It's been a good month for...
Manchester City
Pep Guardiola's table-topping Citizens won all three of their league games in March and could wrap up the title in their next game against bitter rivals Manchester United. If they were to win that game it would be the earliest the Premier League has ever been won which would be an amazing achievement by what has been an amazing City team this season. They were at their usual brilliant best as they enjoyed a 1-0 home victory over Chelsea and away wins over Stoke (0-2) and Everton (1-3) in March and it is only a matter of time until they become Premier League champions for the third time.
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Mohamed Salah
Liverpool's Egyptian King put himself firmly in the Golden Boot driving seat in March alongside Harry Kane's absence through injury. He started the month with a goal in the Reds' 2-0 home win over Newcastle and was at his scintillating best in their 5-0 hammering of Watford at Anfield, scoring four and creating the other. Salah now tops the scoring chart with 29 goals from 31 games, five ahead of Tottenham's Kane. He is Liverpool's talisman and his goals have given Jurgen Klopp's side a very strong chance of finishing in the top four this campaign.
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Manchester United
Jose Mourinho's Red Devils picked up maximum points (9) in March to all but secure a Champions League place next season. At the time of writing United are twelve points clear of 5th-placed Chelsea with seven games remaining and are also favourites to finish runners-up this season thanks to their March performances, which included a 3-2 victory at Crystal Palace in a game that they were trailing 2-0, a fine 2-1 win over rivals Liverpool in which the outstanding Marcus Rashford scored twice and a routine 2-0 triumph at home to Swansea. Although it will be devastating to see neighbours City lift the title it is clear to see that Guardiola's men have been in a league of their own this season and United have been by far and away the 'best of the rest.'
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But a bad one for...
Mauricio Pellegrino
Southampton sacked the Argentine on March 12th with the club just a place and a point above the relegation zone at the time of his sacking. Pellegrino won just five of his thirty league games as manager and was dismissed after a run of just one win in seventeen matches. It makes Southampton's decision to sack now-Leicester City manager Claude Puel last season crazy, after an 8th-placed finish and an appearance in the EFL Cup final. They have now replaced Pellegrino with Mark Hughes but sit in the bottom three at the time of writing with a very real chance of playing Championship football next season for the first time since 2012.
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Stoke
The Potters failed to win a league game in March and are slipping ever close to the Championship. A 2-0 home defeat to Manchester City can be forgiven, but Paul Lambert's side are struggling to beat the kind of teams they should be beating if they want to stay in the top flight, and that was clear last month as they drew 0-0 at fellow strugglers Southampton and lost 2-1 at home to Everton. Everton are a decent side but that was just their second away success of the season and really sums up Stoke's miserable campaign - usually so good at home, they have struggled to pick up vital points at the Bet365 Stadium this season and could have no complaints if they were relegated this year.
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Huddersfield
Another side hoping to avoid the drop, Huddersfield failed to record a league victory in March and are in real trouble of an immediate return to the second-tier. A 2-0 defeat at Wembley against Tottenham was no real surprise, but failure to beat any of Swansea (0-0), Crystal Palace (0-2) and Newcastle (0-1) will be massively frustrating for David Wagner. They are three points above the relegation zone at present but have played a game more than some of their survival rivals and in my opinion are in big trouble.
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