Tag Archives: Manchester City

And, at the end, there were but two left standing…

We’re through the looking-glass here, people. Liverpool’s dramatic derby drubbing at Goodison Park may have knocked them out of this three-way title-race once and for all—and, even as I type those words, I know full-well just how wary we’ll have to be as we prepare for our own derby this weekend. More on that later. For now, Liverpool’s loss leaves them on outside looking in, needing both us an Man City to drop points. Time grows short. Their list of allies grows thin. We and Man City run neck and neck even as they have the inside track.

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Arsenal send Man City a dramatic signal of intent (by thrashing Chelsea)

Well, that escalated quickly. After a first half in which it started to feel like it might be one of those nights during which we’d dominate possession, create boatloads of chances, and concede some slapstick goal completely against the run of play, we erupted for four goals inside of 15 minutes, completely eviscerating a Chelsea side that some of the more-naïve among us might just jeopardise our chances at winning the Prem. Along the way, we threw down a gauntlet, daring the Man City monolith to pick it up. Let’s savour the savouries, shall we?

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No, Chicken Little, the sky is not falling. Seriously.

Okay, so Wednesday delivered just about the worst combination of results we might have drawn up were we in charge of anything. Not only did we crash out courtesy of Bayern’s 1-0 result, but Man CIty followed suit an hour or so later on penalties. This combination at least resolved the paradox of us hoping to proceed deep into Champions League play in pursuit of domestic glory if not a double while hoping that Man City proceed deep into Champions League play in order to deplete them on both fronts. The sky is not falling—yet. Yes, there’s some rubble to sift through.

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It aint’ over just yet, but the fat lady has been practicing her scales…

It wasn’t supposed to be this way! It was supposed to be a thing of beauty, not this…this abomination! Liverpool’s shock loss at home to Crystal Palace had us dreaming of a Prem title, and rightly. so. Even if Aston Villa’s visit was always going to be fraught with peril, I think I speak for most of us when I say that the worst that we expected was a hard fought win. To end up on the very wrong end of an 0-2 scoreline that very much flattered us is a real kick in the knickers, to say the least. Does our season lie (lay?) in ruins? It feels like it, but there’s still time to shut that fat lady up before she even starts.

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This is the weekend when Arsenal won the Prem. Full-stop.

This, clearly, was the weekend during which Arsenal won the Prem for the first time in twenty years. Yes, Man City obliterated Palace. Yes, we waltzed past Brighton. The result that really and truly mattered, however, was the one at Old Trafford that saw Liverpool struggle to salvage a point against a wide-open, injury-ravaged host. The two points they dropped put us firmly in the driver’s seat. We’re now level on points with those lousy scousers, a position we absolutely won’t let slip through our fingers at any point between now and the end of the season.

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