World's richest Club,one of the Strongest physical teams in the League,the only team to have beaten the Champions Chelsea this season,Manchester City suddenly crashed down to earth on Sunday,Arsenal thumping them 3-0 in their own backyard! Title contenders???
Sure,going down to 10 men in 5 th minute doesn't help,but it was City's own fault! It's always tough to beat Arsenal at their passing game,but City were supposed to be tailor made for that.Arsenal have always struggled against physically imposing teams,and City have been ruthless in their tackling this season( Newcastle's Ben Arfa can surely testify!) But,in the manner they were taken apart by Arsenal,it wasn't a title-challenging team,some of the members just looked resigned to the defeat,in front of their own fans! Even in bad times,can you imagine Manchester Utd or Chelsea doing that??? Never.
That's a big problem for City,they have bought good players with the money,very good players.,but not the Champions!! Players like Milner and Silva,they can be mesmerizing at times,but they aren't used to winning trophies!
Besides, City are almost designed to defend the leads,with 3 men defensive midfield (an interesting fact in Sunday's game was City conceded 3 despite that 3 man defensive shield,while Arsenal's only specialist in that role,Alex Song got a goal in the game!!!) When fallen behind,they don't look that threatening,and title challengers can't do that!
Speaking of title challengers,Chelsea broke another of their own record on Saturday.They have now gone 8 full games at Home without conceding a single goal!! Last man to score at Stamford Bridge was Aston Villa's John Carew,way back in April.Do you remember Chelsea's response to that goal??
Chelsea went on to win 7-1!!!
agreed
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