Comments on: Dynamo Kyiv 2 – 0 MAN CITY – PLAYER RATINGS

By: ALEKSANDER KOLAROV IS MY HERO!!!

ALEKSANDER KOLAROV IS MY HERO!!! — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 11:13:03 +0000

Yaya was our worst performer. Not because of his wages, but because of what happened on the night – he was the worst player in a City shirt. Why pass it back in the dying minutes when everyone is in the box so they can counter attack and get the ball in our corner?

By: ALEKSANDER KOLAROV IS MY HERO!!!

ALEKSANDER KOLAROV IS MY HERO!!! — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 11:08:39 +0000

Yaya fits into number two as he cannot fit into number one because he cant be tired beause he doesnt do any work when he does play!

By: Alphie Izzet

Alphie Izzet — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 10:04:40 +0000

Arse lost 3-1 and were played off the planet let alone the pitch. City get beaten 2-0 a worse result in European terms but competed well and were not outclassed.
Sometimes results go against you.
Keeping a clean sheet is now essential if we are to have any chance of winning through otherwise we need to score four and that aint gonna happen! Doing that AND scoring twice to take it to extra time would seem an outside bet at best. Still, it aint over yet so put away your OTT angst for a while will you and get behind the team. Two good performances and the sky will be boue and the sun will be shining.

By: Citysince77

Citysince77 — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 09:25:21 +0000

We were not very good at all and it seems as though our away form has somehow suffered in relation to our home form’s improvement. The last really good away performance was last year at Newcastle and we have not won away since then. The trip to Kyiv was always going to be tough and not one player can be particularly proud of their performance, but once again Yaya Toure comes out of it as being the main reason behind this. The guy is an easy target due to his wages and the way he carries himself but on Thursday we also had the likes of Barry, Balotelli, Dzeko, Kompany, Silva and Tevez all playing well under par. But in my opinion it was Kolarov who contributed most to our downfall on a cold night in Ukraine. The guy seems to not only lack pace but also any kind of positional awareness to compensate for this. Then there is the question of what to do with him, play him at left back where it has become a key area for opposing teams to exploit, or play him in midfield where he doesn’t seem to know what he should be doing. I’m hoping he will come good but from what I’m seeing of him he should just be used as a substitute until the end of the season and use that time to study his game more. Boateng needs to play at left back even though I think his best position is in the middle but either way he has definately adapted to the english game better than Kolarov.

By: Jimski

Jimski — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 07:37:25 +0000

I think Mancini got this match very wrong, I do like the guy but I thought he should have packed the midfield put Dzeko up front on his own and leave Silva/Tevez at home to rest for Reading and the return leg.
Now we face Reading with a demoralised bunch and we have already shown our “best” hand for the return leg.
Having scored 8 in their last two Euro matches I truly believe we should have tactically looked for a draw – comments?