Manchester City are top of the Premier League table. By a whole four goals, we should add.
Heading into the weekend, Pep Guardiola’s side were not only level on points with Manchester United at the the English top flight’s summit, but they also shared identical goals for and against records with their local rivals.
They remain on the same points as Jose Mourinho’s side, but a 5-0 victory over struggling Crystal Palace on Saturday left them with a superior goal difference over United, who were made to work hard for a 1-0 victory at Southampton.
Following Arsenal’s 2-0 win over West Brom on Monday evening, BBC Sport posted a tweet showing that Arsene Wenger’s side had now reached the dizzying heights of seventh in the table. Much to the disgust of several City fans, the graphic that accompanied the Beeb’s tweet only showed Arsenal and the five teams above them in the table. For those glancing at the tweet – and those with no concept of what ‘2’ means – it might have seemed that Manchester United were sitting pretty at the top.
Their win over #WBA moves Arsenal above Huddersfield into seventh. https://t.co/xP9fXk2QRh #AFCWBA pic.twitter.com/goZ8s6nHHh
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) September 25, 2017
As the replies to the tweets show, this didn’t go down well with some City supporters…
Why can't you show top spot??? #BBCLoveTheRags
— Warren Davies (@wptd17) September 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/ItsJessMorris/status/912438089003433986
https://twitter.com/igorjuni0/status/912435312579706880
https://twitter.com/Gojairu/status/912433548174479360
Because it would have been impossible to squeeze in the team currently occupying 1st place, obviously….#mcfc
— Lisa R (@Lis2808) September 25, 2017
Some even went as far as implying it was a ‘pro Man United agenda’, mainly because Nick Coppack, United’s former social media guy, now works for BBC Sport.
No Pro Man United agenda? 😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/TynC7xSrGU
— MCFC McKenna (@Blue_McKenna) September 25, 2017
Even the BBC’s attempts to smooth things over didn’t seem to go down well…
Just for the #ManCity fans out there.
You are still top of the #PremierLeague. #MCFC pic.twitter.com/ijd9d1v2nv
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) September 25, 2017
Still no explanation why you felt it best to leave City off your original caption.Do you realise you lose all credibility with such posts
— Cornish Blue (@1cornishblue) September 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/rossmason1001/status/912451475850366979
