City head to Loftus Road for the first time in 8 years (Oct 28th 2003 in the League Cup). Where Shaun Wright-Phillips got the winner in a 3-0 win. Last game before International break. Game time is 1:30EDT in the States, and 5:30 in the UK. Hoping the traveling Blues give SWP an ovation before the game, as far as lineups well its anyones guess. [LINEUP-4-4-2]Dzeko,Aguero,Nasri,Silva,Barry,Yaya,Kolorav, Lescott, Savic(Kolo),Richards,Hart[/LINEUP-4-4-2]
I've been planning to try and catch some Man City games for sometime, I finally do and Balotelli isn't playing. Is he hurt, I thought he had been doing really well as of late.
After a slow start you guys really turned things around. Fantastic goal from Silva. Hopefully you can move in for the kill now that they are shaken.
Very lucky - they outplayed us and if not for the quality of players like Dzeko and Silva to make a difference out of nowhere, we could have lost. De Jong wasn't even on the bench yet would have made a huge difference as they were running through our midfield like they weren't even there. MotM - Silva or Milner Savic and Johnson were very poor, Savic has things to learn still as he lost every aerial battle. Johnson remains the most inconsistent player in our squad. By far our toughest league game of the season so far.
I thought Yaya Toure was your best player today. Silva played ok, fantastic goal but he was kept in check pretty much.
When the fixtures came out, we were all gutted to see that after EVERY Champions League mid-week game we had to play away at weekend (while Stretford have only home games after their CL games). We've now won 3, drawn 1, and lost 0. All away games, that is fantastic.
MOTM - Dzeko Great goal, great assist, and helped out quite a bit on defense. Savic was dreadful. I don't think he's ready to play in the EPL.
MOTM- Milner. Fantastic tackiling distribution, involved in two goals. Keeping Nigel The Enforcer out of the side.
Are two hardest games have come in West London after CL games. Our next West London game is in a few weeks time at Chelsea, after another CL game. This time the game is monday and the CL game is home so we'll have some recovery time.
I think it's the tiny pitches, more than anything. Eastlands is like a cricket ground compared to these west london stadia. These stadiums give silva and co far smaller areas to work with, and provide less ground for the defense to cover. Just my opinion and don't get me wrong I do realize we had a our best effort last year at the cottage, I just think in that match specifically we were able to score very early and it caused Fulham to crumble.