight points better off than after 18 games of last season.
It is clear United under Mourinho have made progress. Yet, it does not look like it will be enough to win a first championship for five years. You can argue that it is not Mourinho's failing. That, simply put, he has built a very good team which happens to be competing against a better one. Manchester City's class of 2017-18 are already being talking about as one of the Premier League's best. They have set a new mark for consecutive wins and remain on course to break records for points and goals.... <<< read more >>> @ www.galatixnews.com

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