FORMER MANCHESTER CITY AND ARSENAL player Barcary Sagna believes that his old club City can win the treble this season.
Manchester City last week beat challengers Arsenal 4-1 at home in an emphatic victory. They also are into an FA Cup final against Manchester United and they have Real Madrid to come in the semi-finals of the Champions League.
Sagna played for 9 seasons, representing two clubs: Arsenal and Manchester City. He made 213 appearances for Arsenal and 57 for City during his career.
Only Manchester United have ever won the treble in English football and Sagna believes that City have the capabilities to emulate the red side of Manchester this year.
"They look like they’re on the right track! Last week they showed any team in the world will have suffered playing against them because every City player was on the front foot. Everyone was amazing with the ball. Jack Grealish in particular was amazing – his technical touch was excellent and he never loses the ball. Every player seems to understand what their task is," said the former City player to sportingpost.com
"The defence was fantastic and composed. In the midfield, Rodri and Gundogan were playing Tika taka football. They are masters in the middle. They do not lose the ball. I was watching them yesterday, the way they control the ball is insane."
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Arsenal's Rob Holding has had to step in for the injured William Saliba recently and results have not gone their way since then.
Draws to Liverpool, West Ham, Southampton and the loss to City have handed Pep's team the advantage in the title race.
Sagna added that he does not believe that Holding has been as bad as many people claim and that in time his other old side will benefit from it.
"Holding has not been used to playing and has had to deal with the pressure. Yesterday was difficult because he was facing the best striker in the world. Overall he is doing well. He's been consistent. I didn't see him shirking responsibility yesterday and he was good on the ball, but he physically suffered a bit yesterday.
"It goes without saying that Saliba has had more Premier League games this season. Whenever you play games, you get better and better. If you don't play and you have to step in, you still have to show up and Rob Holding has done so."
