Manchester City's giant shadow is looming large in the rear-view mirror of
their rivals as they make one of those familiar charges that turns up the
psychological pressure and invariably ends in success.
It is that time of the
season again. It is the time when Pep Guardiola's reigning champions gather
their forces for the home run and ask the searching questions of those such as
Liverpool and Arsenal who hope to beat them to the big prizes.
And this was the
inescapable feeling once more as City recorded a ninth successive win in all
competitions with a 3-1 win at Brentford, a victory achieved with much to spare
despite trailing to Neal Maupay's breakaway goal until the closing seconds of
the first half.
City are now in second
place, two points behind leaders Liverpool after their defeat at Arsenal on
Sunday. One of the sub-plots of that result was that it put City's Premier
League destiny back in their own hands, which is how they like it.
They will go top, for
a few hours at least, if they beat struggling Everton at the Etihad Stadium on
Saturday lunchtime before Liverpool face Burnley at Anfield. And City still
have a game in hand.
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