Manchester City's convincing win shows why they'll win the title come May

My tip at the beginning of the season was Manchester City should be considered favourites for the title.

Since the second week of the season, Chelsea have led the title race for months, and have been considered the team to beat.

However, Manchester City's win against Crystal Palace showed why the rest of the league shouldn't count them out just yet.

Their win yesterday wasn't just convincing, it was scary.

Honestly, it was almost ridiculous.

This is a side who started with James Milner as a striker, and was missing Aguero (who has 14 goals this season, Dzeko, Jovetic and even the young Pozo.

Manuel Pellegrini built his side yesterday around Nasri, Silva and Toure and this led the City making over 400 more passes than Crystal Palace.

Their dominance over  their opposition was mesmerising, it got to the point where you almost felt bad for the Eagles.

City's third goal summed up their win with Yaya Toure scoring from an improbable angle with his left foot, smashing the ball into the top corner.

Again, ridiculous.

Despite Chelsea leading the title race for the majority of the season, their performances are becoming less and less convincing each week, for example their win against Hull City.

They struggled to make clear-cut chances against average opposition, with no disrespect to Hull, who held their own for much of the game until Huddlestone's sending off.

Unfortunately for Chelsea, City are hitting their stride just at the right time.

Over the Christmas period, Pellegrini will be looking for a maximum of nine points from their three games, which includes an away game to West Brom before two home matches against Burnley and Sunderland.

If Chelsea fail to beat Stoke on Monday, we're going to have a new leader in the title race after the Christmas period, and with the likes of Kompany and City's injured strike-force to come back, the strength in depth the club have will lead them to the title.