The players and the manager have to have something to rally against, it is this siege mentality that works so well for successful clubs down the years. And you can chose to believe what you want. Whatever gets you through the night. But you cannot ignore what you see with your own eyes. Yes, you can point out decisions that don't go your way, but they only get mentioned when the team doesn't get the 3 points. If City win that game yesterday, which they should have, nobody even mentions the Solanke goal. Spurs were there for the taking, but for some reason the players didn't move out of second gear. There was no reaction when Spurs came back into it. You can't blame that on VAR. They didn't lose the derby because Dalot stayed on the pitch. They lost from giving a spineless performance over the 90 odd minutes. And it was the same in Bodo. Fix the problems on the pitch and the rest will even itself out.