Two points dropped IMO. I believe we would have won with some ease had Cesc started. Special mention for Azpi who was immense once again Utd lost away to Huddersfield & City have to play Spurs and Utd in the space of a week. Title is theirs if 9-11 point lead stands after Christmas.
We've been unable to get a solid RWF in the last 3-4 years, so chances of replacing our best attacking player would most likely be mission impossible. However, we can only hope Emenalo's departure will change things in future windows.
Don't remember us being massive underdogs against Napoli or Benfica. Not scoring away from home is normally detrimental & it showed that night but we have to move on. We've had a decent campaign (only team to beat Atletico away) so far aside from the game in Rome.
There really isn't any need to be so negative. We are far from frontrunners but anything can happen in a knockout competition & we aren't nobodies either. I remember our 2012 unbeatable squad, though. The good days
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/20-most-expensive-transfer-deals-10878202 I never said £50m is the new norm, but it's a fee that is touted almost everywhere nowadays for most players. It doesn't raise eyebrows like it did when he signed Torres. City will get a pass along as they aren't spending 50m+ on multiple players & making a profit (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/08/manchester-city-record-revenues-accounts-wages-2016-17).