Pep Guardiola has a lucky jumper. He told us this last Saturday when explaining why he was in knitwear at Craven Cottage on a hot, sunny day.
Just let that sit for a moment. The most cerebral, scientific coach in football — the coach for whom control is everything — still surrenders to superstition. Even Pep knows there’s a randomness, an elusive element that will for ever lie beyond controlling, to sport. Son Heung-min takes a slightly firmer touch and is in a better position to angle a shot past Stefan Ortega? It could be Arsenal’s title to lose on Sunday, when in reality a win for City would seal a fourth triumph in a row.
“The margins; if we win every season by 20