Manchester City back at the top? New Year's 4 games hit 20 goals! 5 Ace Awakening will face the devil schedule and fight against 8 strong opponents in a row

In a key match in the 22nd round of the English Premier League that ended in the early morning of January 20, Beijing time, Manchester City defeated promoted Mapwich Town (Yizhen) 6-0 away, with 3 wins and 1 draw in the last 4 rounds. After a slump of just one win in nine rounds, the defending champions seem to have truly "returned to the king".

Facing Ipswich Town, who won 4-1 at home in the first leg, Manchester City continued to make a big splash on the road, scoring three goals in each half and easily taking away three points. What's even more gratifying is that Manchester City's five cores have all found their form. Phil Foden scored two shots and one pass, Kevin De Bruyne provided the assist, Haaland also scored his 17th league goal, with Doku and Kovacic both contributing from the pass. If it weren't for the Champions League clash with Paris in midweek, Pep Guardiola replaced a number of key players early, and Manchester City could have caused a bigger tragedy.

After winning this campaign, Manchester City are unbeaten in the last 6 games (4 wins, 2 draws), scoring 23 goals, especially 20 goals in the 4 games of the New Year, and the attacking power is close to returning to the peak level.

At present, in the standings, Manchester City has 38 points, beating Newcastle to return to the top four in the standings. With one more game, the difference between Liverpool at the top of the table is 12 points, considering that Manchester City has woken up, and a number of strong signings have been signed in the winter window, coupled with their terrifying chasing strength in the second half of the season, I believe no one dares to exclude Manchester City from the title race this season.

Next, Manchester City will usher in a devil's schedule, the Champions League will start a "life-and-death battle" with Grand Paris, and the league will encounter Chelsea, Arsenal, Newcastle, Liverpool, Tottenham, Nottingham Forest, Brighton and other strong opponents. Whether Manchester City is really "back of the king" will wait for these tough battles to test.