Quote from: SatoPrincess on Today at 03:37:31 AM

Quote from: imamusma on February 02, 2025, 08:35:17 PM

It seems that Manchester City is at the end of its glory era, Pep Guardiola seems to have lost his touch, they don't look like a team that once won the Premier League four times in a row. Arsenal celebrated a big win today with full of emotions, a win that maybe they themselves never imagined. Five goals scored by five different players, in my opinion, can explain how bad Manchester City defense line is. This big win certainly increases the pressure on Liverpool, and Arteta can still hope his team can lead the standings in the future.

Not entirely, Manchester City are still a very good side and just like every other team goes through this phase at some point and City are not the first to go through this struggling phase and it will pass. Obviously this big win will put a bit of pressure on Liverpool in the title race and also serve as a boost to Arteta’s dream of winning the league trophy this season with hopes that Manchester City will play better against Liverpool and hopefully win.

Yes, if you say that Manchester City has lost its glory days, maybe that assumption is a little inaccurate. Because after all, Manchester City still has many great players in its squad. So one day it is possible that Manchester City's great performance will recover. Maybe at the moment I personally also see that Manchester City is experiencing an imbalance in their squad and this has a big influence on their performance. So Pep is also still fixing this problem at the moment, because he also definitely wants to provide good results for Manchester City, especially if for example Pep will leave Manchester City next season. Therefore, in my opinion, underestimating Manchester City at this time is not the right time.

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Apart from that, in 2 weeks Manchester City will face Real Madrid to compete for a ticket to the knockout rounds of the UCL. I think this match will be very exciting. Because you could say this match is a match between former champions in the UCL. So this match will definitely be quite fierce, even though Manchester City is currently not performing well. But if, for example, in this match against Real Madrid, Manchester City can win, I think this will be able to restore the confidence of the players. Therefore, Pep really has to design the right strategy to beat Real Madrid. Even though it will definitely be difficult, at least Pep really has to give his best for this match against Real Madrid.