While the Premier League is shrouded in uncertainty at gift, one factor has remained a regular — Manchester City prevailing soccer suits.
With COVID-19 outbreaks hitting other clubs and forcing a glut of postponements, Pep Guardiola's aspect have managed to get away in large part unaffected, permitting them to quietly start putting one of those runs together that can wreck their title rivals.
Sunday's four-0 victory over Newcastle become City's eighth on the leap, and turned into inevitable from the instant Ruben Dias became talented a loose header inside the 6-yard container within the fifth minute.
This turned into now not City at their quality or maybe close to it — there had been multiple stray moments, sloppy passes and poor demanding situations that would on every other day were punished — but it became in the long run a healthy won on autopilot.
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City are so nicely drilled that they know what to do anywhere they find themselves at the pitch, and perhaps no player exemplifies that footballing intelligence extra inside the City ranks proper now than Joao Cancelo
The Portugal fullback has spent the bulk of the season playing at left returned, however switched throughout to the right at St. James' Park due to the absence of Kyle Walker, and put in yet some other best display.
A defender in name handiest, Cancelo is comfortable anyplace he finds himself, whether it's far attacking excessive as a proper winger or defending deep as a left back.
His standout moment on Sunday got here from a significant function, drifting beyond susceptible tackles before smashing in a fierce strike from 25 yards.
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