Their fixture list is really piling up. It's a real shame they've got a walk over FA Cup semi as that'll help a lot and be a heavy rotation job.
Draw against Liverpool at Anfield , who just smashed United 7 nil...is a fine result. Too much dramatization about this.
Treble my ass. WE will take the FA Cup.
I’m looking at the coming weeks and City play four games between 12th and 22nd including two against Bayern and one FA cup semi final before their game against your lot. And then Fulham away two days after that. Which is 6 games in 18 days.
Let’s beat Brighton first. They’re the kind of team that looks suited to play us
They played Shefield U. They can afford to rotate, and still favorite to win. This is the key where as there is no spacing advantage of the schedule from Southampton to their game against Chelsea.
If both of them winning the next two games and Arsenal continue their terrible record away to Pep City (gain no point), then it likely would put more pressure on Arsenal when they're level on points.
Even if it’s a point at anfield and not a bad result in the scheme of things, they were seconds away from taking all 3 points and got pegged back. I was mostly referring to the title being back in city’s hands though - win the rest of their games and the title is theirs which must give you a massive boost.
And they’ve got the points in the bag for one additional game and could get a draw at City. People are just assuming Cuty will win those two. Only once they do that is it small advantage City
we’ve won 7 and drawn 1 of our last 8 league games. It’s only because city never drop points that the title isn’t done and dusted. Normally that type of run wins the title. It’s different when city are chasing.
Agreed, huge boost for city, I feel if we don’t get something at city they win the league.
If Arsenal go into the run in thinking 'City game is a free hit' then with that mindset they won't win the league.
If City are a level above them, then why are they trailing them by a few points after 30 matches played?
City have a big squad though, it's why they do so well in the league. Players like £50m Kalvin Phillips barely gets a kick about.
In a way, adding that monstrous Haaland actually made them seem more vulnerable in a long campaign. Madness.
It didn't
They had a huge difference in depth maybe in the first 2-3 years with Pep, now a days there depth isn't much different to most other top teams.
It's the attacking depth that's been there biggest edge over the last 4 or so years, which you can see on the benches you've provided.
Agree, it's the attacking depth where City are a cut above and I think is why they are probably favourites now. They're looking imperious and other teams are rolling over for them.
Isn't that more or a credability to Pep in coverting his midfielders into attackers? Grealish and Silva are midfielder who play in front 3 when needed too, it's like United using Bruno or Erikson in that role from time to time or Aresnal using Fabio as an attacking options. Pep is probably the best attacking managers out their I feel many player will benefit from his set up, but that doesn't translate elsewhere, anyone else having this option doesn't mean their attack would be functional just look at England Rashford, Kane, Sterling, Saka, Foden, Grealish, Toney.
Grealish was a LW at Villa. Bernardo can do both but he's played as a RW for Portugal.
Southgate really isn't fit in the same sentence as Pep.
If City wins at Etihad and both teams win their remaining games (or otherwise take an equal number of points), it'll come down to goal differential. Those were two really crucial points dropped by Arsenal on Sunday. Also, they have Newcastle away left to play, with no comparably difficult fixture for City.
I suppose its how you class Brighton or Brentford away.
You should perhaps add the cup fixtures into City's fixtures, because they could become a factor.
Not as hard as Newcastle away, I'd say.
Very clearly not as hard, but still a bit tricky.
Absolutely. There's every possibility of a slip-up, for both teams.
Draw after being two up though.
Business end of the season now . I could see City losing a CL game or possibly an FA Cup final but not the league. Arsenal will struggle at City and Newcastle.
Let's hope you are right. Need Arsenal to finish trophyless. Also do not want City to win anything other than the league. They are in line for a treble at this point. Need them to be out of the cups.
