BBC sez: Manchester City's Claudio Reyna is set to return after an ankle injury. Barton a question mark after storming off after being pulled last game. City 2 points out of relegation. Reyna has got to be wondering what he was thinking when he turned down Fulham, or left Glasgow for that matter. Dramamine anyone?
Re: 4/24 Reyna: Lester v. Man City (R) Holy macaroni! "Bocanegra dribbles.....passes to Reyna....one touch into space., ahead to McBride.....He Shoots.....He Scores! Brian McBride....and Fulham lead 1-0"..
Re: 4/24 Reyna: Lester v. Man City (R) Are you channelling Gentleman Jim on the Fulham site, perchance? Kickoff's at 7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET (and midnight Melbourne time for me here). Will do a brief news update momentarily.
* * *I'm William, and this is the news* * * [*]Injuries may lead to changes -- Man City's official site [*]Reyna poised for recall -- sportinglife.com [*]Keegan plans defensive approach -- sportinglife.com [*]Keegan takes blame for slump -- sportinglife.com [*]Survival of the toughest -- Soccernet [*]Match preview & OPTA stats -- skysports.com [*]Reyna fitness boost -- Yahoo's UK site, via TeamTalk [*]Match preview, complete with facts & figures -- The BBC [*]Feature: Man City on the brink -- The BBC [*]Keegan bows to player power as City seek to arrest downward slide -- The Independent [*]Match preview -- Manchester Evening News [*]Reyna fit to face Foxes -- Manchester Evening News [*]Keegan set to walk plank after mutiny -- The Guardian [*]Keegan prepared to take the blame -- The Times of London
Reyna on the pine. And oh yeah, Barton starts. Man City: James, Jihai, Distin, Dunne, Tarnat, Wright-Phillips, Barton, Bosvelt, Sinclair, Wanchope, Anelka Subs: Reyna, Sibierski, Macken, Arason, Jordan
0-1 to City late in first half injury time. Tarnat from distance, "wicked" deflection, into the Leicester net.
1-1. Terrible defending by City, after Walker goes Route 1, Distin and Tarnat both don't clear, Scowcroft heads it in.
PK to Leicester...City players surrounding the ref...huge call. Distin handball, but they're claiming it was outside the box. Security people on the field...Freund pushing away City players...Andy D'Urso talking to his assistants...
Marcus Bent did something to Wanchope in the scrum...he might be off. Yellow to Wanchope. Three cards so far...Sky guys going nuts...nothing red yet...pk seems to be standing...
I can't believe Keegan wouldn't put Reyna in. This sounded like a team that desperately needed some structure in the midfield. His days as a manager for City are numbered.