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Next best thing to DeJong and he should be on the team sheet every week. His anticipation and covering are vital when you have a lazy arrogant guy like Yaya next to you. If Barry gets exposed it is because he is having to cover all too often for number 42.

What is the mystical hold that Yaya has over Mancini? 47000 of us can see he isn't cutting the mustard this season yet he is selected for every game. 16 poor games in the Premiership and 6 in Europe. And he even stays on the pitch when he is hobbling around, not contributing, and there is ten...

Balotelli has great skill - no doubt about that. And he is one cool dude with penalties! But because of this bizarre father/son relationship that Mancini seems to have with him he is becoming a liability when he keeps Tevez out of the team.

It was a series of errors. Clichy should have passed back to Hart to clear; Tevez shouldn't have clipped the little teddy bear; the wall should have been better organised (Hart?); why did Tevez leave the wall (Hart or Tevez?); why was Nasri hiding behind another player and not facing the ball?