{"id":370,"date":"2019-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/china.chinaacheru.com\/wp\/2019\/10\/08\/manchester-citys-quest-for-a-3rd-straight-league-title\/"},"modified":"2019-10-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T00:00:00","slug":"manchester-citys-quest-for-a-3rd-straight-league-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/manchester-citys-quest-for-a-3rd-straight-league-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City’s quest for a 3rd straight League title"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t<\/span>\"Picture\"<\/a>Manchester City’s new boy, Rodrigo<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

\u200bBy Mac-Noble Adile<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

The citizens are preparing for another brutal campaign, where they will once again stand toe-to-toe with Liverpool and slug it out for the premier league title.<\/font><\/p>\n

City recorded a mind-blowing total 198 points in their past two seasons to win back-to-back Premier League trophies, but many are speculating they will need to go beyond the 100 mark to win it again.<\/font><\/p>\n

They will become only the fifth team in English football history to achieve the feat of three consecutive top-flight titles, after Huddersfield ,Arsenal , Liverpool and Manchester United (twice).<\/font><\/p>\n

Manchester United did it from 1998-2001 and 2006-09, the only side to do it in the Premier League era. Before them, it was Liverpool (1981-84), Arsenal (1932-35), and Huddersfield (1923-26).<\/font><\/p>\n

That\u2019s it, so Manchester City is aiming to join pretty exclusive company when it tries to defend a trophy Liverpool as found as elusive company.<\/font><\/p>\n

Last season finished tight. City\u2019s incredible follow-up to an unprecedented season was again enough for first place. That was just one point more than the flashy Reds of Anfield, who threw away a big time Christmas lead about as quick as a kid tosses away the wrapping paper.<\/font><\/p>\n

City has questions at left back between Benjamin Mendy , Oleksandr Zinchenko, and Angelino .<\/font><\/p>\n

Oddly enough, Angelino may be the answer for City. The 22-year-old was bought back from PSV Eindhoven last season after a 1-goal, 9-assist league season and impressive-enough job in the club\u2019s UCL run.<\/font><\/p>\n

Liverpool, again, will be City\u2019s main foe domestically and in Europe. As is now custom under the Txiki Begiristain-Ferran Soriano sporting director-chief executive axis, City have moved slickly in the market to give them the best chance of holding off Klopp\u2019s men. The defensive midfielder Rodri joined from Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in the first week of July , City paying his \u20ac70m (\u00a362.8m) release clause, so the addition of a central defender, following Vincent Kompany\u2019s departure for Anderlecht, is the only real issue remaining.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the good news for City fans who believe Liverpool is right on its tail: They aren\u2019t. The expected goals table says City should\u2019ve finished with 90 points last season, not 98, but that Liverpool\u2019s 97 were an even bigger over performance. The Reds expected finish was 83 points.<\/font>
City has the ball more than everyone else, passes more and better than everyone else, shoots more than everyone else, and scores more than everyone else.<\/font><\/p>\n

Incredibly, those totals are the same home and away. That was true in Guardiola\u2019s first PL title campaign, too, with the exception of finishing fourth in shots per game while away from home.\u00a0\u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n

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