A win, in Dick's opinion, is that the window paper has been pierced, Manchester City will not have any problems, now that they have won their first victory in the Champions Cup, then in the next Champions League, at least they will not be affected by some inexplicable performance.

And after this big victory, Manchester City's form seems to be indeed starting to recover!

After suffering three consecutive draws in the league, Manchester City ushered in the first victory in four league games in the ninth round of the league, Benzema radiantly scored a hat trick in the game, plus goals from Bale and Vidal, Manchester City swept Stoke City 5-0 at home, although such a victory is not enough to make Manchester City's ranking rise, nor did it narrow the points gap with Liverpool, but two consecutive Champions Cup and league victories have also made Manchester City completely out of the previous bad form!

In the 10th round of the league in midweek, Manchester City beat Middlesbrough 2-0 away from home thanks to goals from Fernando Torres and Vincent Kompany to make it two wins in a row.

In the 11th round of the league at the weekend, also in the case of sending a part of the substitutes away, Manchester City still defeated Bolton Wanderers 2-0, this time the goal was Parker and Di Natale, Manchester City's multi-point flowering characteristics began to show, and in this round of the league, Liverpool lost 1-2 to Tottenham, the points were tied by the chasing Chelsea, and Manchester City also returned to the third position, only two points away from the top two, with a goal difference advantage over Manchester United, this season is Arsenal who have fallen behind, They now have just 20 points, four points behind the Manchester duo.

After three consecutive league wins and two wins in the Champions League in midweek, Manchester City were remarkably solid at home, beating PSV Eindhoven 2-0 thanks to goals from Fernando Torres and Yaya Toure, taking eight points after four rounds and establishing enough advantage in the group!

In the other game, Bayern was forced to draw 1-1 by Fiorentina away, and only got four points after two rounds, and now they and Manchester City have eight points, because they were forced to draw 1-1 by Manchester City at home, so they gave up the first place in the standings, and Fiorentina has only three points, and PSV Eindhoven has only one point, and the lead of the two strong teams has been gradually shown!

Five points ahead of third-place Fiorentina, which means that Manchester City only needs to draw away from Fiorentina in the next fifth round, then they can qualify one round earlier, and for Fiorentina, the fifth round will also be a battle of life and death, only by beating Manchester City, and then counting on Bayern to draw at least Manchester City in the final round, they can rely on each other's win-loss relationship to beat Manchester City to qualify!

There is no doubt that the fifth round of the game is the last test for Manchester City in the group stage, and to be able to pass in such a situation, psychologically, Manchester City will have the real courage to challenge for the Champions Cup.

That game was played on 26 November, and before that game, City were at home to Arsenal in the league – two games in a row that seemed to have to be a trade-off.

"I'm glad we've built up enough of our strengths, and although we haven't qualified yet, we're in a really good position for the rest of the game...... There are three weeks left until the fifth round, and in that time we can focus on the league because we were a little bit behind......

What makes Dick feel a little faceless is that he just said that he would attack in the league, but perhaps because the previous winning streak consumed too much energy and condition, in the twelfth round of the game on Sunday, Manchester City drew again at home, and the draw for Manchester City was the mid-table team Tottenham, after suffering such a draw, the gap between Manchester City and the top two widened to four points, but luckily, the city rival Manchester United did not seem to be in good shape, they lost 1-2 away to Arsenal, Instead, they were left a point away by Manchester City, and Arsenal also used this victory to close the distance between the two teams......

However, in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup in the following week, Manchester City won easily, although Leeds United put up a stubborn resistance, but now Leeds United have been relegated to League One are no match for Manchester City, they lost two goals away from home, Manchester City easily advanced to the quarter-finals, and their next opponent is Stoke City.

The back-to-back campaign has left City's players a little tired, and they were almost held to a draw by promoted Mahur City at the weekend, and if it wasn't for Fernando Torres' late stunner, they would have suffered two consecutive league draws, but fortunately they won this game, so they were not separated by the top two, and there is still a four-point gap, although there are still two opponents to catch up, but it will not put pressure on City's players.

And the next league is the game that Dick values more.

Arsenal have not been in a good situation this season, although they have not suffered too many personnel losses this season, despite Hleb joining Barcelona, they have also poached young player Nasri from Marseille, and although Gilberto Silva and Flamini have transferred at the same time, they have also poached young midfielder Ramsey from Cardiff, and there are no losses on paper, but with Adebayo's uproar, they have had a big impact on the start of the season, despite beating Manchester United before, But they quickly lost to Aston Villa, they have lost four of the first thirteen games of the season, and they have lost all weak teams such as Fulham, Hull City, and Stoke City, and they have not played any strong teams yet, so if they continue like this, their situation is not good.

