The best City performance you have ever seen?

Up there,my favourite was beating a great Chelsea team 2/1 in the pouring rain at the Etihad.
Carlos got the winner,and Shay saved a penalty from Frankie.
Saturday night game.
 
I would put last night's result second only to beating Man United 5-1 in 1989. That was an unbelievable day and I was gutted when Howard Kendall dismantled that team to replace it with a bunch of over the hill Evertonians. That game at least had a great referee, Neil Midgley, who handled the early crowd trouble well by taking the teams off briefly. He was a local man and I was upset to read that he passed away in 2001 at the young age of 58.

I hope that I do not have to wait another 27 years to witness an equally memorable performance - I might not make it that far :)
 
Beating the rags 1-0 in the semi final, that was so sweet. The Poznan when the stadium announced the rag team was to die for.
 
City Raider said:
6-1? But considering quality of opposition - I agree.
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Until the sending off in the 1-6 and even for a spell of ten minutes after, we let United have possession and even though we were working harder and were comfortable, we didn't do that much ourselves. Until we got the sniff of it and then uncontrollably made chance after chance.

Last night was superb. Some of the attacking play was amazing!

We were very good in some games in the first half of the 2011-12 season and 2013-14 seasons. 1-5 at Spurs, 0-4 at Blackburn; 4-0 v Newcastle, 4-1 v United, 6-0 v Spurs
 
CrownPointBlue said:
Comparing performances from different eras is difficult & a little risky.

Last night we we magnificent for 70 minutes. However,lm going for the Schalke 04 semi final in 1970.

They were a very good side when German football was the best on the continent. Everyone of their players were seasoned internationals,and they were managed by the great Helmut Scherne,the national team coach.

CITY destroyed them with an outstanding display of 90 minutes attacking football & finishing. We were truely magnificent from first to last and Scherne described our performance as the finest he'd experienced from another club side.

A club with no history ?
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Fully agree with this although it is a little difficult after so long to remember the detail. But most certainly that is one that still lives in my memory, was sitting in the Platt lane end stand that night.
But in the modern era last nights was the best football I have seen at a City game. In 325 last night
 
The 3-1 away at Sevilla was a masterclass. No English teams do well there and we totally bossed it.
 
My Father reckons the Charity Shield against West Brom in '68 is the best we've ever played
 
bennyboy said:
Up there,my favourite was beating a great Chelsea team 2/1 in the pouring rain at the Etihad.
Carlos got the winner,and Shay saved a penalty from Frankie.
Saturday night game.
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Not even our best performance against Chelsea! The 2-1 in the title run in was better!
 
Hard to pick best performance as I don't have a photographic memory for games. A lot of people have mentioned the 5-1 win at Spurs, which I'm pretty sure I attended and was thrilled by but I don't recall thinking it was the best performance I have seen. I saw some great performances in the 70's, murdering Newcastle, with Tueart giving a particulalry lethal performance often springs to mind. However, I have never seen us beat a team as good as that Barca side and we did it so convincingly. This is a game that will live long in the memory and I expect will achieve legendary status. I thought we were good last night at the ground; when I watched the match back today, I thought we were even better. This may have been the best performance I have seen from a City side; it's certainly a game that I want to watch again.
 
The 5-1 win away at Spurs in 2014 is one of the best. The first half was an absolute masterclass from City, especially Silva. The 1-0 v Arsenal in 2011-12 was an excellent game technically, hardly a wasted pass from either side. The 1-0 v the Rags is probably the most controlled performance I've seen from City, we absolutely throttled the life out of them but I didn't appreciate it at the time being so nervous.

Last night has got to be up there as they're probably the best opposition we've ever beaten. The fact we did it by coming from behind and playing the better football - as opposed to parking the bus and hanging on - demonstrates the quality of the football. They may have been without Iniesta, Pique and Alba but its worth bearing in mind that if we're missing arguably the best centre-half in Europe at the peak of his career.
 
OB1 said:
Hard to pick best performance as I don't have a photographic memory for games. A lot of people have mentioned the 5-1 win at Spurs, which I'm pretty sure I attended and was thrilled by but I don't recall thinking it was the best performance I have seen. I saw some great performances in the 70's, murdering Newcastle, with Tueart giving a particulalry lethal performance often springs to mind. However, I have never seen us beat a team as good as that Barca side and we did it so convincingly. This is a game that will live long in the memory and I expect will achieve legendary status. I thought we were good last night at the ground; when I watched the match back today, I thought we were even better. This may have been the best performance I have seen from a City side; it's certainly a game that I want to watch again.
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Rings a bell with me too. At half time I thought we'd got away with that but when I watched it back on TV, I realised that the 1st half was a really good game of football, and that the errors were forced rather than careless. It was so open too. That was what was so significant about our win. We didn't sneak a win by scoring with our only attack and then sitting on it, we traded blows with them.

I do think this Barcelona team is slightly past its best though. Likewise Real Madrid. Looking forward to more highlights (ITV in a few minutes)
 
23rd October 1977. We played the all-conquering Liverpool team that was at the height of its powers. Like last night, we went 1-0 down and you thought that was the inevitable conclusion. But in the second half we turned it on, battered them and won 3-1. That was, quite simply, the best game I've ever seen.
 
Only saw last nights game via internet, it looked great, but for me my best City performance was v Huddersfield 10-1. I cheered my self hoarse and could hardly talk the next day, close second was 5-1 v Charlton to clinch promotion, all pale into insignificance after 3-2 v QPR. BEST, doesn't give it justice. Aguerooooo.
 
I'm going to go for the 3 0 win away at United when moyes was there as the best. Absolute domination. They were shit though so maybe doesn't count
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
23rd October 1977. We played the all-conquering Liverpool team that was at the height of its powers. Like last night, we went 1-0 down and you thought that was the inevitable conclusion. But in the second half we turned it on, battered them and won 3-1. That was, quite simply, the best game I've ever seen.
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That was that long ago I'd forgot it and i was very young did Royle, Kidd and Channon score certainly remember the windmilling arm.
 
Marvin said:
Rings a bell with me too. At half time I thought we'd got away with that but when I watched it back on TV, I realised that the 1st half was a really good game of football, and that the errors were forced rather than careless. It was so open too. That was what was so significant about our win. We didn't sneak a win by scoring with our only attack and then sitting on it, we traded blows with them.

I do think this Barcelona team is slightly past its best though. Likewise Real Madrid. Looking forward to more highlights (ITV in a few minutes)
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Just watched from 38 minutes again and it really is a potent performance. Barca's only really dangerous moment in the second half was set up by Stones, who was otherwise superb.

No denying the current Barca are not the best of recent times and were not at full strength but they remain the benchmark.
 
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