It is not even about collapse. Arse is good but on who would you bet in their two games vs City? I would on City. That is 6 points.
If it’s not, then Arsenal are champions.
Catching up such gap isn't as easy as you are making it sound to be.
Why not? City aren't having a very good season. We defeated them, why wouldn't they?
I was trying to remember the last comfortable win United had away from home with me watching the TV. We’ve only won away from home by multiple goals once under ETH: Sheriff. It is nearly a year since we beat Leeds and Brentford by a couple of goals in the league.
Not saying it would have been easy, but it's good to have aspirations.
No one is arguing you shouldn't aspire to challenge for the title but you should be reasonable and not get yourself worked up for something you weren't expecting from the start. The current United side is just not good enough to challenge for the league. This run was good but it's a 5 games winning run. We made 6 games winning run in previous seasons while challenging for nothing.
I'm the same. Never understand the confidence on here for away games.
I agree that it isn't something getting worked up over as we are ahead of schedule. Yeah, it has only been a 5 game winning run (in the Prem), but a 5 game winning run is only a 5 game winning run until it becomes 6, 7, 8, etc. Who was to know that it would end tonight? We may have had longer winning runs in the recent past, but not with a side or a manager as good as this.
Yeah. ETH has made Old Trafford feel like home again, but we’re yet to get a statement win away under him. Fulham are in 6th and everyone else we have beaten are 15th or below. We were desperately wanting at Sociedad too with one of our worst second halves since forever. We couldn’t get a shot off when we had to score!
More likely than not but far from certain.
No one knew it's going to end tonight but the point is we shouldn't get carried away after winning 5 games in a row. Wait till we extend the strike to 7 or 8 to start getting hyped for a title challenge. The current team is good and improving gradually, game by game, and it's clear we are on the right track, however it's clear the team is not as good as a title challenger yet. If anything this game is probably a wake up call to the team, both players and manager, that we aren't here yet and shouldn't get complacent as we did in the 2nd half when the players tool the win today for granted. We aren't there yet and we need to work harder to keep winning.
Nothing is certain in football but we're in a strong position. 6 point buffer to Spurs in 5th, could be more if they drop points to City tomorrow night.
Yeah, i thought we played well tonight and most of the team were good but the front three were mostly poor. I'm really happy with the defence and midfield most of the time, it's just killing games where we sometimes struggle. We've been getting better at it recently but an 8 goal difference compared to City and Arsenal kind of indicates where the problem is. Also of the top ten teams in the league only Chelsea have scored less.
No they have a game in hand now, we’re 11 points ahead of Liverpool.
If they win Sat, we lose Sun. 8 points with a game in hand.
I wouldn't have recommended getting carried away, but I do believe that we were positioning ourselves nicely and it was great to feel a bit of optimism building. It is disappointing that the bubble has burst tonight and the current weaknesses in the side were on show. I just hope that we can have one more high quality window because that should do it.
Yeah but they’re shite
I wouldn't them off after we couldn't beat Palace.
So how is city in the race with one point above us?
Because they're better.
There not this season.
They haven't played Arsenal. 8 points gap is still reachable for them but I doubt it. Pep already threw the towel plus FA making sure Arsenal winning it with fixtures they have.
I had a nagging feeling all day that tonight was going to end in dropped points and with Liverpool finally putting in a decent performance in the cup vs Wolves and United going away to Arsenal on Sunday, this whole week feels like a bit a momentum shift. We're in good form and I don't expect us to suddenly plummet out of the top 4, but I do think that the race for the Champions League places will likely end up being very tight between United, Liverpool and Newcastle.
Well they're above us in the league table having played a game less, and even further ahead in other performance metrics like xPTS and xG. They have +28 goal difference and we have a +8. They've also proven in previous seasons they're top quality.
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Yep, we're in a great position for a top four finish. I'm sure most of us would have killed to be in this position after the first two matches of the season. The lack of depth, particularly in midfield, makes it unlikely that it'll be entirely smooth sailing, but then none of the big teams below us look capable of putting together the sort of streak it would take to overtake us.
Until we totally shot ourselves in the foot tonight, can guarantee we won't be getting any favours from teams playing Arsenal
Can't believe we just carelessly threw away the result with a dreadful second half,now we are back just playing for top 4 again
Because they have the squad quality and historical backing that shows if it clicks for them, they can literally go on a 19 league game winning run. They are a team that regularly puts up over 90 points. They're the top scorers this season...
