This could be the most memorable moment for Chilean football manager Manuel Pellegrini ever since he took the charge at The Blues, coz they are now on the top of the league table –for the first time this season. In fact, if we look at the whole journey they have covered this year, they passed through many ups and downs but good news is they are where they should be at last thanks to their four back to back victories against four different teams in English top flight that positioned them on the top replacing Arsenal, Liverpool, and Chelsea. This is also a coincident that as they are uprising on the table, their arch rival Manchester United is also getting a momentum back and they are also gaining positions one after another and if this trend continues for next few weeks, we’ll see last season’s replica where both City and United will head for the title race again. Manuel Pellegrini, the high profile manager, is confident and convincing that his team can win title this year and has solid support to his statement as well, like his comprehensive wins in recent time, especially their fighting spirit under different playing conditions that is working in their favor.
Those, who are following this last season’s runner up, know how they came from back and then registered convincing wins in last few matches, though winning margin was not that big, but it is important they are fighting until the end rather losing the match in the midway. Pellegrini believes they are most eligible squad to keep the title this year; describing it in detail, he said, “I think the team that wants to win the title must have different faces. Normally we score lots of goals here and we always attack but we knew 44 hours we were not able to do that.
“The most important thing of the last three games we won. Against Fulham we were winning 2-0 very easily and in five minutes they were drawing 2-2, so to have the reaction and the personality to win again was important playing away. After losing 1-0 to Liverpool – the best team in the Premier League at that moment – we then scored two goals. And on Saturday we had the patience and the maturity as a team to win in the way we had to.”
Pellegrini has been a kind of experimental in last few matches, especially in the match against Liverpool where he made as many as six changes. Anyway, this is what City fans would have supposed him to do for them, let’s see how next few weeks proceed in English league.