Trying to find a chink in Manchester City's armour is like looking for a needle in a haystack. If it does exist, it's barely detectable. Andree Jeglertz's impact has been profound in that sense.
City did not need to revolutionise the way they worked to reach this point, only the way they thought. Before Jeglertz, title talk was taboo. Under him it's mandated to such an extent it's written on the walls of their training base.
Because how does one learn the habits of a champion if the subject is not part of the everyday playbook? The Swede never considered the Women's Super League title aspirational, even in year one. How can it be at a club like Manchester City?
Except of course winning silverware is not always the reserve of the club's with the best resources and most versatile talent. That is what keeps football exciting. And, crucially here, what drives City's group to want to reinvent ways football matches can be won no matter the circumstance.
Threat from open play and set-pieces. Stacks of goals from all over the pitch. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Perhaps the only critique of this near-perfect side is how they perform when they meet proper resistance.
That is to say, when an opponent is so unyielding it renders their style of football, Jeglertz's preferred method, ineffective. Do City have a robust Plan B? And if they do, does it work against the best?
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