Wow what a weekend! Not only did we witness what i believe to be our best performance so far this season we extended our gap to 5 points on City!
As i said above if it wasn't our best performance it was by far our best 45minutes probably since Jose has come back. The ruthlessness in the side was at a new level for me, Jose kept asking for more and more. Some of the one touch passing and interchanging from Oscar and Fabregas was amazing to see. The thing which impressed me the most though was our pressing, at 1-0 i put out a tweet which said "Swansea's playing out from the back is killing them" we kept pressing them high up the pitch in numbers giving them no option to play the short ball.
It would be obvious to point out brace goalscorers Oscar and Costa as our best performers but for me Fabregas was head and shoulders above anyone else on that pitch! He absolutely ran the game, he dictated the tempo and was involved in everything positive about the team. Again i'll go back to the summer when the news broke about us signing him and i believed he would turn out to be the best signing we had made for years and i still stand by that comment.
Another thing which impressed me from the game is how quiet Hazard was which i know sounds quite strange. What i mean is that he is our difference maker, the man who can make something out of nothing but we still managed to turn in a performance like what with him being quiet which tells me other players are coming to the fort which bodes well.
Obviously our weekend was made far sweeter by Arsenal YES ARSENAL beating Man City at the Etihad. Their first game without Yaya Toure and they lose and look toothless in the process, i believe i saw a stat which read "Man City have lost every game without Toure this season". Unfortunately if Ivory Coast reach the final of the African Nations which is very possible he won't miss as many matches as we would have liked. 1 in the FA Cup vs Middlesbrough and 2 league games a home tie vs Hull which you expect City to win but luckily the other one is that game at the Bridge! EXCELLENT!!! Its lovely going into that game knowing if we lose we still come out on top with a 2 point gap.
We have been spoiled with some excellent performances so far this season but Saturday felt a little different to me. It felt was like we were sending out a statement of intent, like we said "we have another gear here and we will use it". A big couple of weeks coming up new with the 2 games vs Liverpool and obviously that game with City, 3 games which could start to show how successful this season could be for us.
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