If truth be told, the English Premier League has resumed on a quiet note until this weekend, with Lukaku’s jibes and Conte’s criticism, we are finally getting the kind of season we waited long for. But a season without mind games? What’s that?
Pep Guardiola after his side’s 6-0 thrashing of Watford, he has tried to water down the brilliant form they have been in this season and chose to tell reporters that they “can” challenge for the title when he was if he saw them holding on to the lead to claim the trophy.
“Even if it looks like we cannot improve, of course we can improve. There’s still movement, there’s still actions we can improve.”
He also highlighted the importance of the fullbacks; the defense had seen the signings of Danilo, Mendy, Walker, Bernardo Silva and Douglas Luiz. Then he said that they were not as good as Chelsea and Tottenham last season and they would build on that memory to get better.
Not one to be swept off his feet by talk, when Jose Mourinho was asked about the seeming duel between the two Manchester clubs after the draw at Stanford Bridge afforded both of them with enough space to put pressure on each other, the Portuguese said:
“I didn’t think for one single second about Manchester City, I thought about Tottenham, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool, they didn’t win their matches.”
Manchester United are second behind Manchester City who are top by means of goal margins as both are tied on points.
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