The unknown awaits a host of Manchester City players across the run-in
The unknown awaits a host of Manchester City players across the run-in A skill that has typified Manchester City throughout Pep Guardiola’s reign as manager is their ability to click into gear during the final stages of a season. City finishing with a wet sail has seen them win six Premier League titles under Guardiola’s tutelage. As of right now, it seems that City are in the midst of setting off on a run that could see them overhaul Arsenal in this season’s Premier League title race.
Pep Guardiola’s side has beaten Arsenal, Liverpool, and Chelsea in their past three matches, and it seems that they are clicking into gear with three dominant performances in those three matches. However, this is a new-look Manchester City side. There are several players in this City squad who have been down this road before and know what it takes to win the Premier League.
There is also a host of City players learning what it takes to finish the job during the run-in. Pep Guardiola pointed this out speaking ahead of Manchester City’s top-of-the-table Premier League clash with Arsenal. How City perform today at the Etihad may provide a clue as to how well this City side handles the pressure across the run-in.
Pep Guardiola has highlighted how many of his players are learning what it takes to perform in a title race. Speaking ahead of Manchester City’s huge Premier League clash against Arsenal, Pep Guardiola explained that while the majority of his team are inexperienced at this stage of the season, the way they have trained in the lead up to Manchester City’s clash with Arsenal fills him with confidence. He explained on Friday: “ My confidence is in how we train and the players believe what we have to do.
This is where the confidence comes from. Six Premier Leagues in the past, that does not give you confidence to win the next game because Ederson and [Ilkay] Gundo[gan], Kevin [De Bruyne], Kyle [Walker], Manu [Akanji] – a lot of players who made a lot of things aren’t here anymore. A lot are new.
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