CITY BETTER THAN UNITED

Last updated : 26 August 2002 By editor
You may have noticed that the Kevin Keegan factor has arrived at Maine Road. We saw some fabulous passing and movement from Manchester United and Chelsea on Friday night but I think that this Manchester City side surpassed both of them. Football as pure entertainment, a new attack every minute.
Whether they do this every week will be the greatest challenge awaiting their manager. In Ali Benarbia they have a playmaker who takes the breath away. When Keegan gets the best out of Nicolas Anelka this will be a very difficult side to beat. Defensively they will have to be better but with players like Shaun Wright-Phillips the fans there will be forgiven for thinking "Who cares?"
They can also feel safe that this is not another City side who will straight away be plunging back into the First Division.