City v Swans

[KunDB]

Hart, Sagna, Otamendi, Mangala, Clichy, Toure, Fernandinho, Navas, Silva, Sterling, Bony

Caballero, Kolarov, Demichelis, Delph, De Bruyne, Iheanacho, Roberts

C'mon City lets have a performance to remember.

[bry the guy]

Yaya before De Bruyne??bollocks.

[Ludo]

De Bruyne has played 28 or 29 games already this season and it was obvious against BMG that he looked jaded.

[KunDB]

Former player syndrome.

1 0 City

[Stephen Paul]

quite a few empty seats !!!

[KunDB]

Swansea get deserved equaliser walking past our topsy turvy defence. It was on its way for a long time.

[KunDB]

2 1 Toure

Time to sort out our defence, long past time.

[clevblue]

Wow that was close, good job Yaya was there at the end and Joe was there from the start

[reddishblue]

phew

[KunDB]

It is hard to know what is wrong we just seem to lack impetus and penetration. Too much playing across defence with no real intent. Defence is an Achilles heel.

[Tricky Trev]

Another comfortable win, thinks are looking up.

[shandon]

Teams rarely play well after a champions league game in midweek 

[Victoria]

Another comfortable win, thinks are looking up.

What game did you see? That was no way near comfortable. City were lucky and in my mind did not deserve a point; nevevermind three 

[shandon]

I think he was being sarcastic 

[KunDB]

Teams rarely play well after a champions league game in midweek 

Well I could live with that if we had played a Champions League game before each of our recent premier league games, all of which we have played shit in.  Shite is our becoming our new norm in the PL, good the exception.

We have been shit and unconvincing most of this season in a poor league, another bad day for Pelle.

[shandon]

It could have been worse. No excuses for the next game.

[gavin]

My overriding emotion is relief at the win. Not a great performance or game but we got three points. It was a real sickener when they equalised. But what a feeling when the winner dropped in!

[Neil Mcnab]

Hart MOTM says it all. Toure was a passenger for a lot of the game, this cannot help the defense. Still, 3 points and move on.

[nimrod]

I think he was being sarcastic 

If Vinny is ever fit again, just play him & Demi, till Denayer gets back

stop playing such a high line, cant keep relying on Hart

Good result, but unconvincing

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Hart MOTM says it all.

Indeed it did.

Swansea had watched the tape of the Stoke game very carefully, but couldn't execute the game plan quite as well. Needless to say they caused us a fair few problems - and we didn't help matters by spending a good deal of the match just going through the motions. We looked flat footed and gave Swansea way too much space in our own half - and when we got the ball we were too hesitant and too slow.

We got more than a little lucky in the end. I'll take the 3 points as an early Christmas gift.

[bluebrendan]

I got a bad feeling early on when our £28m Argentine "hardman" CB was muscled off the ball in his own area by none other than Wayne Routledge, Wayne fucking Routledge!! Needless to say that set the benchmark for our defending for the rest of the match, it seemed that Swansea created a worthwhile chance every time they got beyond our midfield, the back four looked collectively clueless.

And of course any striker on an extended goal drought only has to check the fixture list to see when he's playing City - Gomis, 860 minutes or something without a goal, I should have put money on him scoring.

Happy to take the three points but if we defend like that at the Emirates...

[Swiss]

I got a bad feeling early on when our £28m Argentine "hardman" CB was muscled off the ball in his own area by none other than Wayne Routledge, Wayne fucking Routledge!! Needless to say that set the benchmark for our defending for the rest of the match, it seemed that Swansea created a worthwhile chance every time they got beyond our midfield, the back four looked collectively clueless.

I'll have to watch it again, but was he out of position because of Mangala? Yep, he got the wrong side of the ball which shows he misjudged the flight.