Three reasons why Manchester City remain Premier league favourites

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3) The value of experience can not be underestimated

You don’t win the league title twice in the last four seasons without having something special within your squad, and the majority of their squad have been here before and most importantly have snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. Years of fan pessimism was well and truly turned on it’s head in the 2011/12 season by one Sergio Aguero. Roberto Mancini masterminded a title victory that was full of entertaining football, something that used to labeled at their city neighbours over at Old Trafford. It was nearly tears of sorrow on the final day though. Man City were expected to ease to victory with a visit to the Etihad by Queens Park Rangers, particularly when Pablo Zabaleta gave the hosts a half time lead on 39 minutes. But the visitors had other ideas. Djibril Cisse leveled before Jamie Mackie appeared to have pulled off the impossible on 66 minutes. It all seemed over for Mancini’s men, but what followed is the very reason we love football and why it is called “the beautiful game”. City fans went from dejection to pure jubilation in a space of two minutes. Edin Dzeko pulled the home-side level with a header before the hero of the hour Sergio Aguero scored a goal to grace any occasion, remaining calm while everyone around him lost their heads and drove a powerful low finish past a despairing Paddy Kenny in the QPR goal. That is precisely why you never write off the quality that Manchester City have.

Yes, Pellegrini’s side have been inconsistent, but an overwhelming majority have followed suit. In the current top six Manchester United are the only other team to lose five league games. If consistency is the key then look no further than second place Leicester City, this season’s literal underdog. They have only lost twice in the league and are only two points off Arsenal. There is a snobbery within football that will tell you to write off Leicester due to their lack of financial clout, make no mistake they are everyone’s second team this season and rightly so. Unfortunately for “plucky” Leicester and the underachieving North London clubs of Arsenal and Tottenham football has a way of rewarding those that take a risk, financially. More often than not a club’s wage bill will determine their eventual league standing come what may, so don’t be overly surprised if Manchester City find themselves at the summit by the time the final ball is kicked on Sunday 15th May.