Not impressed so far with City’s defense...they didn’t do very well last year in the CL. Then again Dortmund was also a disappointment....CL form doesn’t always hold to league form, as we found out last year with Chelsea.
It was pretty clear that DiMatteo decided that trying to win the FA Cup and the Champion's League was more reasonable than trying to claw their way back into the EPL fight. I'd not look forward to playing them in any competition right now -- Torres looks to be in form and Hazard has been a smashing transfer success so far. Defense is a little suspect, but they haven't played any back-to-the-wall games yet to see if they can repeat last year's defensive performances.