Villa away was the one that got away
Aston Villa 2–1 Manchester City on Saturday, and that is a result you feel. Your team had just put five past AEK Athens in the Champions League and were top of the league on 21 points from eight games.
Now the gap to the pack is thinner than it should be. Form reads W L W W L, and the Ls are stacking up in the league. Brighton at home on Saturday, October 31 at 16:00 CET, is the response.
The away trip to RB Leipzig on Wednesday, November 4 comes four days later, then Nottingham Forest away on Saturday, November 7 at 18:30 CET. Three games, and City need to look like themselves again in all of them.
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Rodri 4th, Haaland 8th
The Ballon d'Or top 10 is out. Rodri placed 4th and Erling Haaland placed 8th.
Haaland's numbers are the talking point: 60 appearances, 54 goals, 10 assists. Eighth still.
Fans are not letting that slide.
Bouaddi 6th in Young Talent
Ayyoub Bouaddi ranked 6th in the Men's Young Talent of the Year award. The 18-year-old is being talked about in Manchester already as the future number 6.
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The mood on the subreddit is split between pride and disbelief: Rodri in the top four is being taken as fair, but Haaland's 8th place with 54 goals in 60 games has fans calling the ranking debatable. Bouaddi's 6th place in the Young Talent award is the bright spot, with supporters already talking about him as the long-term answer in midfield. The Haaland thread is where the argument is happening.
