ninjamonkey
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Only watched the second half but i either watched a different game or forgot my blue tinted specs. From the comments on here it would suggest he had an absolute worldie of a game. He was decent tonight, few nice runs and touches but not spectacular. And no, i'm not criticising him before i get jumped on and called a rag.
Obviously playing for Belgium isn't the same as playing for City but he played in the same position and the same formation you'd expect him to play for us so we can take a few things from that. He kept his shape reasonably well which is my main concern with him playing wide right, didn't drift in too much but did want to be in the Silva role more often than not. Would like to see him being the player on the end of those through balls and making runs inside the fullback for us allowing Silva to play those balls, don't want it to be another situation similar to when Nasri and Silva are on the pitch together whereby we've got 2 players wanting to do the same role for the team.
Obviously playing for Belgium isn't the same as playing for City but he played in the same position and the same formation you'd expect him to play for us so we can take a few things from that. He kept his shape reasonably well which is my main concern with him playing wide right, didn't drift in too much but did want to be in the Silva role more often than not. Would like to see him being the player on the end of those through balls and making runs inside the fullback for us allowing Silva to play those balls, don't want it to be another situation similar to when Nasri and Silva are on the pitch together whereby we've got 2 players wanting to do the same role for the team.