Villa Vs City Post Match Discussion Thread

[East Level 2]

I see everyone panicking. This game is the worst game to panic about. The team played excellent and Villa scored two goals that shouldn't have been (offside and false free kick). We were unlucky. End of.

Maybe .....
but we had much more possession , far more corners , and far more shots than Aston Villa , yet only managed the two goals ...... and one of those came from a midfielder !
If we'd been a bit more clinical in front of goal , as Liverpool have been at Sunderland , we might just have got away with our kamikazi defending ...... there are many that say you make your own luck !

Both goals by Suarez were tap-ins and one of our great weaknesses is that we don't create easy chances.
Granted Aguero's second last week was unmarked (and even then he hit the keeper with it) but yesterday's chances were all significantly more difficult than Suarez's pair this afternoon.
No easy chances at Cardiff or Stoke from what I remember either.
We've done it in the past of course, Mario's second, Aguero's and Dzeko's first in the first six-one, but that was hardly the case in many other away games over the past two seasons. Look at the quality of finishes of all six in the other six-one for example.
We don't make it easy for ourselves; we have players capable of scoring brilliant goals, but it's rare for one team to score enough to win the league. We did it two seasons ago, but I'm wondering if it's a feat that can be repeated.

Is it possible our forwards just don't have the mobility to find space, or our creative players can't find them when they do?

 

[Bottomless_Sailor]

Some revealing info from the DM. Sounds like Pellegrini finally lost his temper at the players and who can blame him?

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One-by-one they trooped down the tunnel, anger barely concealed, as requests for post-match comments were brushed aside.

Apart from Vincent Kompany, who gave an interview to the club’s in-house media, no-one stopped to give a post-match reaction.

As one observer in the tunnel said: ‘They’ve just been given a rollicking in there. A big one too.’

It has taken six games and three indifferent performances away from the Etihad Stadium before the Chilean has blown. And, make no mistake, he had every right.

The statistics give a flavour of the visitors’ overwhelming superiority. Sixty-seven per cent of the possession. Twenty-seven shots. Thirteen corners. And still they lost.

Pellegrini’s angst was evident during the game. With Villa struggling to find a way back into the match, 2-1 down in the second-half, Edin Dzeko was dumped on his backside near the manager’s dug-out.

The Bosnia international was taking his time rising from the turf. His manager was gesturing frantically for him to stop feeling sorry for himself and get back in the game.

Pellegrini had perhaps sensed the over-confidence. He is too experienced to know that Villa could not be just brushed aside in front of their own supporters without the security of a two-goal cushion.

It never came. And, as often happens in football, it took a strike with more than a hint of offside about it, a wonderful David Beckham-esque free-kick and an instant of defensive sloppiness to leave Manchester City’s boss fuming.

Good to hear. You get the impression this team will be a machine with just a little shaping and the kinks beaten out.

 

[NoahCity]

Some revealing info from the DM. Sounds like Pellegrini finally lost his temper at the players and who can blame him?

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One-by-one they trooped down the tunnel, anger barely concealed, as requests for post-match comments were brushed aside.

Apart from Vincent Kompany, who gave an interview to the club’s in-house media, no-one stopped to give a post-match reaction.

As one observer in the tunnel said: ‘They’ve just been given a rollicking in there. A big one too.’

It has taken six games and three indifferent performances away from the Etihad Stadium before the Chilean has blown. And, make no mistake, he had every right.

The statistics give a flavour of the visitors’ overwhelming superiority. Sixty-seven per cent of the possession. Twenty-seven shots. Thirteen corners. And still they lost.

Pellegrini’s angst was evident during the game. With Villa struggling to find a way back into the match, 2-1 down in the second-half, Edin Dzeko was dumped on his backside near the manager’s dug-out.

The Bosnia international was taking his time rising from the turf. His manager was gesturing frantically for him to stop feeling sorry for himself and get back in the game.

Pellegrini had perhaps sensed the over-confidence. He is too experienced to know that Villa could not be just brushed aside in front of their own supporters without the security of a two-goal cushion.

