Quote from: armanda90 on Today at 02:53:23 AM

Quote from: kawetsriyanto on December 04, 2023, 09:59:27 PM

It is because people think Man City is still as strong as the last season. But if we consider there are some changes in Man City squad, we can understand that Man City are possible to get draws or loses. Also, it is true that Man City played against strong teams in EPL in the last 3 matches. So, it is not easy for Man City to get full points. Moreover, since De Bruyne got injury for a long time, Man City performance is decreasing a lot. Pep still can't get a proper solution for this problem, it seems no player has the similar capability as De Bruyne. I think Bernardo Silva can be the right player to replace him, but it seems Bernardo Silva has a different style in playing. So, he can't be an effective solution for the absence of De Bruyne.

Last season, Manchester City have two top midfielder between İlkay Gündoğan and Kevin De Bruyne but when Pep Guardiola have loss both of them make difficult with balance on midfielder position. Thee draw matches in a row are bad achievement for Manchester City and Pep Guardiola won one against top six matches when facing Manchester United. On attacking midfielder position, Pep Guardiola have tried many option from Julian Alvarez and Bernando Silva but still difficult how to make balance midfielder between defensive and offensive. Probably with Erling Haaland have difficult scoring goals since Kevin De Bruyne get injury and he need great midfielder give assists for him on every match.

Upcoming match, Manchester City will face another top fourth standings team Aston Villa, how possibility for Pep Guardiola stopping draw record or Aston Villa will be the same as top fourth standing team make Guardiola difficult for winning match.

This season it seems that Manchester City is not as strong as last season when they still had 2 great midfielders who were able to provide assists to Erling Haaland so that Erling Haaland was able to score lots of goals thanks to these opportunities. Now Ilkay Gundongan is no longer at the club and Kevin de Bruyne is injured. Erling Haaland must continue to fight to take advantage of the opportunities that exist, consecutive draws are a result that Pep Guardiola does not want to expect because Manchester City has lost a lot of points thanks to consecutive draws and now Manchester City is in 3rd place with a difference of 3 points from Arsenal.

Manchester City's previous two tough matches were held at the Etihad but unfortunately Manchester City did not manage to use their full strength at home and in the next tough match Manchester City will play away at Aston Vila's headquarters. These two teams have a difference of 1 point where Aston Vila is at 4th ranked Manchester City will experience pressure from the home team. If Manchester City cannot win, Manchester City will continue to fall from the top 3 and this is a bad achievement for Manchester City as a team that won the title last season.