They have to play us away with 5 games to go!The pressure on Arsenal is going to be like nothing ever seen before but it is up to us to make sure that it is applied to them.
Albeit, it started in a daze, we looked very much by far a better team then compared to nowOn 12 November in the treble season, we lost to the team we beat today. At the Etihad, too. This, from the report on the beeb:
Manchester City just crawled over the line against Fulham with a stoppage-time penalty from Haaland but there were no escape this time and they did not deserve one.
City started as if in a daze, conceding early chances, and they were still only half awake even after Toney headed Brentford in front.
It looked like they were back on track after Foden's leveller but for all their increased pressure there was none of their trademark fluency as they were frustrated by Brentford's defensive resilience and determination.
There was then the break for the World Cup. I think very, very few people thought we were going to be PL champions at that point. Nobody so much as conceived we were going to do the European treble.
The great thing about City — and it's been pretty much true since the 2011-12 season, and very true since Guardiola arrived — is that nobody quite knows how the team is going to evolve through the season. The one exception, really, was 2017-18, where we started at A and headed relentlessly to Z in a straight line. Last season, at slightly later than this point in it, City dropped through the floor. We'd been rocky, but nobody quite foresaw, either, quite how far we would plummet. Least of all the boss.
It's interesting being a City supporter, it's fun… I have no idea how this season is going to pan out.
Were 7 points better off from the same games from last season, unbeaten in Europe, top scorers in the league, got the old Foden back, and somehow improved Haarland! And unbeaten in our last 7 games!I've seen us playing exactly the same as last season so far, no change at all
It's not a poor league IMO. It was a poor league when us and Liverpool both got over 90 points and made it like the Scottish PL! Having teams like Palace scoring last minute winners against the champions isn't poor, its competitive. mid table teams will throw up a few surprise results in this title race! just like Wigan, Everton and Sunderland did to us and united in 2012! that was far from poor!It’s a poor league, so if we can stay in there or there abouts and somebody on the recruitment department does their job well in Jan, we may have a chance
It’s a poor ‘standard’ league if we are 3 points off top playing our drossIt's not a poor league IMO. It was a poor league when us and Liverpool both got over 90 points and made it like the Scottish PL! Having teams like Palace scoring last minute winners against the champions isn't poor, its competitive. mid table teams will throw up a few surprise results in this title race! just like Wigan, Everton and Sunderland did to us and united in 2012! that was far from poor!
Difference being that wonderful team had peak Yaya, peak Sergio, peak Vinny, peak Dave, peak Barry, peak Nasri.They have to play us away with 5 games to go!
United were 8 points clear with five games to go in 2012, one of them was away to us!
Pressure needs calm heads, Arteta is hysterical in pre season friendlies!
why do people take such things to such extremes.That's it, concentrate on the negatives.
Your last sentence is just plain stupid. Injuries are not an excuse, they are what happens when players are playing 60+ matches a season for club and country. Nobody can litigate for the sheer number of long term injuries we had to key players last season and we still have a few now. Our three best signings, arguably, in Marmoush, Khusanov and Cherki are still out. Kovacic is still out. What do we do, go and buy another 4 players?
You can't have 24+ potential Ballon d'Or winners in ANY squad because top players want to be out there playing, not sat on the bench in case another player gets injured. That's why we have players wanting to leave from time to time, Alvarez for example.
EVERY whinger on this board makes the same mistake, they seek perfection and you'll never find it.
6 to go in 2012. Then they lost to Wigan and it was 5 ahead with 5 to playThey have to play us away with 5 games to go!
United were 8 points clear with five games to go in 2012, one of them was away to us!
Pressure needs calm heads, Arteta is hysterical in pre season friendlies!
There is no R in Haaland. He's been here long enough to learn how to spell his surname fucking correctly. The amount of posters on here who can't even spell his name is beginning to do my head in.Were 7 points better off from the same games from last season, unbeaten in Europe, top scorers in the league, got the old Foden back, and somehow improved Haarland! And unbeaten in our last 7 games!
Last season Arsenal beat us 5-1 at the Emerates and United beat us at home and we drew at Brentford! We are a lot better this season than last season mate!
Go to bed mate lolThere is no R in Haaland. He's been here long enough to learn how to spell his surname fucking correctly. The amount of posters on here who can't even spell his name is beginning to do my head in.
No, it pisses me off haha.Go to bed mate lol
It's not a poor league IMO. It was a poor league when us and Liverpool both got over 90 points and made it like the Scottish PL! Having teams like Palace scoring last minute winners against the champions isn't poor, its competitive. mid table teams will throw up a few surprise results in this title race! just like Wigan, Everton and Sunderland did to us and united in 2012! that was far from poor!
It's not as if he's one of the most famous names in world football or anything.There is no R in Haaland. He's been here long enough to learn how to spell his surname fucking correctly. The amount of posters on here who can't even spell his name is beginning to do my head in.
Isn’t it just, we have been barely average yet could be top this morning (on goals scored) without that very late equaliser at the Emirates.It’s a poor league, so if we can stay in there or there abouts and somebody on the recruitment department does their job well in Jan, we may have a chance
LOL..Dross? You sure about that ? Personally I'm enjoying our playing style. It's a new young team with some long term injuries. Rodri's back (sort of), we have the best striker in europe in top form and we'd be sitting top if it weren't for that late equalizer at the emirates.It’s a poor ‘standard’ league if we are 3 points off top playing our dross
I thinknthat's what could be the difference for us this year. With so much potential upset each week, whoever can put together consistent runs will nose ahead - and as we've shown, even with shaky-ish starts, once we get into the season and especially the run-in, we can often find those...Poor league my ass.
Very strong league this year.