Manchester City spent £200m to get worse – but it doesn’t mean they won’t win the title
Mikel Arteta was scarcely being controversial. Many have echoed the same sentiments, though rarely after preventing a Pep Guardiola side from scoring in two league games in a season. “They are the best team in the world, by far,” he said.
That is Manchester City’s reputation, if not necessarily their status. A stalemate left Guardiola proclaiming them merely the “third favourites” to win the title. And if a repeat treble remains on the cards, City have reached the Champions League quarter-finals and entered the title run-in without beating elite opponents in either competition.
