Despite coming unstuck at Anfield last weekend, City are so hot right now there’s talk of them winning the Carabao Cup, Emirates FA Cup, UEFA Champions League and Premier League quadruple this season. But can they actually do it? The club’s chairman hopes the answer is yes. The club’s manager says it is no. “That is not going to happen,” states Pep Guardiola. “Come on, that isn't real. In football you drop points and you lose competitions. I am not thinking about how many titles, I am thinking about the next game.”
Guardiola’s unerring focus is the first piece of bad news for Newcastle fans. The second is that City striker Sergio Agüero has scored more goals against their team than any other Premier League club. The third is that the Toon Army have lost 4-0, 4-0, 5-0 and 6-1 on their last four league trips to the Etihad Stadium. And the fourth is that Manchester City will want to prove to everyone that their loss to Liverpool was a mere blip on their path to greatness.
After crunching the numbers and studying the stats, we have come up with five mostly serious things teams need to do in order to beat City. You can thank us later, Rafa…