Beating Aston Villa 4-1 was like watching Pep Guardiola's team of last season - will it set the standard for the rest of the campaign?
Just when you thought they were out, they pull you back in. Well, nobody ever really believes are out of anything, but their flat performance against asked some questions of their title credentials, especially with them needing Mikel Arteta’s team and to drop more points than they do. Advertisement It remains a big ask, and the kind of questions that were asked over the past couple of days — will City actually click this season, like they always do? — cannot be answered by just one performance.
Advertisement City have not exactly been inconsistent — they have got the same strengths and the same weaknesses, it is just that those weaknesses often get exposed by the best teams — so it is not like they are dropping points every other week. They have not lost a game for four months. But they have seemed to lack those extra qualities that they had last season, and there has not been quite so much faith among the fanbase that they will be able to do it again, or at least go close.
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