It is, in Pellegrini’s words, “a good position” going into the second half of the season, but it represents a significantly lower points total than they had accrued at the same stage in previous years.
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So far this season, Marchand has been the Bruins leading scorer with 26 points (15 goals and 11 assists in 34 games). Needless to say, Montreal fans have to be pretty happy with how the New Year’s Day event started for their team.
“We have lots of reasons to be happy to say, ‘Paulo, we need to be happy.’ We are competitive, we have a good connection with the fans, we are in a good position, we are playing well and have the possibility to win a lot”. Always the best position is to be at the top of the table, but I think this season is a special Premier League. Manchester City on the other hand are where many expected, fighting for the title but now trail Arsenal andLeicester City as we enter the second half of the season. “I hope this is that part of the season for Kompany and the second part he will be fit”.
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4/1 is a good price on such an outcome and odds of 8/1 on a home win to nil also tempt given City have only scored in one of their last five league road games.
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Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has confirmed that the club is not really looking to bring in any new faces during the transfer window, explaining that he already feels well equipped with the squad now at his disposal.
He said: “We’ll try to do the same – as we’ve achieved 39 points then we’d like to achieve 40 points – one point more”.
Club captain Kompany, a reassuring influence in central defence, will be missing for around four weeks after suffering his third calf injury of the season against Sunderland.
Whatever happens with Kompany, Pellegrini reckons City can still go on and win the Premier League title.
Pellegrini, for his part, has tried to play down any suggestions that it is a major problem, saying: “I don’t divide the games that we play away or home”.
“Against Stoke we played very bad so you can’t win if you don’t play very well”.
Now only Kompany and Samir Nasri are on the injured list, with Fabian Delph, Fernando and Gael Clichy all set to be available for the trip to Watford on Saturday.
Watford will be coming into this game after their recent loss against Tottenham on Monday, reports Xinhua.
Watford have played some great football this season, much to the credit of Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney leading the line.
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“We are going to win the title if we don’t depend on just one player”, he said.
