BRISTOL City’s gutsy win over Manchester United shames every lily-livered Premier League manager who parks the bus and cowers when the big boys come to town.
As statistics on Match of the Day demonstrated, the so-called ‘Best League in the World’ has become an attacking wasteland. Goals-per-game are at a ten-year low, with the bulk of lower-ranked sides content to simply contain and frustrate.
Swansea and West Brom, the division’s bottom two, are prime examples. Both have conceded fewer goals than eighth-placed Leicester. Neither takes a regular hiding. Apologists ar...