Manchester City are still on for historic quadruple with 18 games left
autty 2019-03-09 18:26:31 评论
Pep Guardiola's side have already won the first trophy of the season, lifting the Carabao Cup with a penalty shootout win over Chelsea at Wembley. With just over three months left of the season, Manchester City find themselves with a serious chance of winning an unprecedented quadruple.
There are three other prizes still up for grabs though and you wouldn't bet against this current crop of players from taking them all. Man City are 7/1 with a couple of bookies to win all four trophies.
With nine games to go in the Premier League, City are one point ahead of Liverpool in the most exciting title race the division has seen in years.
They have been here before too, when they rescued the title from the grasp of Steven Gerrard and Brendan Rodgers in 2013-14 and will be confident of history repeating itself after the Reds' recent dip in form that has seen them drop eight points in their last six league matches.
Completing a domestic treble would be an achievement in itself and the FA Cup draw has opened up nicely for City to win the competition for the first time in eight years.
City and Manchester United are the only 'big six' teams left and, with a quarter-final away to Swansea, Guardiola must be looking forward to another Wembley date soon.
United have cause for concern when they travel to Wolves while the other last-eight ties are Watford at home to Crystal Palace and Championship side Millwall taking on an out-of-form Brighton.
The one competition that has eluded City since their recent transition into a global superpower is the Champions League. Roberto Mancini, Manuel Pellegrini and Guardiola have all tried and failed to bring continental success to the Etihad Stadium.
Their best effort came in 2015-16 when Pellegrini oversaw an agonising 1-0 aggregate semi-final defeat by Real Madrid before the Spanish giants went on to lift the title in Milan.
City have built a good advantage in the first leg of their last-16 tie with German side Schalke, coming from 2-1 down to win 3-2 at the VELTINS-Arena ahead of the return leg on March 12.
City have built a good advantage in the first leg of their European tie with German side Schalke.
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