It's become one of those season so far defining games after the Man City defeat. Win, and 6 points from our first three tricky games will be an excellent start. Even a draw and 4 points given we played Man City away will be fair enough I think. Lose though, and we'll be left licking our wounds and six points off the top of the league.
You can't win the league in August September, but you can lose it. Six points behind Chelsea, Tottenham, Man City etc would put us not out of it exactly, but not exactly in it either. We'd b one dodgy result away from settling for a top four target.
I think it'll be tough, but given Balotelli's career I can't help thinking that he will make a significant contribution one way or the other, even if it is off the bench. Hopefully that contribution will be in the form of the winner rather than a sending off!
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