Such doubters have since been forced to eat their words though, with City having earned victories in all but one of their league fixtures to this point in the season.
I'm so happy for David (Silva), we can not disguise his quality but in the past he didn't score too much goals.
"It must be great to watch if you're a City fan but I found it hard to watch at times", Paul Clement said.
The fact of the matter is that, of all the Premier League teams this season, only Manchester City could possibly make the claim that their starting XI was entirely better than another team's.
Not bad coming from the former Bayern Munich and Real Madrid assistant manager.
City went over Swansea City, 4-0, on December 13, following their 2-1 win over Manchester United on December 10.
"I don't think there is any doubt about that, and top players in that team, with hunger and desire to put in a performance week in, week out", he said.
"They had one more day's rest than us, they were fresher than us, and mentally fresher because a big match takes more from our players".
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"We are so happy and we are going to fight to maintain it as long as possible".
"I can't fault the effort of the team but West Ham were very good in defence tonight".
Their 49 points from 17 games is the best-ever start to an English top-flight campaign, bettering the record of Tottenham's great double-winning side of 1960-61 - when a win was worth just two points.
The undefeated Manchester City will try to keep their streak alive when they take on the Tottenham at 12:30 PM ET.
Silva has netted four times in the last three games.
"First half we were a little bit stiff, the passing and movement was not so good but even then we had two or three chances", Klopp said.
"We can do better and we have to do better but on a night like this when you are not at your best you need a bit of luck".
Asked about Arsenal's league position approaching the busy Christmas period, which sees them play Newcastle, Liverpool, Crystal Palace and WBA within the space of a fortnight, Wenger replied: "There's always concern about the table as we are here to win games".