Since the beginning of the season, Man City have won 8 and only drawn 1 after 9 rounds. This achievement helped The Citizens take the top spot in social insurance with 25 points, 5 points ahead of 2nd-placed M.U.
The home team at Eithad has never seen such careful preparation as this year. The 2017 summer transfer market was a successful time for Man City when they achieved everything they wanted.
This year, The Citizens brought to the Etihad 6 names (last year 7), but the new players were all carefully selected by Pep and in fact, the battle has affirmed that those choices are the right one. Last year, Pep brought in 7 new players, but 5 of them including: Bravo, Nolito, Gundogan, Zinchenko and Moreno were eliminated or injured for the whole season, only Stones and Sane proved their worth. This year is different, new faces such as Mendy, Walker, Silva, Ederson, Danilo and Luiz all play positively and have made practical contributions on the field.
That helps Pep not lose steam like last season when Man City had a period of excellent season but started to slow down from the middle of the season. This year's tight lineup makes Pep easy to rotate but still ensures professional quality. Therefore, every time Man City take the field, they always have the best squad with the most physically fit players.
Man City's attack this year no longer revolves around Aguero. With the addition of Jesus, Bernado Silva and the maturity of Sane, Man City have too many options to approach the opponent's goal (Sterling has not fully recovered). The proof is that after 9 matches, Pep's team has fallen into the net of their opponents 32 times (3.5 goals/match), an impressive number.
The danger for Man City lies in their opponents not knowing how to neutralize the illusion in the attack with too many excellent names. Now that Aguero is no longer the main name, Pep has 4-5 attacking trios in hand that can debut at any time and achieve good performance.
This year's defense has Mendy, Danilo, Walker and Luiz. These 4 names have made the checkpoints in front of the goal almost a solid concrete piece. The 4 goals conceded since the beginning of the season have spoken to all the efficiency of these extremely expensive new recruits.
Man City is still changing more strongly and more effectively. It is too early to talk about the championship, but with what they have, Pep Guardiola and his team have the right to dream.
