Saturday, November 18, 2017

A Beautiful Machine

Man, City have been lavished in praise today:

"They are playing some of the best football ever played in the history of the Premier League. I think we're looking at another invincible team this season.
"Think about it as the sort of thing you'll play in five-a-side, except this is being executed at the top level. I've never quite seen anything like it.
"I think we're looking at another invincible team this season. They have the ability to go all the way unbeaten.
"They have so much depth in the squad, they can cover in any position and I've not seen a team like this in a very long time."
-Garth Crooks, BBC

"the best team in Europe".
-Leicester manager Claud Puel


"I am happy to be part of that exclusive club that has gone a full season unbeaten. I hope they [City] don't do it, but it is looking like they will. I don't see who is going to stop them. If they get complacent, maybe. But I think Guardiola is all over that one. He is picking up on mistakes in training. He will stop at nothing. He is a serial winner. City are a series of players who are artists. They paint beautiful football for us each and every week, and in every game [Gabriel] Jesus or [Sergio] Aguero are on the end of it."
-Martin Keown, player for Arsenal's "Invincibles" of 2003-04

"City are getting more and more dangerous as they go forward. They are a joy to watch this season. They have more talented, technical players and there's no disputing that. To go unbeaten this far in the season is quite remarkable from this group."
-David Pleatt, former Spurs manager


"If Man City continue to win points at an average of 2.83 per game, they are on track for 108 points."-BBC write-up. (No EPL squad has ever broken the 100-point barrier.)