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#4 Manchester City will finally lose a league game
If we’re all honest, it’d be crazy to predict that Manchester City could miss out on winning the Premier League title at this stage of the season. They lead the table by a massive fifteen points right now, haven’t lost a game and they’ve swept aside even great teams like Tottenham and Liverpool.
At their best, Pep Guardiola’s team look absolutely unstoppable. And so it’s not surprising that people are already talking about them breaking Premier League records such as the all-time highest points total and the all-time best goal difference. But can they finish the season unbeaten, as only Arsenal’s ‘Invincibles’ in 2003/04 did?
It’s possible, given the strength of their squad, their current sky-high confidence, and the manager at their helm. But lasting a whole season unbeaten is harder than some fans would make it sound.
The Premier League remains as competitive as ever – despite some worrying statistics that suggest the top six teams are pulling away even more – and there are no easy games despite a handful of teams seemingly being willing to lay down for the Citizens.
In their last game of 2017 against Crystal Palace, City came as close to losing as they have all season – and would’ve lost had it not been for a late penalty miss from Luka Milivojevic.
Nobody would claim Roy Hodgson tactically out-played Guardiola, but he did appear to find a chink in City’s armour – using long diagonal balls to Wilfried Zaha to capitalise on City’s high line. City bounced back from the 0-0 draw to beat Watford, but with games against Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea to come all before the end of March, can it be long before someone finally cracks them?
I suspect at least one of those three teams could do it. After all, City have relied on quite a lot of luck and late goals to pick up some of their wins thus far – how long before they end up on the unlucky side of the coin?
