View From A Blue

Pantilimon - Could have been sat on the bench, such was his limited involvement. Showed a safe pair of hands on the rare occasions he was called into action – 6 Richards - Physically imposing, he used his pace and power to good effect when bursting forward. Created the second goal – Jovetic’s first – with a surge [...]

Hart – Will no doubt be bitterly disappointed to miss out a clean sheet but he’ll have been thrilled to watch the destruction that took place in front of him. One decent stop late on with his feet from Rooney and one acrobatic tip over from a Fellaini effort, but it was a very comfortable [...]

Hart - One flap early on from an inswinging cross but settled after that and wasn’t tested a great deal. Looked to distribute the ball quickly - 6 Zabaleta - With Navas operating high up the pitch and possessing such lethal pace, it made Zabaleta’s overlapping runs a much more difficult task, but he tried manfully to bomb [...]

This is a guest post by lifelong City fan, Matt Jones. Hart - Kicking still concerns me but a huge save on the 70 minute mark from Nastasic’s deflection. Other than a couple of smart stops, didn’t actually have much to do – 6.5 Zabaleta - Quite a quiet game for Zaba and only really came into [...]

This is a guest post by David Mooney, part of the award-nominated BlueMoon podcast and author of the recently published and highly recommended The Man Who Restored Pride, a book based on Roberto Mancini’s time at the club. Hart - Seemingly shaky at first when he didn’t come to sweep up an early ball over the top, [...]