How The Hell Did We Win and Score 3 Goals Last Night?

[blueplan]

True the sending off is a blessing in disguise. For all the penalties (handballs etc) we deserve but didn't get & the non-foul calls too. Caldwell scissored Tevez, IMO thats a red card!

 

[samharris]

Taking advantage of a ten man team is not as easy as some may think..

just ask the Spuds.

 

[gman07]

The Caldwell sending off (unfair for them) tipped it in our favour, before that Wigan could easily have scored. And the way we are at the moment, whoever scores whether it's us or the opposition can usually seal the game.

Main thing is that we got the goals, got the result.

Well if you look at the OS highlights you will see that we had most chances, we should have at least 2 penalties, swp was brutally kicked down at least twice without even a freekick given... in second half we truly put the pressure on them and we didnt play as bad as so many seem to think if you watch a replay of the game... the caldwell sent off helped us but if you look at it this way he clearly handballed the ball moments earlier... thats one yellow... then he would have earned another yellow for the kicking down of tevez... and to be fair he had some brutal tackling going around for most of the match that could have earned him yellows earlier than the sent off... so all in all it the sent off was wrong but he should have been having his second yellow at least at that point...

we earned the win through tremendous team spirit and hard work... not fancy passing and show off... we won because we wanted it most of the teams yesterday... and when the first goal went in we just kept at it... instead of the usual defending... we kept the pressure on!

 

[mammutly]

I think the expectations of some fans are still back in the 'typical city' days of old.

If you watch a game expecting the worst, then anything less than total domination is going to make you anxious. In fact, no. Even that will make you anxious.
You have to try and be more objective; City dominated possession and created the better chances. Wigan didn't do enough to get anything from the game.

Yes, City weren't great, but we were the better side over the 90 minutes. Hence we won. It happens.

 

[blueplan]

The Caldwell sending off (unfair for them) tipped it in our favour, before that Wigan could easily have scored. And the way we are at the moment, whoever scores whether it's us or the opposition can usually seal the game.

Main thing is that we got the goals, got the result.

Well if you look at the OS highlights you will see that we had most chances, we should have at least 2 penalties, swp was brutally kicked down at least twice without even a freekick given... in second half we truly put the pressure on them and we didnt play as bad as so many seem to think if you watch a replay of the game... the caldwell sent off helped us but if you look at it this way he clearly handballed the ball moments earlier... thats one yellow... then he would have earned another yellow for the kicking down of tevez... and to be fair he had some brutal tackling going around for most of the match that could have earned him yellows earlier than the sent off... so all in all it the sent off was wrong but he should have been having his second yellow at least at that point...

we earned the win through tremendous team spirit and hard work... not fancy passing and show off... we won because we wanted it most of the teams yesterday... and when the first goal went in we just kept at it... instead of the usual defending... we kept the pressure on!

Yes thats the TIPPING point. Refs need to protect our marquee player more often!

 

[paul calfs tash]

Tbf I was bored shitless for most of the game. A bit of luck with the sending off pulled us out the shit. Thank fuck.

 

[BLUEMOONBAZ]

Tbh .. we could have been 2 down before we even got moving , tevez copped for a lot of stick and that probably swayed the ref , but city and 10 men dont usually go well
so considering we played better against everton and got beaten i will be accept a bit off luck and tevez boundless energy

 

[Bill]

The sending off is how we won and scored 3 goals in my opinion. The dubious sending off and 3 goals justice in the face of the blatant time wasting that Wigan did.

this, then there was the penalty shouts.

 

[gman07]

Tbh .. we could have been 2 down before we even got moving , tevez copped for a lot of stick and that probably swayed the ref , but city and 10 men dont usually go well
so considering we played better against everton and got beaten i will be accept a bit off luck and tevez boundless energy

the first two chances wigan got came right after we had penalty calls in the other end... 2 blatant handballs with at least one the ref saw very clearly so if the ref had done his job those chances should even have happened... but its all ifs and buts and in the end the best team on the day won

 

[frothy]

if tevez had scored with that chance that hit the goalie in the first half it would have been a different game . they were trying to waste time straight from kick off and would have had to change there game earlier