"Making that change with Nasri on the left, a more-free David on the right and having Raheem close to Kun was the way we must try to do it and I’m happy that it worked."
, Manuel Pellegrini 23 August 2015.
Ten games, ten wins, 28 goals, ten clean sheets, four conceded.
It is only four games into the 15/16 Season, but City's fourth win on the bounce broke the 103 year old club record as City won their tenth EPL game on the bounce including the last six games from last Season.
Watford dug in well in the first half, and despite being unable to get out of their own eighteen yard box their well executed defensive tactics looked to be working as they got to half time nil nil.
After half time, however, "The Engineer" came good, with Pellegrini opting to bring on Nasri to enable him to push Sterling up next to Aguero to go 4-4-2, and all out attack. The payback was almost instantaneous, as 88 seconds into the second half Sagna's cross found Sterling in the box to pass the ball into the net on the volley.
The goal forced Watford to somewhat relax their defensive shackles, and perhaps inevitably the second goal came 10 minutes later with SIlva playing in Fernandiho who buried the ball past Gomes to give the Blues the score-line their performance deserved.
Results elsewhere also went City's way with West Ham deservedly taking the points after a 0 vs. 3 rout of Brendan Roger's Liverpool, and Chelsea find themselves eight points off the pace having lost 1 vs. 2 to Alan Pardew's resurgent Palace side (the latter a result of the Chelsea board's inaction in the transfer market according to Moanrinho's latest spin).
Even some of the media are now starting to give recognition to what is a stunning start. Perhaps if the run extends even the toast dippers on Sky Sports "Sunday Supplement" may put their hackneyed agendas to one side and give credit where its due.
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