Bayern Munich have won the Bundesliga for 10 consecutive years. Man City are also showing their superior strength and ability to dominate the Premier League. Will Man City become the Bayern of England?
Take a look at the Man City bench against Chelsea. First of all, the nine substitutes on Sunday night (Haaland, De Bruyne, Grealish, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Dias, Stones, Ederson, Gundogan) are actually first-team players who, barring any surprises, will 99% be starting in the upcoming FA Cup and Champions League finals.
The total transfer value of that bench was £484 million. It was surely the most expensive reserve team in the world you’ve ever seen. And that, excluding Ederson, the reserve team scored a total of 64 Premier League goals, more than 14 other teams combined, including United, and 28 more than the entire Chelsea team that beat Man City in the Champions League final two years ago.
What about on the pitch? The starting lineup included Kalvin Phillips, Cole Palmer and Sergio Gomez, three players starting for the first time in the Premier League this season. Goalkeeper Stefan Ortega made his second start. Rico Lewis 8 times, Aymeric Laporte (10), Julian Alvarez (12). The 11 players in that starting lineup were both inexperienced with few appearances and very young with 5 players from the 20s generation (Foden, Palmer, Gomez, Alvarez, Lewis). Yet a Man City B, or even a C team like that, still had 65% possession, played like a stroll and defeated a Chelsea team that had spent nearly 600 million pounds over the past year, and the starting lineup still included the most expensive player in Premier League history, Enzo Fernandez. Saying the above shows the terrible superiority of Man City.
Not only that, this is also the 12th consecutive win for Man City in the Premier League, the 24th unbeaten match for Pep's team in all competitions. Arsenal has been at the top of the table for 248 days. That means, for 3/4 of the season, Man City were chasing, while the Gunners were the flag bearers. Arsenal had their most explosive season in the past decade, but still could not stop Man City from winning the 3rd consecutive Premier League title and the 5th in the last 6 seasons.
Not only are they facing opponents at their peak, but Man City are also facing serious problems behind the scenes. On Sunday night, the person who presented Man City with the gold medal and silver cup was Premier League CEO Richard Masters, who three months earlier had accused the Etihad team of 115 financial violations. At that time, Man City were up to 8 points behind Arsenal, plus facing the risk of facing a very heavy penalty hanging over their heads. Yet nothing could stop them from reaching the throne.
Man City have won the title with their superb football in a unique tactical system created by the “inventor” Pep. They won the title with their cleverness in the transfer market when they beat Real Madrid to sign Haaland, recruiting Alvarez, Akanji for a total of only 29 million pounds. They also won the title with their timeless vision when they put their trust in De Bruyne at a time when Chelsea “said no” to the Belgian midfielder. And they won the title with Pep’s ability to train players superbly, demonstrated by turning Grealish into an irreplaceable player.
Bayern Munich have won the Bundesliga for 10 consecutive seasons. With their superiority, Man City are on their way to turning the Premier League into the Bundesliga, and they themselves are becoming the English version of the Grey Tigers. Who can stop Man City? Very difficult, unless they “commit suicide”…
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