Mario Melchiot

Now, December, we always talk about that's when leagues get won.

December, January, those are the very important and the key things.

You know, look, when you come close to the likes like Arsenal, that's the team in form.

Everybody sees that, watches them, it's like that's the one that you want to catch up to.

But then you're getting so close and you lose the game and then you lose this one.

Now, this is also momentum, and they're losing the momentum, and if you're hot and cold, hot and cold, it's going to be very difficult, and also you need more guys who can score goals, because he left Haaland on the bench, brought him on after, and okay, he had two opportunities, but I think Flacken had a really good game, you know, the goalkeeper from Leverkusen, but away from that...

If they keep going like that, it's going to be very, very tough for them just to make sure that they stay up and can get that race going, what we just talked about.

Who have you got?

Go on.

What I also think that's happening at City is that people are starting to understand the tactical side, how they want to play.

Because every time when City wants to control the game, and he's like that, he wants to be on the ball, every time he wants to control the game, he's on the ball.

They are standing in a position where they can be exposed.

And every time they get exposed like that, as soon as they make a mistake, if they lose the ball, it's like what Craig said, like let's say the right and the left side.

One goes up, you understand, and they get exposed.

There are three at the back.

If they don't have the defenders that are capable to go into corners and cover them up, they're going to get exposed.

And it's always been like that.

This is not something new that Pep is fighting with.

Because when Pep has the ball and he knows that people have a fear in them to compete with them,

He has no problem.