'by Chance Or Choice, They Have Clicked' - Why Man City Will Be Champions

Arsenal person mislaid 2 convention games connected nan spin, truthful nan adjacent clip they measurement connected nan pitch, astatine location to Newcastle connected Saturday, they are going to person doubts alternatively of momentum and confidence.

No matter really overmuch value their players person and really bully their preparation, strategies and everything other is, what they person to woody pinch now is pressure.

Their fans are turning up astatine nan Emirates arsenic tense arsenic kittens and transferring their fears and frustrations to nan players.

City, though, are not nether immoderate unit because they are successful a business they astir apt ne'er expected, and they person besides won nan convention truthful galore times recently.

There was a clip during Sunday's crippled erstwhile I thought it was not going to beryllium their day. It was 1-1 and they had deed nan woodwork doubly aft Gianluigi Donnarumma's correction fto Arsenal backmost successful nan game.

You deliberation that measurement erstwhile you are watching a crippled much than you do if you are playing successful it, and City surely ne'er had a antagonistic attitude.

They were relentless pinch nan measurement they attacked erstwhile it was 1-1 and, alternatively than beryllium back, they kept attacking erstwhile they went 2-1 up.

I was talking to MOTD pundit Wayne Rooney aft Sunday's crippled and he said Sir Alex Ferguson utilized to show Manchester United to do nan same. It was a lawsuit of "go and people another", and ne'er unopen up shop and beryllium cautious.

City's relentlessness comes from their head too, and besides having apical value players pinch an elite mentality for illustration United did.

On apical of that, it decidedly helps having a batch of players successful their squad who person won truthful much.

Their players look truthful comfortable, moreover nan ones who person not won anything. Rayan Cherki conscionable seems to beryllium enjoying himself.

The desperation you spot from Arsenal is not there. City's fans are not worried - they are conscionable enjoying it.

Danny Murphy was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.