For Guardiola and his Manchester City team, although the opening stages were a bit slow to enter the form and their position in the standings was not ideal, they quickly turned the tide with a strong strength advantage and came up with a very strong performance. In the last 13 games, Manchester City have scored 39 points, making them the most in-form of the top five leagues in Europe during the same period. During this schedule, they have experienced many strong dialogues, without exception, and they have all won, which makes their winning streak very valuable. It seems that this season it seems that it is difficult for a team to stop Manchester City's pace of winning the title.
In the Premier League so far, Manchester City have won 18 of the 22 games, with a jaw-dropping 81.8% win rate, which can be at the top of the table in any league. In the other four games, City's record is 2 draws and 2 defeats. In the league table, Manchester City have scored 56 points, 11 points ahead of Liverpool behind them with one more game. With the two main strikers absent from the Africa Cup of Nations tournament, the decline in attacking ability is very significant, and Manchester City is expected to continue to extend the lead in the next period of the schedule. From the perspective of the schedule, in the next 3 games, Manchester City's opponents are all teams downstream of the standings, and even teams in the relegation zone. City have a clear advantage in terms of overall strength and they are expected to continue to expand their winning streak.
From the team's tactical point of view, in the absence of a positive Indian center, Guardiola had to adopt a frontless formation. Judging from the situation this season, the team's tactical system has been quite mature, and Manchester City's forward attackers have been fully integrated into this system. In particular, in the center position, Bernardo Silva, Foden, Jesus and even De Bruyne can be in this position, and they can also make frequent rotations during the game, which makes it difficult for opponents to cope with in defense. At the same time, the excellent offensive ability of the two full-backs also provides the greatest support for the forward line, making the team's attack in the front court very three-dimensional. This season, the team has scored 54 goals in the league, averaging 2.45 goals per game. What is more positive is that City's attack points are quite scattered, with the most goals scored by Bernardo Silva and Sterling only scoring 7 goals, but the number of players with goals scored in the whole team reached 16, which is no team in the league.
In terms of player performance, De Bruyne's form has rebounded significantly. Objectively speaking, at the beginning of the season, de Bruyne was not at his best for a long time relative to Bernardo Silva, who was in great form. However, during the past period, De Bruyne returned to his peak form. In the last 6 league games, De Bruyne has scored 4 goals, also delivered 2 assists, directly produced 6 goals, averaged 1 goal per game, and won the best player of the game in 2 games. Especially in the strong dialogue, De Bruyne is also very trustworthy. Arguably, a resurgent De Bruyne has been a key factor in the team's desired results in the league and Champions League this season.
However, in the forward line, there are also some players who have not performed as expected, the first to bear the brunt of which is Glalish. The £100 million England international has never really had a "chemistry" with his team-mates and hasn't played well enough in most games. From the technical characteristics, The slow speed of Glalish is the most important problem, not only the running speed is slower, the speed of processing the ball is not ideal, plus he needs to control the ball more under his feet, which is somewhat incompatible with the team's tactics of pursuing change and speed. Judging from the current situation, Manchester City seems to be interested in continuing to make large-scale reinforcements in the left wing forward position. According to Western media, Real Madrid winger Vinicius has been linked to Manchester City. Guardiola hopes to recruit the talented winger, who is worth 100 million euros. However, due to Vinicius's important role in Real Madrid's tactical system, even if Manchester City can provide an offer that is worth it, Florentino may not necessarily agree to open transfer negotiations.
In addition, on the Chelsea side, as the point gap with Manchester City has widened, their hopes of winning the league title this season have been quite slim. According to rmc, Paris Saint-Germain full-backs have moved into Chelsea's sights as a replacement for Chilwell's injury. This season, Kurzawa has not yet made a chance in the league, but he is only 29 years old and still has a fight. In the transfer market, the former France international is worth just 9 million euros. It is reported that Chelsea hope to complete this transfer in the winter transfer window. (The picture comes from the Internet, if there is infringement, please contact to delete)