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Fuelled by money
from the Middle East, Manchester City was supposed to have ushered in a
new period of dominance in English football last season after capturing
its first league title in nearly half a century.
Manchester United had other ideas.
Just
like Arsenal and Chelsea previously, City has discovered to its cost
that United loves nothing more than hitting back when its hegemony is
challenged.
The noisy neighbors — as Alex Ferguson likes to call City — have been well and truly quietened.
To
many, this isn’t a vintage United team compared to the swashbuckling
treble-winning side of 1998-99 and the Cristiano Ronaldo-led line-up
from 2007-08. Too many players — Wayne Rooney, Nemanja Vidic, Antonio
Valencia, Paul Scholes, Ashley Young among them — have struggled this
season, critics say. It’s been more grit than glamor.
The statistics say otherwise.
The
title-clinching 3-0 win over Aston Villa on Monday kept the team on
course for the highest points tally in history of English topflight
football, beating Chelsea’s haul of 95 from 2004-05. That will be
secured if United wins its final four games.
