The Miserable Manc Update
Its time to continue on with the season at hand and unfortunately the first bit of news is an injury, with
Kily Gonzalez out for 2 months with a hip injury.
League Cup 2nd Round Swindon 0 - 2 Manchester City
A good chance to progress in the cup here with an away tie at Swindon. Sylvian Distin gives Citeh the lead after only 10 minutes. And Mokoena raps up the win early in the second half.
Man City scorers: Distin (10), Mokoena (53)
Attendance: 9528
MotM: Distin (Man City)
Good to progress into the next round of the cup and its Middlesbrough away in the next round.
Premiership Sunderland 2 - 0 Manchester City
Another game against premiership newcomers. This time its Sunderland. But it looks like Man City who look like the new boys as they concede a goal within the first 10 minutes. And Citeh didn't ever show any signs of coming back into the game as Kavanagh scores a penalty early in the second half to seal the win.
Sunderland scorers: Lawrence (9), Kavanagh (pen 52)
Attendance: 33026
MotM: Wallace (Sunderland)
Very dissapointing performance, and we will need to improve if we want to get anything from Arsenal in the next game.
Premiership Manchester City 3 - 2 Arsenal
Going into the game as 4-1 underdogs I didn't really hold much hope. But Darius Vassell gave us a glimmer of hope with a goal after only 4 minutes. But Arsenal pegged it back only 5 minutes later. The first half comes to a close with Arsenal looking in total control. Into the second half and Toure gives Arsenal the lead after only 4 minutes. And just when it looked like it was all over for Citeh the new Manc Starlet Vecchio came into the game and grabbed both the equaliser and winner with only 10 minutes to go. His first ever goals for Citeh.
Man City scorers: Vassell (4), Vecchio (78, 89)
Arsenal scorers: Ljunberg (9), Toure (49)
Attendance: 47886
MotM: Richards (Man City)
A fantastic comeback to take the 3 points from one of the top teams in the league there. And to add to Micah Richards man of the match award he is also awarded with the young player of the month award.
Premiership Liverpool 5 -1 Manchester City
With Liverpool currently struggling in the league at the moment Citeh were classed as favourites for this game. But Liverpool obviously didn't like this and Bellamy saw to it that Man City's dismal away form continues. Vecchio added another to his tally but it was to be no more than a consolation as Barton was sent off. 2 goals in the last minutes made the scoreline even more embarassing for Citeh.
Liverpool scorers: Bellamy (30, 34, 83), Alonso (89), Luis Garcia (91)
Man City scorers: Vecchio (65)
Sent off: Barton (75)
Attendance: 45354
MotM: Bellamy (Liverpool)
Absolute pish.
Premiership Manchester City 2 - 2 Reading
A pretty poor first half ended in explosive fashion as Lita gave Reading the lead in the 46th minute. But Pocognoli equalised just before the half time whistle is blown. Samaras stepped up in the second half to give Citeh the lead but Lita got his second and gave Reading the draw.
Man City scorers: Pocognoli (47), Samaras (58)
Reading scorers: Lita (46, 66)
Attendance: 42150
MotM: Lita (Reading)
Another poor result but lets leave the league for now and go back to the cup.
League Cup 3rd Round Middlesbrough 1 (1 aet 4) 1 Manchester City
Man City looked to secure their passage into the 4th round early on when Samaras opened the scoring after only 4 minutes. But Milan Baros equalised right on the stroke of half time. The second half was pretty boring and the game moved into extra time. Citeh proved to have the better stamina as the went on to hammer Boro in extra time. Although some people may attribute it to the sending off of Arca in the 106th minute.
Middlesbrough scorers: Baros (46)
Man City scorers: Samaras (4, 100), Mills (110), Mokoena (118)
Attendance: 25037
MotM: Veron (Man City)
A fantastic win there and its Sunderland at home in the 4th round.
Premiership Portsmouth 2 - 0 Manchester City
A very poor performance from Citeh here and Dabo's injury adds to the misery. 2 goals in the second half give Portsmouth the deserved win.
Portsmouth scorers: Fernandes (58), Kranjcar (66)
Attendance: 20988
MotM: Benjani (Portsmouth)
Manchester City 3 - 3 Aston Villa
A change of tactic was required for this game and it looked like it might pay off as Citeh went into half time with a 2-1 lead. 55% possession and 7 out of 7 shots on target. But everything changes in the second half as Higuain grabs 2 goals. But new boy Ortiz gives Citeh a deserved point.
Man City scorers: Samaras (23), Vassell (33), Ortiz (85)
Aston Villa scorers: Sidwell (25), Higuain (51, 62)
Attendance: 47970
MotM: Higuain (Aston Villa)
A better performance in that game but a dissapointing defence.
League Cup 4th Round Manchester City 2 (3 aet 2) 2 Sunderland
Another good chance for Citeh to progress. But its Sunderland who take a lead into the half time. In the second half and Richards is penalised for a head butt with a red card after 74 minutes. Just when it looked like Sunderland would make it to the next round Ortiz equalised in the 94th minute. Into extra time and things got worse for Citeh as Issakson gets carried off injured with no subs left to use. Zurawski is handed the keepers jersey and plays the last 25 minutes in goal. It Samaras however that gives Citeh the win in extra time.
Man City scorers: Carrus (22), Ortiz (94), Samaras (106)
Sunderland scorers: Cunningham (20), Connolly (28)
Sent Off: Richards (74)
Attendance: 40513
MotM: Pocognoli (Man City)
Another nice cup win in extra time and its the quarter finals next and a tricky home tie against Man United. But bad news is Micah Richards is handed another 5 games ban for his head butt in the last game.
Premiership Chelsea 2 - 0 Manchester City
A dissapointing first half as Van der Meyde is sent off for an elbow and then Samaras is stretchered off injured. But on a positive note its 0-0 at half time. It looked like we may hang on to the draw until the last 5 minutes as Chelsea took control and scored 2 goals.
Chelsea scorers: Makelele (84), Torres (89)
Sent off Van der Meyde (31)
Attendance: 42329
MotM: Torres (Chelsea)
After that game Man City announce a link with Japanese team Sagamihara Topolino. Hopefully this tie will bring in some much needed money for the club.
Premiership Manchester City 3 - 3 Newcastle
Another game where Citeh looked like they were back on their top game again. With zurawski grabbing a hattrick. But unfortunately the defence was very dissapointing again as Newcastle were able to match Citeh.
Man City scorers: Zurawski (34, 46, 76)
Newcastle scorers: Milner (35), Martins (53), Owen (82)
Attendance: 43220
MotM: Zurawski (Man City)
Premiership Tottenham 4 - 0 Manchester City
Pure pish.
Spurs scorers: Defoe (12, 37), Delgado (39), Jenas (54)
Attendance: 40868
MotM: Jenas (Tottenham)
Final game for the session and its a home tie against last seasons struggler Everton without Steve at the helm.
Premiership Manchester City 0 - 1 Everton
Another game that can only be decribed as pure pish. Totally boring and rubbish game.
Everton scorers: Vaughn (35)
Attendance: 47976
MotM: ?? (Everton no doubt)
I have not much to say except that I have a lot of work to do. We are playing terrible and we will have to turn things around sooner rather than later.
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