It's not about them not being attractive, in fact it's not even all that subjective, it's about how comfortably you win games.
For example, during that run last year Chelsea beat City 2-1 in a game where City should have been 4-0 up. While they did well to get the win at the end Chelsea had no control over City's wastefulness, it was just plain luck that they were still in it.
There were several other games where they were badly struggling to create chances or impose themselves on a game but managed to capitalise on an error. Pundits will claim it's a skill but nobody plans to win a game that way, the margins are too small and on another day you're walking away with dropped points.
