5 reasons behind Manchester City's great performances this season

#3 Guardiola's tactics have been spot on

Manchester City have been terrorizing and stretching teams this season

The way that Guardiola has set up the team has been great to see. He has got the team playing so aggressively that a certain fear factor exists when teams come up against Manchester City.

Whenever they have the ball, the full-backs come into midfield alongside the defensive midfielders. In this position they are more involved in the attack and can charge up and down the flanks as a result.

The wingers go so wide that they use every blade of grass available on the pitch to stretch the opposition's backline. This naturally creates space for the two attacking midfielders to create havoc through the middle third. Also, players are keen to never remain stationary for too long - they're always interchanging positions and attack with such numbers that defenders are often overwhelmed by who they should be marking.

When they lose the ball, they press so high up the pitch and with so much intensity that opponents tend to clear the ball and thus waste possession. This term, their average possession is a whopping 71.1%, justifying their comfortability on the ball.