Those games will make or break us as serious title challengers.
First off a win against Leicester and a clean sheet is essential. If we go into the international break top of the league, no goals conceded, having won every game, absolutely everyone will be talking and thinking about us, that will be massive.
Then those games, we need to go into that Spurs game and make a massive statement, Spurs are joint with us on three wins out of three, however if you watched the Newcastle and United games, you know that they aren't hugely impressive right now, and whilst you could to degree say the same about us, our defence has been rock solid, theirs hasn't. Now don't get me wrong, that Spurs team is good enough to turn us over if we don't play to the top of our game, but if we do, and we have to, we should be able to get the better of them.
Southampton is simple, we just have to win.
Chelsea's going to be real hard though, they look very good, however they also look a little suspect in defence, well in the Arsenal game they did anyway. I'm cautious about this game though, I've got a feeling Sarri is going to have a surprise for us this game, he's a clever manager, he knows this games coming, and he'll see it as a chance for his team to make it's own statement by playing a tactical wildcard and turning over the team of the moment. For us, the key is Jorginho, it's only three games in, but you can tell he's running the show at Chelsea, I can't quite figure out how other teams haven't spotted this yet and done a job on him, but it's key we do, our pressing will be key in this game, but he's clever and knows how to deal with that press, so we absolutely must press very intelligently and as an entire team.
If things go well up to this point, I really feel we have the beating of City, maybe i'm getting ahead of myself, or i'm being a cocky Liverpool fan, but that club, and that manager, are clearly petrified of us. Pep is going to overthink this game, the players will head into this game scared, not confident, stemming from their boss and fans, and Anfield will be right fucking up for it. If we lose momentum and lose a game or two before this game, maybe that won't be the case, but if we head into this game having stayed glued to the top of the table, I really think City will fall into our hands, that defence just isn't good enough in my mind, and if we get at them, their heads will drop. That said, the quality in that team is absolutely immense, and if we ourselves get complacent, they'll make us pay.
Exciting times.
