Pep Guardiola has been impressed with how his Manchester City team have handled their big away games in the first half of the Premier League.
A depleted Blues side got off to a poor start at the beginning of the campaign by following up Community Shield defeat at Wembley with a loss at Tottenham on the opening weekend of the season.
However, they have dropped just two more points this season from trips to Leicester, Chelsea, Liverpool, and United to leave them with 10 points from those five encounters.
That has helped to build the platform for an impressive run of results, with City having won their last nine in the league ahead of a game at Brentford to end 2021.
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