Yes we closed down that gap in the last few games after they hade secured their Top 4 spot and no longer could win the title. It’s ridiculous to compare the state of the 2 clubs at that point. They were 1 deflected Bale goal away from potentially reaching the CL final.
No it's not true. There was never a point where they secured top 4. Infact had we won that game vs West Ham where we blew 2-1 lead, we would have finished 4th.
End of Jan, they were 7 points from 5th position and 3 points from 1st.
End of Feb, they were 6 points ahead of 5th position and 6 points from 1st.
End of march, they were not in contention for title, they were just 1 point ahead of 5th position
End of April, they were 5 point ahead of ManUtd but ManUtd had game in hand.
After 37 games, City were on 65 points, ManUtd 63 with game in hand.
At no point City secured top 4 position.
ManUtd were ahead of Liverpool and very close to City when Jose took over and then Jose's magic, we were levels below them.