Analysing the goal-difference shootout that could decide the Premier League

Manchester City are the only team to win the Premier League on goal difference, and this season they might need to repeat the trick.For those uninitiated in the competition’s most storied moment, Sergio Aguero’s last-minute goal for City in a 3-2 final-day victory at home against Queens Park Rangers in May 2012 meant they pipped Manchester United to the title by virtue of their superior goal difference, which was eight better than their crosstown rivals.The margins at the top could be even finer in the current campaign.Advertisement