Manchester City’s mini-crisis is over, but not before they suffered another scare.
City’s stuttering season was facing another serious setback at half-time of Sunday’s game at Luton, with last year’s Treble winners 1-0 down and facing the prospect of a fifth straight Premier League game without a win.
Two second-half goals in the space of three minutes from Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish rescued Pep Guardiola’s side, however, and City’s fightback provided the perfect response to anyone doubting their credentials for another title defence.
“The team showed their character, but that didn’t surprise me at all,” said former City defender Micah Richards, who watched their 2-1 win at Kenilworth Road for MOTD2.
“Whenever people talk negatively about them, it just spurs them on.
“I wouldn’t say Pep has been touchy recently, but it is like he is taking that criticism and going ‘well, if that’s what you think, we will show you’, and the whole team has got that attitude too.
“They might not win the title, although I believe they will, but they will fight to the end. If someone else does beat them to it, then it is going to be very close.”
