These two graphs basically tell the same story. The first graph shows how tight the top five and top seven have become over time. The gap between this season’s champions and this season’s fifth placed team is likely to be around 12 points. That’s incredibly slight. Similarly, the gap between the champions and the seventh-placed team is also closing. If it’s any comfort to David Moyes: however bad Manchester United have been this season, they’re still better than Liverpool were last season.