What about our constant humiliations of 3-0 + against the big teams in the PL then? What about his absolutely disgusting record vs the top 6 teams?
Indeed. The entire argument about him being good against big teams in EPL is dubious if not nonsense.
In the league alone:
Big teams who have been good:
Played City 4 times. Won 1, lost 3. GD: -6
Played Liverpool 5 times. Won 1, draw 2, lost 2. GD: -9
Played Arsenal 4 times. Won 1, lost 3. GD: -2
Traditional big 6 teams who have been ok/bad:
Played Chelsea 4 times. Won 2, drew 1, lost 1. GD: +3
Played Spurs 5 times. Won 1, lost 2, drew 2. GD: -3
Not traditional big 6 teams who have been recently good:
Played Newcastle 4 times. Won 1, lost 2, drew 1. GD: -2
Played Villa 5 times. Won 3, lost 1, drew 1. GD: +1
Played Brighton 5 times. Won 1, lost 4. GD: -6
Overall. Won 11, lost 17, drew 7. Points per game: 1.14. Overall GD: -24. Which is extremely poor.
We have done better in the domestic cups though. Wins against Newcastle, Brighton, Liverpool and City (all minimal victories), and losses against Newcastle (3-0) and City (2-1).
Mixed in Europe with win against Barca (minimal victory) and loss against Sevilla (5-2).
Counting everything. 16 wins, 20 losses, 7 draws. GD: -26. Furthermore, the toe to toe is absolute nonsense. Wins against Liverpool in the league and City wins, it was Oleball at its best, total smash and grab. The win against Barca was good. Against Liverpool in the cup was quite good. I do not remember the win against Arsenal, against Brighton, they were in free fall with RdZ leaving and it was a decent performance against Newcastle in the cup. However, almost every time we played a true good team, be it City, Liverpool or Arsenal, it was mostly defending for our lives.
How is this fraud called a big game manager is something I am missing?