straight to your inboxFootball is a curious thing at times.Manchester City are still on course to have a better season than Manchester United ’s famed Treble winners, and yet there is a view that they have had a disappointing campaign.
Yesterday’s defeat at Southampton was a stark reminder of the old adage that you are only as good as your last game. After destroying newly-crowned champions Liverpool on Thursday, the Blues were – we were reminded – probably one of the two best teams on the planet, along with the side they had just beaten 4-0.
Three days later, and with their frailties again exposed, City were a team that has lost nine league games this season, which failed to replace Vincent Kompany and which is trailing the Scousers by 23.
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