Re: The Official Rival Thread - Part II

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[Kick]

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You know you're going to watch the Manc derby

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Frightening.

[Kick]

Two most expensive players? Lollana and Lolren

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[Kick]

It is a lot of money on a lot of average players, though.

[fatman123]

19.8mil on Markovic Benfica are good at what they do

[Kick]

We did even want to pay half of it.

[fatman123]

tbf, he could be worth the money in the long term. The issue for Liverpool is that they need him to hit is potential now, not in 3 or 4 seasons time

[Kick]

If he isn't worth the money now, they should have held off and bought someone who is worth the money now.

They are not in the same position as us where we can make larger purchases designed for the future.

With the loss of Suarez, they needed to improve their overall squad and attack, they did it poorly and Markovic didn't help.

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Smalling sent off for 2 yellows less than 40 mins in

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FT: City 1-0 United


City found the breakthrough and though United pushed hard late on for an equaliser, it never came. Stupid, brainless sending off too much to overcome, but even despite it, City were far from impressive.

[Kick]

Oh well.

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Should keep us on our toes more than an 8 or 9 point lead would have, though - especially heading into our difficult month. #LookingDesperatelyForPositives

[Kick]

We're still 6 points ahead of City, that is a positive

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Yea, a measly 6 points

[Kick]

10 games in?
if this were a 40 game season, we'd win by 24 points

Spoiler:

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I was kidding


Similar to what I said last weekend, if you offered me a 6-point lead, 10 games in, having played City, United, Everton away and Arsenal at home, most of us would have bitten your hand off.

[Kick]

Hell yeah, I would have taken that!

[Abramovich]

We should be 10 points clear, don't give a shit.

Those trips to Manchester all winnable.

INVITE PRESSURE MODE INSERT MIKEL.

[Kick]

It's not the end of the world, mate.

We'll certainly beat them on the home legs, the important thing is to not lose.

[Uncanny]

We should be 10 points clear, don't give a shit.

Those trips to Manchester all winnable.

INVITE PRESSURE MODE INSERT MIKEL.

would be amazing if that happened, pretty close though

[Abramovich]

Well you say we will win the home legs but I ain't as confident, but it's early days.

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James Milner believes Chelsea's title pressure can work in Manchester City's favour:
Manuel Pellegrini's men closed the gap on the league leaders to six points with a win in the Manchester derby and Milner insists they must remain on their tails
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/manchester-city-chelsea-title-pressure-4557057

"We just want to keep doing our job and keep churning out the results to stay as close as we can to Chelsea."

"They’ve started very well but I’m sure they’ll have a dip in form during the season as well, so we have to make sure we’re there ready to take advantage of that if it happens."

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Sergio Aguero says Manchester City must build on win over Manchester United to keep pace with leaders Chelsea:
Sergio Aguero has stressed the importance of Manchester City keeping up the winning habit as they pursue Premier League leaders Chelsea
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/9547874/premier-league-sergio-aguero-says-manchester-city-must-build-on-win-over-manchester-united

"It is important to win. Chelsea are doing very well and they keep winning but we have to go on and I'm sure they will drop some points."

"They play at Liverpool next weekend and we will see if they drop points but the important thing is that we have to win games."

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