Johnny Baguette
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Johnny On The Spot:
As the great Alan Partridge would say in the "Provence of England", lovely stuff. City effortlessly saw off a more than accomodating Norwich team this afternoon to maintain the club's intentions across 4 competitions. This consumate away win could yet prove a shot in sky blue arms following wretched inconsistency that has shown no sign of abating. That it came by fielding a freshened up 4-4-2 shorn of carrying the erratic media motormouth Yaya Touré will certainly give Manuel Pellegrini food for thought as he weighs up the necessity of righting a good few wrongs against Everton in 4 nights time...You can't whack a clean sheet on the road at this level and City's much maligned defence will surely be given a lift by it although they will have to deliver greater focus and more decisive decision making in the weeks to come...This said, it has been a rough, injury strewn season to date and The Blues emerge from a rocky 5 games in 7 away to face 5 games in 7 at home having still done enough to have an oustanding chance of making 2016 an unqualified success. Further to that we've seen MCFC Academy youngsters blooded again and a return of the famous Poznan from City's brilliant travelling support to round off a great day at the office...My Man of the Match is Sergio Agüero for securing the early goal at last which immediately delivered a confidence boost to the City side. The draw for the fourth round will take place on Monday evening.
Stats Courtesy BBC Sport: http://www.manchestercity.vitalfootball.co.uk/stats.asp?a=560854#ixzz3wlgQhT6a
As the great Alan Partridge would say in the "Provence of England", lovely stuff. City effortlessly saw off a more than accomodating Norwich team this afternoon to maintain the club's intentions across 4 competitions. This consumate away win could yet prove a shot in sky blue arms following wretched inconsistency that has shown no sign of abating. That it came by fielding a freshened up 4-4-2 shorn of carrying the erratic media motormouth Yaya Touré will certainly give Manuel Pellegrini food for thought as he weighs up the necessity of righting a good few wrongs against Everton in 4 nights time...You can't whack a clean sheet on the road at this level and City's much maligned defence will surely be given a lift by it although they will have to deliver greater focus and more decisive decision making in the weeks to come...This said, it has been a rough, injury strewn season to date and The Blues emerge from a rocky 5 games in 7 away to face 5 games in 7 at home having still done enough to have an oustanding chance of making 2016 an unqualified success. Further to that we've seen MCFC Academy youngsters blooded again and a return of the famous Poznan from City's brilliant travelling support to round off a great day at the office...My Man of the Match is Sergio Agüero for securing the early goal at last which immediately delivered a confidence boost to the City side. The draw for the fourth round will take place on Monday evening.
Stats Courtesy BBC Sport: http://www.manchestercity.vitalfootball.co.uk/stats.asp?a=560854#ixzz3wlgQhT6a
