Steve Nicol thinks Man City and Liverpool are the clear front-runners in the Premier League, only having each other to worry about.

Pep Guardiola hopes Raheem Sterling can continue to find success at Man City and ignore comparisons to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

Craig Burley and Steve Nicol have different opinions on the significance of Aymeric Laporte's injury to the Premier League title race. ESPN FC's Shaka Hislop explains how Lionel Messi could add to his already historic career by reuniting with Pep Guardiola at Man City. After Michael Keane and Harry Maguire surrendered three goals against Kosovo, ESPN FC's Craig Burley re-examines England's centre-back partnership. Craig Burley reveals who he thinks is the Premier League's best goalkeeper between Alisson and Ederson. Shaka Hislop presents his weekly power rankings and is given quite a bit of stick by the FC guys for how he ordered the top 10.  Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has confirmed defender Aymeric Laporte will be out for five to six months with a knee injury.Laporte, 25, sustained the injury in City's 4-0 victory against Brighton at the Etihad before the international break.- ESPN Premier League fantasy: Sign up now!- Kompany gives up coaching duty at AnderlechtSources told ESPN FC last week that the France international would be unavailable until 2020 following surgery to repair cartilage and meniscus...

Craig Burley and Steve Nicol have different opinions on the significance of Aymeric Laporte's injury to the Premier League title race. ESPN FC's Shaka Hislop explains how Lionel Messi could add to his already historic career by reuniting with Pep Guardiola at Man City. After Michael Keane and Harry Maguire surrendered three goals against Kosovo, ESPN FC's Craig Burley re-examines England's centre-back partnership. Shaka Hislop presents his weekly power rankings and is given quite a bit of stick by the FC guys for how he ordered the top 10. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said Raheem Sterling should not be compared to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi despite his great start to the season.Sterling has scored five goals in four Premier League games for City so far this season, and impressed for England over the international break scoring two goals and setting up three more in Euro 2020 qualifying wins against Bulgaria and Kosovo.- ESPN Premier League fantasy: Sign up now!- Kompany gives up coaching duty at Anderlecht"I...

Craig Burley and Steve Nicol have different opinions on the significance of Aymeric Laporte's injury to the Premier League title race. Craig Burley reveals who he thinks is the Premier League's best goalkeeper between Alisson and Ederson. Shaka Hislop presents his weekly power rankings and is given quite a bit of stick by the FC guys for how he ordered the top 10. Craig Burley explains why Aymeric Laporte's injury absence could have Man City regretting their decision not to bring in a center half this summer. Vincent Kompany has said it was not a disappointment to miss his own testimonial through injury because he had already ensured a perfect Etihad Stadium send-off with his title-winning goal against Leicester.The defender sat out his tribute game with a hamstring problem but said playing in front of the City supporters one last time could not have topped his 30-yard screamer in the penultimate game of last season.- ESPN Premier League fantasy: Sign up now!- Kompany gives up coaching duty at...

Shaka Hislop examines whether or not Raheem Sterling has what it takes to become an elite star following his top form for club and country.