John Obi Mikel labels Arsenal as the cheats, not Manchester City.
“They won the league through corner kicks. They cheated their way to winning the Premier League.”
“The way they won games was illegal.”
“I would never discredit the players of Manchester City and what they achieved on the pitch. Absolutely not.”
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All this noise about Man City doesn’t make much sense to me.
If they breached financial rules, then yes, punish them accordingly. Rules are rules. But unless they bribed the FA, bribed referees or fixed matches, I don’t see why their titles should automatically be considered illegitimate.
How many genuinely high-profile signings did they even make during the period in question? Meanwhile, Arsenal, Man United, Chelsea and Liverpool can spend huge amounts every transfer window while clubs like Stoke can’t compete financially, yet we still call that fair competition.
Punish City for whatever rules they actually broke, but don’t relegate them or rewrite titles that were won on the pitch.
This guy is a physical specimen. The biggest mistake City did was go man to man with him. He loves the challenge, don't give it to him. Just tight mark him zonally.
Fun fact: in the 1st half, Brobbey was wearing full sleeves. Because Dias was constantly grabbing him by the sleeves, he came out wearing a half sleeves kit in the 2nd half.
Overall, I think this is the best performance by a player at Man City ever. An anomaly - give him the respect he deserves rather writing thesis about the defence. Man City defence is top but the opponents don't play them for charity. They can and will have good games. Football is not perfect.
🗣️ "Bruno [Fernandes] is the one who is violent here, I have to call it out"
Roy Keane doesn't believe Phil Foden deserved to be sent off against Man Utd 🟥