Manchester City 8-0 Watford: 3 reasons why the Cityzens won the game | Premier League 2019-20 

#2 Defending with the ball

Bernardo Silva completed a lot more tasks than just score a treble

City were 5-0 inside the opening 18 minutes of the game - the earliest any team has scored as many in the competition.

Pep could easily have brought on a couple of players at half time, City could have effortless clocked passes and ran minutes down, or just hang around with a slower tempo to relax a few muscles.

But, this is why they are champions. And this is why they have scored 201 goals in the last two seasons in the Premier League. They simply did not take their foot off the gas.

City maintained their attacking dimension, with Kevin De Bruyne, both the Silvas and Riyad Mahrez all staying high up the pitch and covering the entire middle third of the pitch. The work rate was up there, along with the setup to prepare for a potential Watford counter.

It's not bravery, it's just the appetite to go out there, play to your strengths and stick to your DNA.

The way Otamendi and Fernandinho helped spray passes further up the pitch and produce last-ditch tackles enunciated the fact. Through this typical Pep Guardiola-like display, the likes of Aguero and Mahrez also managed to attack from the final 20 meters of the pitch.

5 - Manchester City's five goals after just 18 minutes is the fastest any side has ever gone 5-0 ahead in a @premierleague match in the competition's history. Ridiculous.

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) September 21, 2019