Width, speed pay off for City  Posted by David Mooney  John
Peters/Getty ImagesManuel Pellegrini's strategy of having City
quickly break forward paid huge dividends in their dismantling
of United.  As City floundered in the transfer market in summer
2012, back then few fans will have been overly worried by the
lack of activity. Ok, so no additions had been made until the
Community Shield was on the horizon, but supporters were
comfortable that the team that won the league the May before
would be good enough to do it again.  Manchester United,
meanwhile, were clinical and brought in Robin van Persie -- they
lost the league on goal difference and needed to add more
potency to their attack. And that they did.  2012-13 saw perhaps
one of the worst title defences of any English champions,
probably since 1938 -- the year that the title-holders were
relegated. And yes, the title holders back then were Manchester
City, too.  Skip forward to summer 2013 and it is all change for
the top two in the Premier League: Both