Both teams are unbeaten so far , but there is a big difference in our unbeaten run and villas. We have won 6 and drawn 1 , they have won 2 and drawn 5. They will come to us and sit back a bit and with the pace they have with the likes of N'zogbia and Agbonlahor , try to hit us on the break. This game is very important , purely because the rags have a genuine chance of losing and dropping points at anfield , and if they do , we can go top by 3 , and then if we lost at the swamp , it wouldn't have any real impact on the league at all , which (if we did lose) would make it a tad easier to swallow.But I think the team that should start should be the team that started against blackburn bar the two full backs.
--------------------Hart-------------------
Richards-----Vinnie K-----Lescott-----Clichy
---------------Yaya-----Milner------------
AJ-----------------Nasri--------------Silva
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That team could do the job and win the game , then in midweek against Villareal , we make some changes to the midfield and defence and put Dzeko up top to freshen up. Then for the derby revert back to a team similar to this one.
It will be another hard home game , it would be better if we can score early on to make Villa come out of their shell and open the game up for us a bit more.
3-1 City , Balotelli and Nasri with 2
