RedAgger said:
Good win for you guys and good game that. Gutted we lost it when I thought a Draw wouldn't have flattered us. The quality and depth of your side is amazing and as everyone says the title is yours to loose. It was a close entertaining game and our poor finishing and your extra quality shown at the end. I thought Fernandinho was MOM for me. Finally you got someone who can provide your attacking players platform to attack. Silva and Navas were constant thorn for our side and Yaya when decides to go is unstoppable force. Such a amazing combination of physical force and technical ability. In my opinion you have the best combination of physical power and technical ability in middle of the park.
Hart pulled out some good save for you and I thought Kompany was rock wall at back. I think probably the best CB in EPL right now. Was zabaletta really injured or you guys just made things up and kept that secret weapon for us. Never looked like he was out of match practice.
For us Suarez played well and created chances for others. Sterling showed flashes of brilliance and midfield of Allen, Henderson and Lucas combated yours very well. Coutinho played well but with Zabaletta and Navas against him and Sisokho limited his influence for our side. In defense Sakho played very well but I thought Skertel and Johnson were poor.
Finally with Aguero to come back and some of the better defenders, I think you will running away with league this year. Man United are a joke under moyes and Mourinho won't trouble you guys unless he finds his Drogba. Even then I don't think Chelsea can match your quality. Arsenal can mount some pressure but I think they are big chokers when the push comes.
I have read some utter drivel in this thread and it's equivalent on RAWK so this comes as a breath of fresh air. Without any doubt the best team to come to the Etihad, and with the exception of Chelsea I don't think there is anyone yet to come who will seriously trouble us (don't get me wrong, a mid/low table team will play the game of their lives when we are off the pace and get a result at some point, but you know what I mean). So probably our toughest home fixture of the season.
If Liverpool had gone away with a draw I don't think we could have really complained. They had some good chances and failed to take them. That said, so did we, and if we had made the game safe with a third with 10-15 minutes to go I don't think anyone could say we wouldn't have deserved it - putting teams away in the last quarter of the game (if not before) is what he have done all season. You might also say the difference between the sides was that Joe Hart made some excellent saves, whereas Mignolet should have done better with Negredo's shot and whoever it was on the line for Kompany's goal might have done better to keep the ball out. He seemed a bit flat footed to me.
Anyway, it was a game of fine margins. Liverpool were unlucky with the offside call, but I'm not sure the match would have panned out any differently had the goal stood. As against Everton, going behind made us move up a gear, and as against Arsenal I thought that if they had equalised we had more in the tank.
Most importantly, it was a really good game of football. the move for Negredo's goal was phenomenal, and some of Liverpool's approach play was as good as much that we have seen. Arsenal and Chelsea are good teams, too, but there is no contest in terms of which game was the more entertaining. For all that we miss Aguero, I think it was a good day to play Liverpool without Gerrard. With him in Lee Mason's ear some of the decisions might have gone the other way (as they did last time he reffed a City/Liverpool game).
