Manchester City are playing some of the best football I have seen but teams have to throw a punch to gain respect
- Pep Guardiola’s side are unbeaten this season and won 18 matches in a row
- Teams are rightly fearful of them but need to throw a punch to gain respect
- It is not much of a spectacle when teams park the bus against Manchester City
After Manchester City beat Bournemouth 4-0 just before Christmas, I could not believe it when I heard some City supporters say they were getting bored.
How can that be the case when Pep Guardiola’s side are playing some of the best football I have ever seen?
Yet while these fans are living through a period of unprecedented success for City, they are growing frustrated that teams such as Bournemouth are coming to the Etihad and not having a go.
Manchester City are playing some of the best football I have ever seen under Pep Guardiola
City have created an aura about them, having gone unbeaten all season and won a record 18 matches in a row. Their opponents are rightly fearful of them.
But whether they lose 1-0 or 4-0, a defeat is a defeat. You do not win a boxing match by merely covering up.
You have to throw a punch. It is not much of a spectacle when teams park the bus. Teams would gain much more respect by trying to take the game to City.
Teams would gain much more respect by trying to take the game to City and throw a punch
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