(Now there’s a headline the press won’t think of using, much!)
PRE-MATCH
Time for Manchester City to step up to the plate and see if they can beat the best team in the Premier League thus far.
Whatever the result, there will be a handshake and a friendly word between two of the nicest managers in the Division.
Up to now City have remained fairly true to their standard description, inconsistent and poor, when missing some of the bigger players.
They certainly have to try and overcome this mental blockage they seem to have whenever Vincent Kompany is injured. With players such as Otamendi, Demichelis and Mangala to fill the two central defensive positions and Denayer, a full Belgian international, waiting in the wings, it is ridiculous that they struggle so much without their captain. Denayer, for example, can’t even get on the bench so goes out on loan, and he is a fully fledged member of the world’s best international team!
So, with Kompany missing again, it is up to the others to show how little his absence should affect the team.
Sergio Aguero returns again, probably to the annoyance of Wilfried Bony again, who will watch the game from the bench again, probably coming on around the hour mark so Aguero can put his feet up again. In fact the term “deja vu” could have been invented with Bony in mind! (more…)
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