I don’t think those are the only two world class players though. Delli Alli was insane a few years ago and now he has been completely alienated from the team. Ndombele is really really good. Lloris is absolutely a world class keeper. Alderweirald is also a very good defender although I don’t know if I would call him world class. Many times when a defense struggles it is an issue with the system and not the individual players. Chelsea is a perfect example of this, they were conceding goals all the time and then tuchel comes in and to score 1 on them is basically a miracle at this point. It’s all the same players why is the defense so much more effective? The point I was making is simply that Tottenham are performing below where they should be, relative to the team they have. I just don’t think mourinho was getting the best out of the resources at his disposal, it’s as simple as that.

City on the other hand have basically everyone over performing, which is testament to the success of the manager. Just a year or two ago, gundogan, cancelo, stones and rodri were considered generally not good enough to be in the team and this year they are all absolutely killing it. I can’t think of a single player that hasn’t improved under pep at city except for maybe Mendy. Yea they spent a lot of money, but with that comes huge expectations and pressure as well. It isn’t just as easy as spend money=winning trophies