PHIL MCNULTY
Manchester City look in ominously supreme form to emulate Manchester United’s famous feat of 1999 by winning the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup.
Pep Guardiola’s side have put themselves in the perfect position to win all three after a superb week in which they set up a Champions League semi-final with holders Real Madrid and reached an FA Cup final against Brighton or Manchester United by beating Sheffield United at Wembley.
And the huge sky blue shadow is closing in the rear view mirror of Premier League leaders Arsenal with a potentially decisive meeting against the Gunners at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday.
Real Madrid are outstanding in the Champions League but they will hold no terrors for City, especially after the addition of the explosive Erling Haaland since their dramatic Champions League semi-final last season.
City have arguably never had a better chance to claim all three of the big prizes for what is rightly regarded as the perfect Treble. They have formidable all-round strength and are reaching a crescendo just when Guardiola would have wanted them to.
