Big Feb ahead for City

Feel like I must write one of these articles almost annually, as February so often brings us football across three or four competitions. This year with the league cup final postponed we’ll have to live with just the three!

Personally my thoughts can’t help but look ahead to Sunday, Liverpool are coming into their stride just in time for our yearly Anfield draw or loss. Hopefully the team on the other hand will be taking it one game at a time, the main thing for us at the moment is to rebuild that same mentality of 18/19 - we were so strong and efficient second half of that season in what turned out to probably be the longest run in in top flight history, although we are in a bit of a better position than then we will still have to be virtually impeccable if we want to bring the title home.

Burnley tends to go one of two ways for us, we either show up and batter them, or they make it incredibly difficult and really make us work for the points. The team is more or less picking itself at the moment, but I think both Sterling and Jesus should start, they should each have a point to prove because I wouldn’t have either in the starting 11 at Anfield if you asked me right now.

Pep has recently alluded to the fact that Bernardo was badly affected by his ban last season, if only to act as confirmation for something we already knew, it’s good to see him getting back to his best and I expect him to feature in both games this week. Foden I imagine will be one or the other, with the biggest risk being whether or not to rest in form Gundogan tomorrow... The back 5 speaks for itself, although wouldn’t be surprised to see Laporte start at Turf Moor. Shout out to Cancelo, possibly having the best season from FB in the league so far, and I don’t think anyone would of expected Robertson or TAA to be displaced from the team of the year if you had asked them back in August.

Further into the month we’ve got another three big tests with league games against Spurs, Arsenal and West Ham, as well as FA Cup and Champions League away games thrown into the mix. Another potentially season defining February for City, and with relatively feck all else to do than watch football hopefully the team give us something to celebrate!