City Faces Tough Top-Three Showdown…
Manchester City are having a tougher time than a cat trying to swim in a bowl of jelly as they head into the first international break. After just three games, they’ve somehow found themselves in the Premier League’s gloomy basement, licking their wounds from two defeats following a sunshiny 4-0 opening win over Wolves. Pep Guardiola is scratching his head trying to fit all the puzzle pieces of his new squad, primarily since Bruce Banner wasn’t available to become the new goalkeeper. With Donnarumma now in the mix and Ederson out, it’s like a musical chairs game at goalpost starring James Trafford, who was just about to pen his ‘Imposter Number One’ autobiography.
Next up is the big Manchester derby at the Etihad, and the Blues have a schedule that looks more crowded than a clown car in a circus reprise. Within a week, they’ll face United on September 15, tango with Napoli and Kevin De Bruyne in the Champions League, and then hop over to the Emirates, where Arsenal once used them as a piñata last time with a 5-1 defeat. To come out victorious against a Napoli that hasn’t conceded all season is like trying to persuade a cat to mimic a barking dog—it’s almost unthinkable. City’s outcome in these battles could either make Guardiola the next Picasso with tactics or send him to a crash course in hypothetical time travel management.
