How City's resilience is invaluable

City's superb run through 2019 has been marked by many milestones, but it can be said that one of the main drivers of the Blues' quest for success on four fronts is our ability to master the game of patience.

Few would deny the overall quality and artistic talent of City who, over the past two seasons, has seen Blues paint the most vibrant colors in football, winning Pep Guardiola's side many braces along the way.

But, with the club still very much in contention for silverware on three fronts and with the Carabao Cup already in the bag, another great facet of the City game has emerged over the past two months.

It was the hard core of resistance and resistance that allowed the Blues to find a way to triumph late in matches – no matter what.

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While many opposition teams are opting more and more for mbadive bodies behind the ball and seeking to limit the time and space allocated to the Blues, City had to wait our turn and play a waiting game.

Statistics reveal that 10 of the Blues' last 14 goals came in the second half and the talent of time management has served us well since the beginning of the year.

The patience game of the city has never been more demonstrated than in the remarkable game of Saturday. 3-2 Victory in FA Cup Quarterfinals at Swansea.

We are 2-0 at the end of the match, just 20 minutes from Liberty Stadium, in heavy rain and high winds. With the Swans goaltender Kristoffer Nordvelt in an inspired form, many teams could have collapsed.

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Instead, the Blues simply redoubled their collective efforts and, inspired by Bernardo Silva's superb strike in the 69th minute, then leveled by a substitute Sergio Aguero A penalty deflected in the 78th minute before Kun – as is often the case – gave the final word, his skillful 88th-minute header sealed a thrilling clash and earned a ticket in the semifinals.

This late race in the race was the incredible victory of City in our last game of the Champions League on the 16th, first mission to Schalke last month.

Trailer 2-1 on the side of the Bundesliga and down to 10 men after the dismissal of Nicolas Otamendi five minutes from the end, the liars seemed threatening.

However, City dug deep into our collective reserves and achieved a remarkable recovery triggered by Leroy Sane's superb kick of the 85th minute before being crowned Raheem Sterling's Winner in the 88th minute.

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This is a quality that has allowed the Guardiola team to meet almost all challenges so far in 2019 – avoiding a lone setback in Newcastle at the end of January.

Aside from the return of Swansea, a look at City's recent series of results is a perfect illustration of our ability to keep our time and the collective attention of our team.

In our last home league clash against Watford, the Blues were dulled by a wall of green for 45 minutes frustrating.

Rather than being distracted by frustration, City simply intensified its intensity and was rewarded with a 13-minute Sterling hat trick just after the break.

In the same vein, during the league's trip to Bournemouth in early March, City dominated possession of the ball and its territory. Eddie Howe chose to place mbadive rows of cherries behind the ball in a defensive deployment.

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Once again, City maintained full confidence in Guardiola's fundamental principles of possession, accuracy, speed and speed of movement. Riyad Mahrez's vital winner of the 55th minute.

In the same way, the Blues came up against determined and tenacious opposition during our home game against West Ham at the end of February.

And, once again, patience was finally retained, Aguero's penalty in the 59th minute giving him another crucial three-point return.

There is no doubt that many qualities are needed to form successful teams. Talent and desire are, of course, prerequisites, just like a little bit of luck on the way.

But a quick look in the history books also reveals that the most successful teams are also defined by this invaluable ability to dig deep, to show character and courage and to fight to the end. .

While everything remains to be done for the last two months of the season to be exciting, City is also achieving this result in abundance.

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