The Fiver | Buses, missiles and a crescendo of hype

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While last weekend’s Sky Sports Super Sunday was rather a damp squib featuring Cardiff City and Burnley, the absence of braying American losers and the supporters who convene to cheer them on as they play golf across the network means the channel have been forced to up their game and put on a comparative fireworks display this time around. While Chelsea and Arsenal are expected to swat Southampton and Fulham aside on the undercard, the outcome of their games will be quickly forgotten, drowned out by the crescendo of hype surrounding the main event. A clash in which defending champions and title favourites Manchester City take on a Liverpool side who many people think might be in with a shout of preventing their rivals from winning the league by more than 10 points.

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