It never came. And, as often happens in football, it took a strike with more than a hint of offside about it, a wonderful David Beckham-esque free-kick and an instant of defensive sloppiness to leave Manchester City’s boss fuming.

Good, maybe that will knock the complacency out of them.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Some revealing info from the DM. Sounds like Pellegrini finally lost his temper at the players and who can blame him?

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One-by-one they trooped down the tunnel, anger barely concealed, as requests for post-match comments were brushed aside.

Apart from Vincent Kompany, who gave an interview to the club’s in-house media, no-one stopped to give a post-match reaction.

As one observer in the tunnel said: ‘They’ve just been given a rollicking in there. A big one too.’

It has taken six games and three indifferent performances away from the Etihad Stadium before the Chilean has blown. And, make no mistake, he had every right.

The statistics give a flavour of the visitors’ overwhelming superiority. Sixty-seven per cent of the possession. Twenty-seven shots. Thirteen corners. And still they lost.

Pellegrini’s angst was evident during the game. With Villa struggling to find a way back into the match, 2-1 down in the second-half, Edin Dzeko was dumped on his backside near the manager’s dug-out.

The Bosnia international was taking his time rising from the turf. His manager was gesturing frantically for him to stop feeling sorry for himself and get back in the game.

Pellegrini had perhaps sensed the over-confidence. He is too experienced to know that Villa could not be just brushed aside in front of their own supporters without the security of a two-goal cushion.

It never came. And, as often happens in football, it took a strike with more than a hint of offside about it, a wonderful David Beckham-esque free-kick and an instant of defensive sloppiness to leave Manchester City’s boss fuming.

Sound familiar. Didn't he do the same thing when we were 2 up away to Fulham in the title winning season with Fulham going on to score. And I think he may have done it last year too which resulted in the opposition scoring? Possibly one of the Liverpool games?

 

[Bluekiwi]

it might have been a different story had we got a penalty for the foul on Pab Zab

That wasn't a foul,giving him the benefit of doubt.......Zabba lost his footing........however,i actually think he dived and then immediately had second thoughts and rightly got up.

It DEFINITELY WAS NOT a penalty - the ref got it spot on

 

[Bluekiwi]

Villa deserved the win. This "flukey" bullshit on here is absolute nonsense,bury your heads in the sand all you want but there will be plenty more Cardiff and Villa results to come. The next 6 games will tell us all we need to know about the current squad of players but I can see us being as much as 10-12 pts off the pace come early December, if that's the case then it's curtains in the league for us.

Must be a secret Villa fan - they were CLUELESS and despite your claims their road back into the game came from a dodgy linesman's call.
Even the MEUN report says it was a yard offside - so it must have been

 

[denk82]

just had an incredibly busy weekend and just sat down to watch the replay... how in gods name did we not win that game? that last goal was a shocker! So many chances created, so many shots and so much possession and still a loss... I would have hated to be a player in the dressing room after that match...

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

just had an incredibly busy weekend and just sat down to watch the replay... how in gods name did we not win that game? that last goal was a shocker! So many chances created, so many shots and so much possession and still a loss... I would have hated to be a player in the dressing room after that match...

Basic individual errors cost us in that game: I truly hope Manuel tore them a new ring piece.

 

[Jumanji]

just had an incredibly busy weekend and just sat down to watch the replay... how in gods name did we not win that game? that last goal was a shocker! So many chances created, so many shots and so much possession and still a loss... I would have hated to be a player in the dressing room after that match...

Basic individual errors cost us in that game: I truly hope Manuel tore them a new ring piece.

If you believe the Daily Mail, he did.

 

[JamesA]

I like the change under Pellegrini, we are dictating the game more and going after teams rather than sitting back and just reacting to what teams throw at us. Unfortunately it's left us a little more open and our defence is quite weak. I think mancini knew our defence was quite weak but his generally more restrictive approach led to an overall more solid defensive team.

Poor defence could cost us the title this year.