I can already feel changes from our Man City meeting paying off
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester City players were upbeat on Saturday. A 1-0 win over struggling Southampton may not have been what neutrals or the bookmakers were expecting, and the scoreline could have been different had Erling Haaland not been denied on multiple occasions.
But as the Blues went top of the league there was satisfaction in the dressing room for a number of reasons. They remain unbeaten in all competitions, not just for the season but in six games since Rodri was injured in an early title clash with Arsenal.
Saturday also saw their second clean sheet in a week, and their first in the Premier League since the opening day at Chelsea - something defender Manu Akanji said 'makes the whole team feel good'. ALSO READ: What Bernardo Silva did at full time speaks volumes in strange Man City win over Southampton ALSO READ: I saw Pep do something he's never done before with Man City players - but it didn't work Then there are the set-pieces.
City have now played three games with what they have called a new approach to attacking dead balls, and the players are impressed with the results.
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