That's the joke, we're not bottlers because we've bottled bottling. Has to be admitted we look shaky this year, no one's imagining it by now. Even Arteta's saying he's having heart attacks in his post match pressers. Being staunch and optimistic doesn't mean denying reality.
On the bright side xG says Leeds 1.34–1.69 Manchester City so it seems we're bottling bottling a bottlers league.
I'm cautiously hopeful we figure this out. Same frame of mind I had in January: we've held our lead through a tough patch. We do still hold that lead.