Man City vs West Ham

JPA

MAN CITY v WEST HAM
Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Kolarov, De Jong, Barry, Adam Johnson, Toure Yaya, Silva, Balotelli. Subs: Taylor, Milner, Wright-Phillips, Dzeko, Vieira, Jo, Boyata.
West Ham: Green, Jacobsen, Tomkins, Upson, Gabbidon, Sears, Spector, Hitzlsperger, Boa Morte, Ba, Keane. Subs: Boffin, Reid, Cole, Kovac, da Costa, Piquionne, Obinna.
Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)


City have taken the lead with a goal from De Jong.

Man City goal: Champions League football... here come Man City. And what a time for Nigel de Jong to bag his first City goal, the Dutchman latching on to a half clearance from Aleksandar Kolarov's corner and spanking low into the corner first time from 25 yards.

Jax Teller

Some goal that was

Scuba Ste

2-0

Get In.

I think de Jong scored once before

Essien

It was De Jong who got the first and what a goal it was

JohnnyRyan99

Silva = Sex
De Jong is God

Push on now and destroy them please!

Raskolnikov

To think there was some clown on Radio 5 saying that West Ham are too good to go down and it's a mystery that they're bottom.

KittyeeTrix

So far so good it's turning into a fab day to be a blue in many respects:D

Royale with Cheese

That was fúcking awful from Keane there.

LuckyGent88

BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
2-1

JohnnyRyan99

Foot off the pedal and boom... My fault for believing City were going to do things easy!

Cypher_sounds

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

That was fúcking awful from Keane there.

I wouldn't say it was awful, he made a great run waited for Hart to go down so he could chip it over him but just didn't dink it high enough over the keeper very bad miss but not awful.

KittyeeTrix

Nooooooooooooooooo............:(

Damn, I spoke/typed too soon!!!!!!!!

Royale with Cheese

Cypher_sounds wrote: »

I wouldn't say it was awful, he made a great run waited for Hart to go down so he could chip it over him but just didn't dink it high enough over the keeper very bad miss but not awful.

His waited far far too long. Should have just slotted it to begin with, he did that hard work for Hart by closing down the angle himself. His little dink was going wide too.

everdead.ie

Ba has been excellent since he came in 8 goals for west ham in the pl now I think.

Cypher_sounds

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

His waited far far too long. Should have just slotted it to begin with, he did that hard work for Hart by closing down the angle himself. His little dink was going wide too.

Well he made a choice to wait till the keeper went down and he didn't get enough height on the ball to get it over Hart even though Hart was going down but he probably should have taken the shot earlier as you said.

Cypher_sounds

Haha comical from Ballotelli(sp).

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

Got a bad feeling about this!!

JohnnyRyan99

No De Jong... Milner? Squeeky bum half lies ahead!

JPA

Anyone else get annoyed when David Silva is called Da Silva?!

JohnnyRyan99

JPA wrote: »

Anyone else get annoyed when David Silva is called Da Silva?!

Yes! And Coleman saying Balochelli

JPA

What a wasted chance.

Cypher_sounds

Great game, glad I decided to watch it.

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

Coleman keeps saying "Hitzleburger" too!

murpho999

niallo24 wrote: »

Coleman keeps saying "Hitzleburger" too!

Don't forget Julian Lescott!

JPA

If Tevez was playing this would be about 4-1.
Ballotelli has a lot of improving to do in terms of movement and positioning.

jive

Keeping the ball in the corner at home to west ham. Kind of sums up Man City this season. I think they need to trim the squad and get a few top class replacements to compete in the CL next year. I can't see them getting passed the last 16 unless they get an easy draw. I just feel they are a few players short of being a solid outfit and have too many 'alright' players if you know what I mean. Almost dead certs for CL qualification now though fair play to them