Ferguson once said you couldn't lose more than five games if you wanted a credible title challenge; with the advent of City (and our experience in 08-08) I modified that to not losing more than three games and drawing more than five.
City have already lost two and drawn one. The loss of key players has taken them from an incredible team to a par team. The introduction of VAR has, so far, hurt them more than us.
We've won our first eight games with our back up keeper. It all points to how critical squad management will be for us this year.
We will need this lead because at some point City will start to reel us in. But even when they get those players back, City will still have dropped those points, and they dropped points last year with those players available. Beating them is crucial ho keeping them in their box, and we know it can be done.
Teams will continue to roll over for City, especially when their injured players return. But I'd feel embarrassed as a United fan if I thought my team rolled over for a rival who lost to Wolves.