By top six standards, never mind their own lofty ambition, Manchester City has had a poor start to their Premier League campaign.
In the Champions League and in the Carabao Cup, they’ve been perfect with five wins from five, although so far as the former goes, in Porto, Marseille and Olympiakos the opposition are all teams any aspiring European Champion would expect to defeat. The sadly unbalanced and boring competition that is now the UEFA Champions League ensures that.
When it comes to the domestic championship City, so far, have been found wanting. They’ve avoided defeat (won 3, drawn 2) in each of their games against teams from outside the top six, But against the best sides, Leicester City, Liverpool and Tottenham, they’ve garnered only one point.