Almost three months have elapsed since Manchester City’s famous 3-2 win against Queens Park http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rangers-c40314, which allowed them to claim their maiden Premier League title. Yet the memories of the game and the nature of its finish are still fresh in the minds of
scores of football fans.
The win against QPR carried paramount significance for the Eastlanders for more than one reason. Not only did it allow the blue Manchester side to put to an end their 44 years long wait of lifting the league title, it also swung the balance of power in the
EPL in their favour. Clearly, the loss had piqued Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson, who was desperate to get the better of the ‘noisy neighbours’, who were started to be considered by many as the new football order in Manchester, following their 6-1 trouncing of the Red
Devils in October.
City’s 2011/12 league triumph was impressive to say the least. However, can it be viewed as a beginning of a new era in the Premier League? Or will they suffer the same fate as that of Blackburn http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rovers-c40385, who failed to consolidate their position at the top
of the league since their 1995 title winning season.
Examining the reality of the blue Manchester club, one won’t be hard pressed to conclude that City have been a team on the rise over the last couple of years. Ever since the club’s ownership has been claimed by the ultra-rich Dubai based Etihad Group, the
Eastlanders have become a side to beat. A club which was used to finishing behind the ‘big four’ of United, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429, the situation now presents a totally different reading altogether.
Given the financial might of their owners, City went lavish to claim the signatures of some of the best and most talented players in the world over the last two years. The admission of the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mario-Balotelli-c23937, Yaya Toure,
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/James-Milner-c17706 to the squad seems to have blown a new life in a team, who are now unwilling to settle for second best.
Secondly, the Eastlanders have got one of the shrewdest schemer and an excellent tactician in their manager, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323. The manner in which he was able to handle the egos and tempers of some of the big names in his squad, and the way he translated
their potential to performances on the field, speaks at length about his ability of extracting the best out of his players.
At the time of his arrival at the Etihad Stadium, he was deemed by many as an opponent who was good enough to compete with the great Sir Alex Ferguson. It so turned out that he was good enough to even get the better of him.
City is a team who boost arguably the best squad in the Premier League, and a manager who knows how to get the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 done. The fact that they have now lifted the league title will only serve to attract more world class players towards Eastland, who earlier
had apprehensions over the club’s ability to win trophies. Sergio Aguero’s stoppage time winner against QPR in May, may not have just sparked wild and tumultuous celebrations in the blue half of Manchester; it may also have sparked the beginning of a new Premier
League era.
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