General Premier League Thread 2022-23 - mod note in OP 12/03/23

Ah yeah. 11 in a row in the league alright. Dominant either way 👍

In the league Arsenal beat them in the FA Cup Semi-Final in July 2020 don't think they have played 15 times since then

Arsenal next 2 games are Villa and Leicester both away whereas City play Forest and Bournemouth.

Can see Arsenal dropping points in those games. City clear favourites now.

Klopp is best manager in the world, he is one a kind. Pep couldn’t do what Klopp does and still hasn’t won the CL despite sustained cheating in that competition as well for which they were banned for 2 years, but got it overturned on a technicality - not proven innocent. That club are a Sportswashing entity that true sportspeople look upon with disdain.

Maybe Neville is right about Arsenal.

It's not a new thing in the EPL is my point. United dominated when most of the other sides didn't have the funds to compete. That isn't the case now where the EPL is basically a super league and even midtable sides are able to challenge teams with European football for signings. Monaco and Lille were able to stop PSG's Qatari era with a fraction of those kinds of funds. There's no excuse for the other EPL teams not being able to challenge City better than they have.

City's spending has nothing to do with Arsenal buckling, what were they, like 8 points clear at one stage? they've wobbled and it's all to do with them, not City's spending.

I always chuckle at this logic.

Isn't it funny how the richest team is always so good they can take advantage with runs to get them to 90+ points?

Of course money has a role.

City deserved the win on the night, they sustained and if anything upped the pace through the second half. Arsenal just ran out of steam, and couldn't compete for the 100 minutes required, no shame really. Partay was a loss, as indeed was Jesus on the night.

It might be a microchism of the season - curt were all action up to the new year, but seem a little slower since. The likes of Martinell has been poor of late Co lares to early in the season, and nketia is a poor enough sub for Jesus, in spite of a hot streak for a few games there.

It does come down to resources.... in a parallel universe city can't afford to throw 50 plus million on the table for the likes of Phillips to make a handful of appearances, and he'd become available to the likes of Arsenal to sign for more realistic money. Credit to them on the night, but anyone with eyes can see the playing field is not level though.

I'm not saying money never has a role, of course it does just not in this case, City's money isn't the cause for the wobble Arsenal are having now.

Fair enough.

That’s such a silly take. Do you understand football? Arsenal have been picking basically the same 13 players for every game in a condensed season. City have a £60m back up DM on the bench, with a £60m Laporte as back up to the £60m Dias and £40m Ake. And a £100m pound record signing who scored a vital goal and who keeps Foden on the bench? And the man who scored 4 goals in Copa De Libertaroras Final is on the bench in case they needed him - they didn’t.

Yeah, but it’s bottle according to you. Where was City’s bottle when Brentford beat them? A complete, total and maybe intended misreading of what happened tonight.