K-Bo said:
Not that we played well in either half really, but difference between 1st half and second was palpable. Midfield overran with Garcia there, Milner not so much. If milner plays there from the start, not sure we lose. Not sure we win either. But could have been 0-0. Pellegrini's preference of him is costing us points, and I don;t understand it.
I think you are giving Milner far, far too much credit. The difference inbetween the two halves was having Navas on the wing instead of the completely useless Milner and Sunderland making no attempt to attack anymore. I'd hugley disagree that we were "overrun" in the first half, but they just parked the bus in the second half, absolutely nothing to do with Milner being in the middle. Blaiming Garcia in any way for there goal is beyond delusional
, feel free to blame Mike Dean, Demichelis, Pants and Milner though as they were the only ones who could have affected it at all