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Wins: 164 🎯 Assists: 73 ⚽️ Goals: 47 🏆🏆
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Guardiola: "He is one of the best players
in the last decade." what do u call him, i called him el mago

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Impressive

One of the biggest changes in Pep
Guardiola's second season at Manchester
City compared to his first is the mentality of
his players. A year of working with the
coach and learning his methods has not
only given them the confidence to trust in
what the manager demands, but it's also
toughened them up when they really
needed it.
There were questions over whether
Guardiola could hack it in England last
season. As the team's form hit a dip after a
10-game winning start, the manager,
annoyed at consistently fielding questions
about whether he'd abandon his ideals and
switch to a more up-and-at-'em approach,
dug his heels in -- saying he'd "go home" if
his style didn't work.
After a 4-2 embarrassment at Leicester, the
knives were out when he said he didn't
"coach tackles," while a 4-0 defeat at Everton
later in the season had some suggesting
he should walk away with his tail between
his legs.
It took some time for the players to get used
to it. Now that they are, though, it has
resulted in City putting on performances
that have been mouth-wateringly good.
Barely a match has gone by this term
without a sublime goal, tapped in from close
range after a picturesque one or two-touch
passing move has ripped a tightly packed
defence to pieces.
Those questions about Guardiola's methods,
stemming from the inaccurate belief that the
English league is only winnable if there is a
rough-and-tumble element to a team, now
look daft. City are about to clinch one of the
most one-sided Premier League title races
ever and it's all down to their performances
-- it's not a "weak season" as some would
suggest.
If it was such a weak Premier League this
year, why did all five Champions League
entrants make it to the round of 16 with
relative ease and why is nobody else closer
to City, given they've all played the so-called
weak teams, too?
Outside City, few can really appreciate the
size of the task on Guardiola's hands. While
last season laid the foundations in terms of
his style, there were also mental barriers to
break and that's perhaps the manager's
bigger achievement in his stint at the Etihad
so far.
When Roberto Mancini took charge of the
club in 2009, he recognised that one of his
biggest tasks was convincing his players
that they were good enough to rub
shoulders with the best in the Premier
League. He had the foundations of a top
team, but they were lacking in both belief
and leadership.
The Italian is held up as one of the club's
greats because of the transformation he
oversaw. The idea that teams can just throw
money at a problem and it will be solved is
too simplistic. It was astute management
from Mancini that changed attitudes and the
investment that secured the top talent.
City were no longer afraid to go to the best
teams and attempt to impose their style.
They won on the big occasions and they
truly believed they were deserving of it,
which formed the backbone of the FA Cup
and title-winning teams.
To an extent, that still existed in the early
days of Manuel Pellegrini's reign. But the
points haul from City's top four rivals
tumbled and it was increasingly obvious
that there was a soft underbelly to the club's
displays -- perhaps best shown by the 3-1
loss to Leicester in the year the Foxes would
win the league.
It was obvious what Claudio Ranieri would
have his side do at the Etihad -- battle hard,
break quickly, and get Riyad Mahrez on the
ball to feed Jamie Vardy in behind. Yet City,
and Pellegrini, didn't seem to realise until it
was far too late and they were bullied for 90
minutes.
By the time Guardiola took charge, all of that
big-game mentality had been ebbed away
and City just weren't winning matches
against the top teams.
When Chelsea came to the Etihad at the
beginning of March this year, they were so
scared of what City could do to them that
they didn't even bother trying to compete in
the match. Fans would have expected
Guardiola to improve this team, especially
after how inconsistently they played last
season, but nobody could have foreseen the
improvements that have been made.
Not only is there now a mean streak -- City
are prepared to take a yellow card to stop a
counter-attack and they'll do the ugly stuff
when it's necessary -- but it's intertwined
with some of the most attractive, creative
football England has ever seen.
Even under Mancini, when the team last
showed a similar sort of mental strength,
City had their moments of weakness. It was
often at Stoke or Everton and the players
looked like they'd never score even if the
match went on all night.
The players are now so invested in
Guardiola's methods that, even when they
lose, they do it playing in the same way as
when they win. The psychological
toughness on show means City have often
won games in the tunnel.
It might be the football that's been wowing
the watching world this season, but it's
been the mentality change that has allowed
it all to happen.

Oh my god it is matchday
city vs basel

It was a day for attrition as opposed to
artistry and City confirmed they have both
sides to their character, punishing Chelsea
for a slow start to the second half, Sergio
Aguero playing in David Silva, whose cross
was met by his namesake Bernardo at the
far post.
In driving rain, and with Chelsea
mysteriously refusing to take off the
handbrake, they were able to close out a
victory that will, in its own way, have
brought as much pleasure to Guardiola as
many of the more spectacular wins this
season.

Pep becomes second manager to do double
over Conte - stats
Manchester City will end the day 18
points clear at the top of the Premier
League, the biggest lead ahead of
second place since March 2006, when
Chelsea were 18 points ahead of
Manchester United.
Chelsea have lost four consecutive away
matches in all competitions for the first
time since January 2003, when they lost
to Man Utd (twice), Leeds and Arsenal.
Pep Guardiola is only the second
manager to complete a league double
over Antonio Conte, after Delio Rossi (for
Sampdoria in 2012/13).
Only Sergio Aguero (15) has scored more
goals for Manchester City in 2018 in all
competitions than Bernardo Silva (5).
Chelsea failed to register a single shot in
the first half, the first time they'd not had
a shot in the first half of a Premier
League game since 2003/04 (when Opta
began recording the data).
The Blues had just seven shots against
Man City in their two Premier League
meetings this season, while facing 30
themselves.
David Silva has assisted 12 goals for City
in all competitions this season, his most
in a campaign since 2011/12, when he
assisted 19 goals.
Silva has assisted 73 Premier League
goals since his debut in August 2010, 20
more than any other player in that time.

Sweet revenge from last season

Manchester City
They have won 13 successive Premier
League home games, scoring at least
twice in each.
If City score multiple goals for a 14th
straight home game, they will match
Liverpool's Premier League record.
However, City have only kept two clean
sheets in their last nine home league
matches.
Their 75 points after 28 matches is a
top-flight record, while their 82 goals is
the most since Tottenham in 1962-63.
Manchester City have won five
consecutive Premier League home
fixtures against the reigning champions
since a 1-0 defeat by Manchester United
in April 2010.
Sergio Aguero has scored five goals in
his last four Premier League games
against Chelsea.

Manchester City have now registered the
most points (75) by a Premier League
side at this stage of the season (28
games). They have also matched
Arsenal's total points tally from last
season. í ½í¸³