The departure of successive main players makes their losses seem great, there are too many young players in the team, and there are no veterans who can hold the team, which is naturally prone to fluctuations, coupled with the poor performance of Adebayo who has high hopes this season, only three goals have been scored so far, and one is a penalty, and it is natural for the results to decline.

In fact, Arsenal is not without good players this season, such as Van Persie, Nasri and others have excellent performances, Nasri scored twice in the game against Manchester United, shining brightly, but they do not have much continuity, and too much energy is involved in the Champions Cup, and the decline in performance naturally seems normal.

Cesc Fabregas is injured and unavailable, which makes Arsenal's starting line-up look so bland, except for goalkeeper Almunia and veteran defender Sylvester, the rest of the players are basically young players under the age of 25, the backline of Hoyt, Djourou, Sylvestre and Klich, the midfield of Song, Diaby, Denilson and Nasri, the forward line of Bendtner and Van Persie - such a line-up looks really shabby, even if there are many talented young players among them. But there has never been any team that can achieve outstanding results with a group of Mavericks, even if it is Manchester United's 92 generation, there are Schmeichel, Parister, Keane and Cantona such outstanding and experienced strength as the backbone, only to grow up rapidly, Wenger has sold veterans too fiercely in recent years, the unbeaten season of the 0304 season has only passed four years, and the undefeated main lineup has been left alone, goalkeeper Lehmann retired, Lauren Campbell was sold on the backline, Toure was injured, Cole was poached, Midfielders Silva, Andre Pire, Ljungberg were sold, Patrick Vieira was poached, striker Thierry Henry was poached, Bergkamp retired – no club at the top has been broken up so quickly and so completely!

In such a situation, Wenger can always keep Arsenal in the top four, which is his ability, but such Arsenal, in fact, has no hope of being able to impact the top championship, just an inconsistent performance is enough to make Arsenal always fall short at the last moment!

In the face of such an Arsenal that obviously seems too young, Manchester City, although it has only been a team for more than a year, looks much older.

Without Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal's midfield organization has completely dropped a notch, although Nasri is talented, but he and Cesc Fabregas are two different types of players, he is better at breaking through than organising attacks, Arsenal's attack is still very fast, but a little less disciplined.

In such a situation, Manchester City uses more counterattacks to tear apart Arsenal's defense, Arsenal's defense can be said to have been completely reduced to second-rate, Silvestre, a player who was also a colander at his peak, can play the main central defender in Arsenal, which also proves to some extent how weak Arsenal's defense is now.

After the stalemate of the first half, before the end of the first half, Manchester City broke the deadlock through a beautiful counterattack, Ribery broke through the side and crossed, Klich cleared at the landing point, but the ball smashed into Silvestre's body and bounced into the penalty area, Deco, who broke into the penalty area, picked a big bargain, and he unceremoniously met the ball rolling over is a shot, opening the scoring for Manchester City!

Conceding a goal due to such a mistake made Arsenal play even more messy at the start of the second half.

In the 56th minute, Manchester City expanded the score, Deco midfielder beautiful ball to the side of Benzema, Benzema with a beautiful diagonal pass straight behind the Arsenal defense, Julu turned a step slower, was Ribery grabbed the ball in front of him and then burst into the penalty area, facing the attacking Almunia, Ribery at the edge of the penalty area with a beautiful shot for Manchester City to extend the lead!

After taking a two-goal lead, Dick made a substitution, with Deco and Ribery both being substituted for Vidal and Bale, and ten minutes later Di Natale came on for Torres......

In the next game, Arsenal launched a fierce attack to try to get back the score, but under Manchester City's tight defense, they did not get too many good chances, but Manchester City's counterattack, constantly put huge pressure on their defence.

In the 83rd minute, Julu hastily tripped Di Natale who burst into the penalty area in the penalty area, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty, Di Natale scored Manchester City's third goal with a penalty kick, which completely laid the victory for Manchester City, although Arsenal has not performed very well since the beginning of this season, but this kind of untempered loss to Manchester City by three goals did make Arsenal look quite faceless......

"You can't win with young people alone, the composition of the team must be scientific, young people, middle generation and veterans are indispensable, and Arsenal has never lacked middle generation and veterans when they are at their best...... Of course, it's Arsenal's own business, and at this point in time, all I'm thinking about is the fifth round of the Champions League, which is very important for us. ”