LONDON ¨C After a sobering week in Europe for English clubs, some bruised egos return to domestic issues this weekend with the Premier League title race and relegation battles both reaching potentially pivotal moments.
The Premier League¡¯s boast of being the best in Europe took a bit of a hammering over 48 hours this week, with none of the six clubs in last-16 action winning.
Manchester City was one of the four teams to suffer defeat and it will need to dust itself down quickly from a 3-0 defeat at Real Madrid when it faces West Ham United away on Saturday evening, by which time it could find themselves 10 points behind leader Arsenal ¡ª albeit from two fewer games.
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