Glory, Glory, Man City!
1st season with Man City, while my brother is playing Man Utd.
I won the PL and the CL.
(My brother finished 4th in the PL, was ½ finalist in the CL, won the European Super Cup, and was finalist FA Cup.)
The Main Protagonists:
GK – Ederson
DL – Mendy (Danilo played until he was fit) / Moreno
DCL – Stones / Otamendi
DCR – Kompany / de Ligt
DR – Walker / Danilo
MCL – Nainggollan (bought him to replace Fernandinho – won Player of the Year)
MCR – De Bruyne / Gündogan
AMC – David Silva (1st half of the season) / Özil (2nd half of the season)
AML – Sané / Mertens
AMR – Bernardo Silva / Sterling
SC – Aguëro / Jesus
Trophies/Awards:
Premier League winners.
Champions League winners
Won PL Manager of the Year
Won PL Player of the Year (Nainggollan)
9 (!) players in PL the Team of the Year
Top scorer PL (Aguëro)
Most assists PL (Sané)
European Golden Boot (Aguëro)
…
Biggest losses:
0-6 to Man Utd away (PL). Don’t ask me.
3-5 to Newcastle away (FA Cup)
2-4 to West Ham away (Carabao Cup)
Biggest wins:
4-0 Man Utd home (PL). Revenge, somewhat.
7-1 (!) Juventus home (¼ final CL)
2-5 Juventus away (¼ final CL)
6-1 (!) Barcelona home (½ final CL)
1-4 Barcelona away (½ final CL)
Final ECL: 6-2 win over Bayern Munich, leading 5-0 (!) at half time.
Other records:
Most games without defeat (don’t remember how many exactly)
Most goals scored in PL (had a goal difference of 100+) and CL
Win record (don’t remember how many)
…
I know, I know, it’s Man City, so it’s not really a surprise to see them win the Premier League. And it’s not that big of a surprise to see them challenge for the Champions League either, I know.
You could even argue that this season was somewhat ‘bad’, because I got eliminated pretty quickly from all the English Cups (FA/Carabao) by teams I’m supposed to win easily against.
But all-in all I consider this season a success, mainly because of the way we dominated the bigger teams in the Premier League and in the Champions League. I’m usually finding it way harder to win against top teams like Juventus, Barcelona or Bayern, especially away from home. I didn’t expect this team to absolutely destroy them so early into the game.
We lost some crucial matches in the beginning of the season (the cup matches, the derby against United, …), but we absolutely ragdolled everyone in the second half of the season, so the future looks even brighter.
And we kept Man Utd behind us, so that’s a success on it’s own, right?
Sorry brother.
1st season with Man City, while my brother is playing Man Utd.
I won the PL and the CL.
(My brother finished 4th in the PL, was ½ finalist in the CL, won the European Super Cup, and was finalist FA Cup.)
The Main Protagonists:
GK – Ederson
DL – Mendy (Danilo played until he was fit) / Moreno
DCL – Stones / Otamendi
DCR – Kompany / de Ligt
DR – Walker / Danilo
MCL – Nainggollan (bought him to replace Fernandinho – won Player of the Year)
MCR – De Bruyne / Gündogan
AMC – David Silva (1st half of the season) / Özil (2nd half of the season)
AML – Sané / Mertens
AMR – Bernardo Silva / Sterling
SC – Aguëro / Jesus
Trophies/Awards:
Premier League winners.
Champions League winners
Won PL Manager of the Year
Won PL Player of the Year (Nainggollan)
9 (!) players in PL the Team of the Year
Top scorer PL (Aguëro)
Most assists PL (Sané)
European Golden Boot (Aguëro)
…
Biggest losses:
0-6 to Man Utd away (PL). Don’t ask me.
3-5 to Newcastle away (FA Cup)
2-4 to West Ham away (Carabao Cup)
Biggest wins:
4-0 Man Utd home (PL). Revenge, somewhat.
7-1 (!) Juventus home (¼ final CL)
2-5 Juventus away (¼ final CL)
6-1 (!) Barcelona home (½ final CL)
1-4 Barcelona away (½ final CL)
Final ECL: 6-2 win over Bayern Munich, leading 5-0 (!) at half time.
Other records:
Most games without defeat (don’t remember how many exactly)
Most goals scored in PL (had a goal difference of 100+) and CL
Win record (don’t remember how many)
…
I know, I know, it’s Man City, so it’s not really a surprise to see them win the Premier League. And it’s not that big of a surprise to see them challenge for the Champions League either, I know.
You could even argue that this season was somewhat ‘bad’, because I got eliminated pretty quickly from all the English Cups (FA/Carabao) by teams I’m supposed to win easily against.
But all-in all I consider this season a success, mainly because of the way we dominated the bigger teams in the Premier League and in the Champions League. I’m usually finding it way harder to win against top teams like Juventus, Barcelona or Bayern, especially away from home. I didn’t expect this team to absolutely destroy them so early into the game.
We lost some crucial matches in the beginning of the season (the cup matches, the derby against United, …), but we absolutely ragdolled everyone in the second half of the season, so the future looks even brighter.
And we kept Man Utd behind us, so that’s a success on it’s own, right?
Sorry brother.
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