Premier League: No 'Christmas twist'

(Baonghean.vn) - NormallyOther major European leagues such as Serie A (Italy), La Liga (Spain), Bundesliga (Germany) or Ligue 1 (France) have a few more matches before taking a winter break, while the Premier League (England) speeds up with a tight schedule. Christmas is also the time when English teams compete to push the top, but this season, after the Manchester derby, everything seems to be settled.

After the derby, the New York Post ran an article headlined “Manchester City Can’t Catch Up Anymore”; with the comment:

“Manchester City winning the championship is no longer a matter of debate, the only question is how many points they will win by. The tournament is not even halfway through, but Pep Guardiola and his team are far superior, having only lost two points. Against any opponent, at home or away, Manchester City always dominates the game.”

Pep Guardiola won the Premier League first leg with three games to spare with an impressive performance that left the English winter football pitch with no matches to look forward to.

Alone, one horse

In the history of the Premier League, Manchester City has not created the biggest gap after 16 rounds. In the 2005-2006 season, Chelsea had 43 points and was 12 points ahead of their next opponent MU. In the 1993-1994 season, Manchester United had 41 points and was also 12 points ahead of their closest rival Blackburn.

Man City are making the English winter football season boring. Photo: Internet

Currently, Manchester City is “only” 11 points ahead of Manchester United, but Pep Guardiola’s team has 46 points, much more impressive. Former player Alan Shearer commented on BBC: “There are still 5 months left until the end of the season, but the championship race is over. I don’t see any opponent strong enough to stop Manchester City from winning the title this season.”

Manchester City not only deservedly beat Manchester United and other giants were also convincingly defeated by Pep Guardiola's team.

Commentator Shearer said that the "Red Devils" were closest to Manchester City, the only team with potential and strength to catch up, but in the confrontation right at home, they showed too much weakness. During the 90 minutes on the field, the Red Devils completely gave up the game, only knowing how to retreat deep to defend, passively resisting.

Manchester City controlled the ball a lot and seemed to focus on winning the ball back whenever they lost it. That made experts agree that the championship race ended early after round 16 with the Manchester derby in which 3 points belonged to Manchester City.

Good knight

The Citizens have one of the most talented coaches in Europe. Against West Ham, Pep Guardiola played defensively and sent out 4 strikers to win 2-1 and take all 3 points.

In the Manchester derby, although the main striker Aguero was not injured, the person chosen to start was Gabriel Jesus, the Brazilian striker who had a total of 11 goals in the Premier League in 977 minutes on the field. In fact, Jesus played quite well in this match, tearing apart the MU defense with his tricky, Latin-style dribbling.

When Man City did not have the service of left-back Mendy due to injury, Pep pulled midfielder Delph to fill in on the left wing. Coach Pep Guardiola's ability to turn the situation around and come up with bold plans against different opponents is one of the most important factors for experts to highly appreciate Manchester City.

The Citizens have the most talented coach in Europe, Pep Guardiola. Photo: Internet

Pep always has two quality players in each position on the pitch to ensure the machine runs smoothly. Just look at how hard Mourinho works when Paul Pogba, Michael Carrick and Marouane Fellaini are out of the pitch to see the talent of the Spanish coach.

This explains why Mourinho has lost 9 times against Pep, becoming the person who has defeated the "special one" the most.

In addition to their strong force, Man City this season also shows dominance in terms of playing style and mentality compared to other big teams. When they play their own football, imposing on all opponents the same mentality of winning.

It's really hard to beat a team like that. Pep's Manchester City are likely to extend their winning streak to 15 games. They will only visit Swansea City, who are currently second from bottom, on Thursday morning. They could even win the Premier League and have an unbeaten season.

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