'City so quick to win the ball back'published at 19:50 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021
Man City v Wolves (20:00 GMT)
Paul Dickov
Former Leicester City striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
Manchester City have that winning mentality but what is most impressive is how well they do without the ball and how they press teams - they don't give them a minute.
I think since the start of this run, Pep Guardiola has changed things a little bit because it seems to me that when they lose the ball, the nearest man on the pitch will go and press the ball. It's as if Pep has said to them 'we need to get this ball back again as quickly as we can' and the nearest man goes.
Then you watch three, four or even five players surrounding him to win the ball back. It makes it so difficult. The amount of times they win the ball back very, very quickly is why it's making it so difficult for teams to play against them.