This is not the first time City have lost away to Spurs under Pep. In fact we have won titles without even scoring a single goal in Spurs new stadium. But, this time it feels completely different. It hurts more than it did in all of those previous years when we lost against Spurs. Ironically, it’s not today’s defeat that hurts. It’s the manner of how we lost. We looked...
It was one of the most surprising notifications I had received on my phone for a long time. It honestly came out of nowhere. Cancelo’s loan move was something which even a seasoned punter would not have sniffed at. My first thoughts were of thinking about the situation behind the scenes. Rarely have we seen City take such decisions in a hurry. Normally, City would have waited until the summer...
I was checking all of the latest transfer news related to Man City today. To be honest, I was not expecting to find much. You anyway don’t get much on a Sunday evening. But, it was surprising to find us linked with Arnau Martinez (https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/rumor-manchester-city-keen-signing-barcelona-target-20-million-release-clause-reports). What caught my eye even more was the fact that Barca are trying very hard to sign him. As I went through the profile of...
This question was bothering me to the core in the last few weeks. Let’s be honest, it would have bothered all of us in a much lesser way if Arsenal had not been challenging us for the title. In fact, there would be no debate on it if Arsenal were not in this commanding position. You will probably find that there is no straight answer to this question among our...
You could see against Dortmund that Haaland wasn’t his usual self. He was clearly in pain. His movement was not at it’s sharpest. You wondered if fatigue caught up with him. It was only after the match that all of us knew the foot injury he was nursing. To be fair, Haaland needed that rest. The timing of his injury has also been perfect like many things he does. We...
By no means I am telling you that Cole Palmer is similar in his style of play or position to Phil Foden. Only an Absolute idiot would think like that. The comparisons I am making is in the way Pep is slowly transitioning Palmer into the first team. It is very similar to the way in which Foden was integrated into our playing eleven. The euphoric thing about the entire...
I will have to say right from the off that Pep took a gamble regarding the right back position in the summer transfer window. I can understand that right back was not our exact priority. There were other positions like the left back and the forward which needed to be addressed on a priority basis. But, even back in the summer it felt as if we were just a Kyle...
The fact that we have been linked with Europe’s in – form left winger is not a surprise at all. It’s not been even four months since his arrival at Napoli and Kvaratskhelia has already turned the heads of various top clubs around Europe. The talk is that Real Madrid and PSG are also interested in landing this top talent from Napoli. The competition is going to be very stiff,...
Manchester United fans will argue that they they are transitioning to a possession style football under Ten Haag. But, looking at their performance against Arsenal, it was much more of a Ole Solskjaer kind of performance than a Ten Haag style of play. I know that they were ripped apart against Brentford in their attempt to play out from the back. But, how do you learn if you go back...
It was only yesterday morning that I was thinking about how calmly the International break has passed by. There were absolutely no whispers of any injuries and our players were also getting good game time. Add to all of this De Bruyne and Haaland were scoring goals as well. This looked like a perfect break for everyone. But, the sight of John Stones limping off yesterday was something that was...
