The Mark Hughes instruction that led to iconic Sergio Aguero and Man City moment

FrankSwift1 said:
They didn't need to score. A draw would have kept them up no matter what Bolton did. Stoke effectively relegated Bolton and our game from QPR perspective was meaningless. Although of course they didnt know that at the time.
Click to expand...

I know they didn't but if they really did wanted to spoil our party they would have tried harder i feel, i think they just dropped their guard after finding out they were safe.

As for last ditch tackle, i would call it defender's instinct and their player punching the ground in frustration could have been a United fan or wasn't aware of the situation.
 
Sheikh Rattle n Roll said:
Apologies if this has been posted somewhere else, but is Mark Hughes trying to rewrite history. I know it has been a few years now, but at 2-2, I am certain the Bolton game at Stoke was still ongoing. Here is what is written in the MuEN-

The sight of Sergio Aguero lashing the ball past Paddy Kenny before wheeling away to celebrate inside a joyous Etihad Stadium is a memory etched into the brain of Manchester City fans.

One goal completed an unbelievable comeback for Roberto Mancini's side against QPR having trailed going into injury time and saw them claim their first Premier League title on goal difference at the expense of their main rivals United, whose game with Sunderland had finished minutes earlier.

City's famous victory would not have been possible, however, without the contribution of QPR and former Blues boss Mark Hughes. Before they kicked off to restart the game at 2-2, the players turned to Hughes to see what he wanted them to do.

With the relegation battle also going down to the final day, the whistle had already gone to call time on Bolton's stay in the Premier League. The QPR players knew before they had finished in Manchester that they would be staying in the division for the following season.

That was in Hughes's mind as he told Jay Bothroyd to whack it into City territory rather than attempt to keep possession.

"They got back on level terms and I always remember at that point we knew we were safe because the other result had come in," Hughes told The Coaches Voice.

"At that point I wanted to make sure, because United were up the road obviously waiting on the result. I'm thinking 'I wouldn't mind United winning, if I'm honest'. So I'm thinking we've just conceded the second goal, it's 2-2. I think it was Jay Bothroyd who looked over and said 'What do you want us to do?'

"Because the players had obviously understood that the game was over and we'd stayed up. We just said: 'Just kick it as far as you can, right in the corner, the game's over'.

The ball was indeed punted out of play near City's corner flag but was picked up by Joe Hart, who had sprinted from goal as soon as he saw where the ball was heading and threw it back into play. Gael Clichy ran unopposed into the QPR third and laid the ball left to Samir Nasri. The ball was half-cleared but Nasri recovered possession and curled it into the box.

This time it was cleared and Shaun Wright-Phillips carried the ball to the halfway line and won a throw. From it, Joleon Lescott won the header, Nigel de Jong moved forward and found Aguero who exchanged passes with Mario Balotelli and fired the ball into the net.

"I have to say, of all the games I've been involved in, the noise at the moment when that goal went in is different to anything I've heard before or since," said Hughes. "It was just unbelievable sound - different sound to a football crowd. It was a mixture of screaming and noise and it was just an unbelievable moment."
Click to expand...
I’m going to print and frame the last paragraph and hang it up in the man cave .
 
Citizen in Pakistan said:
I know they didn't but if they really did wanted to spoil our party they would have tried harder i feel, i think they just dropped their guard after finding out they were safe.

As for last ditch tackle, i would call it defender's instinct and their player punching the ground in frustration could have been a United fan or wasn't aware of the situation.
Click to expand...

From the videos you can see that the QPR bench celebrate the end of the Bolton game just after the QPR throw in deep in our half that leads to the goal.

I would guess that some QPR players on that side of the field might have thought they were safe but they didnt know for sure as the game was continuing. So of course they would still carry on playing af the reaction of their players is biggest give away that they didnt realise.

Before the kick off after the thrid goal everyone knew the situation.
 
I sit in the the lower tier of the family stand quite close to the pitch, and as i remember it i saw the QPR bench jump up and start celebrating so i knew they had stayed up just before we scored and if i could see that from where i sit what was happening i am pretty sure at least some of the QPR players saw it.
 
Hughes has got his scores mixed up. They only knew they were staying up just prior to the build up to us making it 3-2. When they kicked off at 2-2 Bolton's match hadn't ended at that point.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Unread Posts

Don't have an account? Register now and see fewer ads!

SIGN UP
Back
Top
✖
  AdBlock Detected
Bluemoon relies on advertising to pay our hosting fees. Please support the site by disabling your ad blocking software to help keep the forum sustainable. Thanks.