The Title Race 2022/23

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Go for the jugular now City. Didn't see much in Arsenal tonight so put them under pressure.
 
Tonight was their first big game under pressure and it showed. Nervous crowd, erratic challenges, Arteta losing his wig…

I think they’re a very good side but I don’t think they’re quite ready to win the league.

Our result on Thursday will either panic them or offer them the excessive breathing room they need. Must win game.
 
I like Arteta but he embarrassed himself on the touchline tonight.

As for Arsenal fans- deluded doesn't even do them justice. Already there's another conspiracy against them.
 
I suppose what we have going for us, is that if we do start to close the gap, there will be a strong feeling of "here we go - City are going to win it from behind again" throughout football ... including in the Arsenal dressing room.

Everyone in football is quick to give up and assume they can't compete with City, these days.
 
Manc123 said:
We aren't that far off arsenal. We are yet to play them, also they've had the benefit of hardly no injuries and have managed to play near identical team everygame. We've just got to up a performances and start putting wins on the board.
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Arteta looked like he was feeling the pressure of being at the top tonight. Next match will show a lot of both us and them.
 
WestGorton said:
Go for the jugular now City. Didn't see much in Arsenal tonight so put them under pressure.
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I hope the other teams were watching. Neville picked up on a key to their tactics which is for Odegaard and Xhaka to try and entice the full back closer to the CB and out of position to allow space for Martinelli and Saka. They did it well for 10 minutes before Burn in particular figured it out and Newcastle got a midfielder sitting in those areas as extra cover. From then on they ran out of ideas really.
 
Gray said:
Our performance against Everton gives me no confidence at all for the rest of the season.
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I agree we were poor (as we were against Brentford) but we can only hope it's Pep limping through lesser games with a lesser team to keep powder dry for the big games. Everyone knows Grealish and Mahrez on the wings doesn't work and no Fodem reduces our energy ams threat hugely so I suspect we'll see more of Foden and Alvarez as the season goes on giving us more of the energy we sorely lacked against Everton. Gundo seems to be being nursed along too. I didn't see anything from Arse or Newcastle last night to think that we weren't better than them if we get to anywhere near our level.
 
Gray said:
Our performance against Everton gives me no confidence at all for the rest of the season.
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Wow!
So because we didn’t win one game you have no confidence
Four league titles is 5 years
four league cups in the last 5 years
Champions league final
Best manager on the world
and your losing confidence over one Everton game
 
Manchester33 said:
Tonight was their first big game under pressure and it showed. Nervous crowd, erratic challenges, Arteta losing his wig…

I think they’re a very good side but I don’t think they’re quite ready to win the league.

Our result on Thursday will either panic them or offer them the excessive breathing room they need. Must win game.
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Yet they moved 8 points clear. With us playing Chelsea to change that and even then still 5 points clear.

That, I think has been part of the problem, we haven't put them under enough pressure and they have been able to play freely.

They could have been playing the last game before the world cup to stay on top, but we lost to brentford. Going away to a tricky brighton and we dropped points to Everton.

For them to feel the pressure, which is something everyone seems to think would affect them, we need to start closing the gap, and winning games before they play.

We have two now before they play again. Both tough games, but IF we win those two, gap down to 2 points. Then, they might well feel the pressure. If we don't though, they will have a fair boost of belief going into their tougher games.
 
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I agree we were poor (as we were against Brentford) but we can only hope it's Pep limping through lesser games with a lesser team to keep powder dry for the big games. Everyone knows Grealish and Mahrez on the wings doesn't work and no Fodem reduces our energy ams threat hugely so I suspect we'll see more of Foden and Alvarez as the season goes on giving us more of the energy we sorely lacked against Everton. Gundo seems to be being nursed along too. I didn't see anything from Arse or Newcastle last night to think that we weren't better than them if we get to anywhere near our level.
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I think it's definitely a motivation thing human nature I guess. How can they put in that extra yard of effort when they can think f**k it we've won this 4 times already
 
Mancini’s Pastilles said:
I think it's definitely a motivation thing human nature I guess. How can they put in that extra yard of effort when they can think f**k it we've won this 4 times already
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Motivation is breaking records, they could equal the record of 3 in a row for titles. Then go for 4 in a row which has never been done in English football. Seeing that gimp Jordan Henderson lifting the title knocked me sick, hopefully that’s the motivation that keeps our squad turning up season after season.
 
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