View From A Blue

What a match! Against a club, players and manager who seem to take pleasure in making themselves appear as reprehensible as possible, City produced a near perfect display to glide to three goals, three points and a thoroughly deserved victory. Commanding at the back, controlling in midfield and reassuringly slick further forward, this was the [...]

Two goals from the two players most City fans would have liked to score, a clean sheet to guarantee Joe Hart a record fourth Golden Glove and three points that sealed a run of six successive victories. This was a decent end to a disappointing season. If the final few matches of the campaign hinted at [...]

A third win on the bounce to glide ever closer to automatic Champions League qualification reminded us once again of how quickly attitudes can change in football. From losing the derby just over a couple of weeks ago in dire fashion, when Manuel Pellegrini was on the receiving end of heavy criticism and Louis Van [...]

After what has felt like an eternity of deflation and anxious debates about the future, City got back to winning ways with a victory that was about as comfortable as possible. Any praise in the aftermath of this performance should be tempered by the backdrop of West Ham’s disinterested display, but following the despondency that [...]

Losing a derby is always painful. Losing a derby when your players are outfought is downright unforgivable. City’s recent record and performances in these matches have been thrilling. Glorious football and pulsating victories have created remarkable memories, and that has meant derby day suffering has been absent for a couple of seasons. We have been [...]