Manchester United vs Manchester City: Key Talking Points

#4 Man City are walking to this title if other top teams keep getting over-awed

Will this squad finish the season unbeaten?

Manchester City have often won football games this season without as much kicking a football. Much of this is due to the immense hype that surrounds any half-decent Guardiola team (not without reason, may I hasten to add) and much of it due to the sheer overloads he creates on key areas of the pitch.

This leads to teams sitting back farther than they would have really liked - and this is allowing City to do two things.

a) Control possession and keep creating chances, chances which their players are simply too good to keep turning down

b) Hiding their own flaws simply because opposition teams don't commit enough forward to expose them

When United (in the first half) and Arsenal and Chelsea during the duration of their matches sat back and allowed City to dictate play, they played into Guardiola's hands.

Keep doing this and that 11 point gap will simply keep getting wider and wider as the season wears on.