Who can stop Man City from winning the Premier League?

Premier League 2017, starting eachRound 5 Man Citytook the championship title and “alone, on a horse” to finish with a gap of 19 points, compared to the second team MU. This could happen again with coach Pep Guardiola and his team when they just defeated their opponent Chelsea 1-0.

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Coach Pep Guardiola and his team just defeated Chelsea 1-0. Photo: MCFC

There was a time when Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea made the Premier League exciting and attractive again. Even coach Thomas Tuchel's students had the advantage of leading the field, but with a thin squad, Covid-19 and injuries gradually weakened Chelsea. The Championes League champion was in crisis, both in defense and attack. In the "6 points" match, not only did they lose 0-1, but the away team's statistics were far behind Man City, they only had 44% possession, took 4 shots, and hit the goal 1 (the opponent had 11 and 6). Even the corner kick index of 9/1 was in favor of Man City. Goalkeeper Kepa made 5 miraculous saves for Chelsea.

Liverpool are in third place with a gap of 14 points, but M. Salah and Sadio Mane, the Merseyside team's best players, have returned to play in the African Cup of Nations for their national teams. Coach Jürgen Norbert Klopp's chances are probably only to compete for second place rather than thinking about the Premier League title.

Although there are still 16 rounds left, it seems that no club in the Premier League can stop Man City from successfully defending the championship. The 4th championship in 5 years is unlikely to escape coach Pep Guardiola and his team when they have surpassed the rest of the Premier League. The team at the top of the rankings has scored 54 goals, conceded 13 goals, becoming the team with the strongest attack in the tournament, the best defense in the foggy country.

They have now won 18 games and are on a 12-game winning streak since early October 2021. In the last 5 matches, Man City players have scored 20 goals, truly a destructive form. In the past 15 days, Man City have faced 2 London clubs, Arsenal and Chelsea, but Man City have won both games without much difficulty. Ahead of them are only 3 tough opponents in the Big Six group, including Tottenham (February 19), Man United (March 5), Liverpool (April 9), but with home field advantage and current form, it is difficult for any opponent to withstand Man City.

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Coach Guardiola has announced that he will leave Man City after his current contract expires in June 2023. Photo: Mara

Last year, Man City won the Premier League with 86 points and now Man City has 56 points. At this rate, they will have the 8th championship in history before 5.6 rounds. Under the hands of the old fox Guardiola, many Man City players have matured, if last season Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Sterling, Grealish, Foden have made visible progress, now Ruben Dias, Nathan Ake, Riyad Mahrez and Gabriel Jesus show that they are worthy of the huge salary.

Man City can play with many different tactical formations, even defenders can score. The Spanish coach made the Premier League crazy with Barca's famous tiki-taka style of play and was a pioneer in developing Man City's current popular high pressing, short passing style.

Coach Guardiola accepted to lead Man City from the 2015-2016 season, after saying goodbye to Bayern Munich with a full record. In the past five years, the 50-year-old coach brought to the Etihad Stadium three Premier League titles, one FA Cup and four League Cups. In the 2020-2021 season, he and his students reached the Champions League final but lost 0-1 to Chelsea. At the beginning of the season, Coach Guardiola announced that he would leave Man City after the end of his current contract - which expires in June 2023. Is it possible that the Spanish coach is once again full of records and needs to conquer new heights?