Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Manchester City beat Feyenoord 1-0 yesterday at the Etihad making it four straight wins in the Champions League. They have not lost in the EPL either and have only one draw. They have won eleven. This BLUUUUEE! was written before yesterday's match:

The way City are playing is not only pleasing on the eye for everyone who watches football, it might just be the best we have ever seen on these shores.
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There has never been a team playing quite like this. There have been good football teams, great football teams, but City are playing in a completely different style, a style which goes against the grain of English football. You are looking not at a front four or even front six who are all capable on the ball, but a full XI.

We have never seen a team play football of this quality in such a consistent fashion before. We have seen teams put in great performances and win titles while entertaining, but there is something else about this City side. Top-level football is so much about pressing and pace now that City are having to make split-second decisions in their passing and movement and they are getting them right almost every time. You have to be almost physically and mentally perfect to execute that.
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Anything is possible for this Manchester City team...Guardiola's methods are delivering some of the best football England has ever seen...