Van De Ven is key to their defence being able to hold a high line and not get punished every attack. Maddison is the key to unlocking Son. Anything happens to either of them and their going to get screwed and it shows. It’s similar to watching City try to play without Rodri in those 3 games he was out.

My guess is they are coming down hard on all the old breaches they 100% knew about but let slide because so Man City don’t have an precedents to point at and claim they are being targeted whilst others are being given leniency

If you look at the “zones of control” last season compared to this, Arsenal do have more defensive control and are closer to City’s level of control compared to last year

So expect more 1-0’s instead of 3-1’s. This brand of Football is “more likely” to win it but City are still City and haven’t had KDB either. They will walk the league by 10+ points

Haaland’s was similar to Neymar. He had 0 goals in his first 16 games but he was only 15 when he made his debut

20 goals, 6 assists in his next 50 games afterwards then exploded once he turned 18 and moved to Salzburg