Merson: There's no way Man City win the league

Manchester City started the Premier League season with five wins from five but Paul Merson feels their style of play is not sustainable; City beat Sunderland 5-3 in a chaotic game; Merson thinks Myles Lewis-Skelly should have played for Arsenal at Brighton over Bruno Guimaraes

Paul Merson believes Premier League leaders Manchester City have "no way" of winning the title if they keep playing as they are.

City continued their excellent start to the season under Enzo Maresca as a 5-3 win over Sunderland made it five wins out of five.

Maresca's team lead reigning champions Arsenal - who were thumped 3-0 by Brighton on Saturday - by three points as we enter a three-week international break.

Read below for the Magic Man's thoughts about why Arsenal are still in control of the Premier League this season...

I sat there watching the game thinking, 'if Manchester City put on a show and beat Sunderland convincingly, there could be a big momentum swing'.

Arsenal had been ripped to shred, fully deserved. I was thinking they'd win the league quite comfortably and not lose too many football matches. Have I got this wrong?

Then I saw City against Sunderland and go, 'no'. There's no way Manchester City win the league.

You can't keep scoring loads of goals to win football matches. You can't play that kind of football. Top teams will pick you off.

Sunderland are not the most high-scoring football team in the country but they scored three goals - and could have scored more.

Going forward, Manchester City were good but at the back they were all over the place. It just catches up with you, especially against the big boys.

I remember what Enzo Maresca was like at Chelsea and he won't like that result. He doesn't like chaos. He's not a chaos manager.

Yes, City did beat Manchester United at Old Trafford with 10 men. But that's not hard is it? City were all over the place 11 versus 11, and United were by far the better team.

When it went to 10 vs 11, you get to sit back a little, there's not that much pressure on you. If you go two banks of four and leave Erling Haaland up there, that's hard to break down.