City v Everton Post Match Thread

[Burnage Burnsy]

Besic must have kicked our players more than he kicked the ball in the first half

 

[paulchapo]

I think the penny has dropped for Nasri.All the top players in the world have a fantastic workrate and hunger and yesterday he was everywhere,always an outlet and like the whole team pressed Everton very well.

 

[Dribble]

It never ceases to amaze me how much of an influence confidence has on footballers and teams. I dont think we played particularly well today but we appeared confident we would win. We looked strong without ever hitting the heights and everyone played there part.

We can take that confidence to Rome and even without some of big players im convinced we will go there expecting to get a result.

Top post. I couldn't have summed it better.

That confidence made Yaya and Nasri give that little bit extra which made up for not having Silva, Aguero or Kompany.

 

[OB1]

I think the penny has dropped for Nasri.All the top players in the world have a fantastic workrate and hunger and yesterday he was everywhere,always an outlet and like the whole team pressed Everton very well.

I think Nasri turned a corner at the commencement of last season and has simply been hindered by injury. He is fully fit for the first time in months and his performances are growing on the back of that.

 

[remember arthur mann]

A difficult game, but one which we won deservedly. We were clearly affected by Sergio's injury, especially as it was so early in the game but we did react positively. As most others, I think James, Ya Ya and Sami were excellent, both full backs had very good games and nullified any threat from Everton out wide and Dimichelis was solid apart from one misplaced pass! Joe Hart had a quiet match but picked off every cross and made the two-point-saving save when called upon and you can't ask for more. I was impressed with young Pozzo. Anyone who expected him "to fill Sergio's shoes" must be barking, but he did do all the things a striker should be doing and has real promise. He was unlucky not to score and what a boost that would have given him. The jibe that City are a one man band was shown to be rubbish, not least because we were actually missing at least half a team! we have quality in depth and real grit, determination and team spirit. In the end Everton had one real chance in 95 minutes.

The refereeing was "controversial" but directives are so contradictory now that this is always the case. The best examples are the penalty we got yesterday and the one we didn't get last week. Last week's muppet of a ref almost ended the possibility of a penalty ever being awarded again, and so yesterday's was bound to seem soft! I can see why Everton fans were angered but I think it was a foul - "there was contact" in the words of United match reporters! All in all, Mariner was poor rather than biased.

Another solid game from Martin. Nice to see Samir getting stuck in, dirty scouse cloggers ! Least he got away with sticking the nut in !

 

[hgblue]

I think the penny has dropped for Nasri.All the top players in the world have a fantastic workrate and hunger and yesterday he was everywhere,always an outlet and like the whole team pressed Everton very well.

I think Nasri turned a corner at the commencement of last season and has simply been hindered by injury. He is fully fit for the first time in months and his performances are growing on the back of that.

It amazes me that Nasri doesn't get the recognition he deserves. Absolutely brilliant player imo.

 

[baildon blue]

Fantastic team effort.
Aguero's injury is an awful blow but yesterday the team reacted brilliantly. They know it's now up to them to prove we are not a one man team.
Yaya, Nasri and Clichy were excellent.

I agree !!!
Anybody who says we are a 1 man team .
Needs to be told off .
We managed without Sergio last December and we will again .
Too many lazy journalists say we're a 1 man team .

 

[BillyShears]

I think the penny has dropped for Nasri.All the top players in the world have a fantastic workrate and hunger and yesterday he was everywhere,always an outlet and like the whole team pressed Everton very well.

I think Nasri turned a corner at the commencement of last season and has simply been hindered by injury. He is fully fit for the first time in months and his performances are growing on the back of that.

This all day long. He loves City and is working his bollocks off. The fitter he gets the more he shows his quality.

 

[middleton___blue]

Good win and good Performance. another clean sheet too. we were missing key players yesterday but just shows we can do the job when called upon.

Absolutley gutted for Aguero though, hope he's back sooner rather than later, though with the fixtures coming up, you could argue that we should be winning all of them without him..

 

[shemnel]

very very happy with the win, without Silva, Kompany and Aguero. Someone mentioned it already but the desire and confidence is coming back, one of the most unquantifiable things in footy that no stats can touch is the effect of self-belief and momentum on a team, no matter what talent they hold. At 1-0 up for the last 20 mins Everton were still sniffing about, getting corners, but City grafted like beasts and you could see self belief in the way they conducted themselves that they werent going to let this one slip. really encouraging.

Aguero is a bitter blow.