Back in the early days of this thread I was very confident we’d win. I think i said that avoiding defeat to City would be important (captain obvious) but either way I thought 95 points would certainly win it.
We reached that, and then some. Don’t think anyone could have predicted the second half of the season they’d have.
I did
But seriously, if you look at the results of this City team over the past two seasons then it shouldn't be much of a shock that they won all their remaining games. They've won 64/76 matches over the past two seasons.
The dropped points leading up to the game at the Etihad were an anomoly. Draws and losses are an anomoly for this team. If you look at it statistically, there was more of a chance them winning all the remaining games than dropping points.
I said that we'd both end up winning all the rest of our games, and I was right. We were playing the better football over the past 9 games, looking in greater form, but the two teams are so far ahead of everyone else, it was obvious to me that it would play out the way it did. I was still hoping, but not expecting.
The match against them was the deciding factor for me, they had to win that game in order to have a chance, all we needed was not to lose, and we would've done it.
Very small margains when you are talking about two sides this good and so much better than the rest.