View From A Blue

As much as I despise Manchester United, their resilience and desire to win at all costs has to be admired. On Saturday, they went a goal down to League One side Southampton, yet always gave the impression they would recover and win the game. That they did. On Sunday, Man City went a goal down [...]

Hart - It was his quick thinking in rushing out of his area to head the ball to Boateng which helped to set up our equaliser, but there were other moments when his haste was too much, notably in throwing the bakk straight out of play. Couldn’t have done much for the goal though - 6 Richards [...]

For the second time this season, Darren Bent scored the only goal of the game to defeat Man City and even if this loss was not quite as disappointing as conceding a 93rd minute penalty against Sunderland, our failure to break down a stubborn defence was certainly worrying. The home side were buoyed by the [...]

Hart - Couldn’t have done anything to prevent Leicester’s two goals and generally commanded his box well against a barrage of set-pieces. Made a couple of reaction saves from deflections but wasn’t called into action a great deal - 6 Zabaleta - A solid display. Tried to get forward as often as possible and played important role in Vieira’s [...]

Exciting? Yes. Nerve-wracking? Yes. Job Done? Most Definitely. It wasn’t the most classiest of performances but Roberto Mancini’s side are through to the next round of the FA Cup where they face a trip to Meadow Lane to play Notts County. The victory over Leicester was at times pulsating, at times worrying and yet the [...]