Nothing is impossible for this City team
manchester — Schalke posted a GIF of two Power Rangers holding their heads in their hands, accompanied by the message: “MAKE IT STOP.”
Another tweet popped up minutes later, this time from the goalkeeping coach of Manchester City’s next opponent, Swansea, who posted a photo of a TV screen showing Schalke trailing 7-0 at Etihad Stadium.
City have their opponents bewildered and running scared amid a torrid run that has opened up the increasingly realistic prospect of an unprecedented quadruple of trophies this season.
The thrashing of Schalke in the Champions League on Tuesday was City’s 18th win — one of which was a penalty-shootout victory in the English League Cup final — in 19 games in 2019. In that streak, City have scored 61 goals and conceded only eight.
The players are on a mission and utterly ruthless. There’s no slowing up or preserving energy after rushing into a big lead, as shown against Schalke when City scored four times in the second half with progress to the quarterfinals already secured. Five goals came in the final 33 minutes of City’s 9-0 win over Burton Albion in the League Cup semifinals in January.
A team missing four or five regular first-teamers swatted aside Schalke, with center midfielder Ilkay Gundogan, versatile defender Danilo and winger Leroy Sane particularly impressive and taking the opportunity to show Guardiola that they deserve a starting spot in City’s strongest side. No English team have been this close to winning the main four trophies in one season. When Man United won the Premier League-FA CupChampions League treble in the 1998-99 season, they lost in the League Cup in December.