We could be more optimistic than that. This was the first 'bad' defeat of the season in the PL. Losing to City and Spurs is nothing to be worried about. Our problem has been games like vs Swansea, but this season we have only lost one of those. The game yesterday. We're on 13-8-3 after 24 games. 47 points. To be in the race for the title, we should be at something like 16-4-4 or 52 points at this stage. 47 vs 52 is not too bad. We're talking two draws being converted to wins and yesterday being a draw. We have reason to be optimistic. If other teams have seasons like last (Chelsea) or this (City), it's exceptional and there's not much we can do.
My concern is if we can't get the basic job done (52 points at this stage) ourselves. We are there, but we are not that far off either. We can still get ~85 points this season. It won't be enough for the title, but it would give us confidence that we can compete, that it's down to other teams being exceptional rather than our own ability if we are to challenge.
