#1 Fear factor
Manchester City are playing some of the Premier League's most attractive football ever played - a style that seems to have struck fear into all of their other opponents.
Into the last eight of this season's UEFA Champions League, they are being mentioned in the same breath as Real Madrid and Barcelona. No European side wants to face them and rightly so, as they have already lifted the Carabao Cup and did so in convincing fashion, dismantling a poor Arsenal side last month.
Now, the Premier League title appears just a formality at this point and they could officially be crowned champions by beating local rivals United at home on April 7th.
The way they've dominated this term, it appears as though they can continue to replicate the same success for years to come, provided the spine of their side remains the same and they maintain consistency with Pep at the helm.