Whsper it but, while they're still the third best team in the league and a good team, they're not that great.
They were being wanked over by everyone when they were top of the league, and since then their form has turned to shite. They play basic, rudimentary, percentage football and are nowhere near as attractive to watch as City. LIverpool should never have surrendered their lead a few weeks ago either and it took a 1 in 100 worldie from Kovacic to get them back into the game. They're not on Liverpool's level, never mind City's.
When people say Bayern, City, Liverpool and Chelsea are the four best teams in the world, Chelsea just look so out of place. Yes they won the CL Final but that was more to do with Guardiola trying to be too clever and everyone knows an inferior team can beat a superior in a one off game. They're clearly far from the best team in Europe.
Have some good players but some staggeringly average ones too, and play basic football as I said. Have to laugh at the wanking over Tuchel as well - he's a top manager but clearly not even close to Klopp or Pep's level. I'd have Conte over him too, even if Conte's teams aren't generally that attractive to watch either.
I don't know if it's the deluded London press or whatever, but the arse-licking this lot receive is ridiculous. By the end of this season they will have won 2 out of the last 12 titles, yet every season moronic pundits back them to win the league. City alternatively will have won 4 out of 5 titles in all likelihood come May. It's clear City are a much better team with much better players and a much better managers, but the brain trust that you call English football pundits consistently preedict Chelsea to beat City (and Liverpool) to the league title.
City and Chelsea have both had foreign investment. But Chelsea turned into more of a functional, defensive team since they had the investment, whereas City have been a more attractive possession style team. Even before Pep put his imprint on City they were a much more attractive watch than Chelsea. I would much rather watch City 2012 than Chelsea 2005, for example.
Laughable when you think about it really.
