City V Spurs

Antisocialiser

I think someone mentioned this a couple of days ago, but if we had RVP up front we could probably win the league from this position!

Anto12

After yesterdays heartbreak and time for it to settle in - I really think we have some a hell of a long way since big Martin Jol ( loved the guy) .. but last year we cam from 2 down to beat the gunners at the emirates - yday we should have beaten city..we are playing some of the best football I've ever seen spurs play on a consistent basis .. class players and they all put in a serious shift ( still cant belive benny played that ball instead of letting it go over the sideline ) .. Its great times at the lane and I hope harry stays to push us on the win a title !!! (didnt think i'd ever get to say that) !! COYS !!!!!

Ormus

Heartbreaking stuff.

I've watched Defoe's miss so many times. Bale took forever to play the pass, but when he did, it came a little bit quicker than Defoe expected and he was just in the wrong stride to stretch enough for it in time. Another half an inch and he would have caught enough of the ball to take it in. Agonising.

Balotelli should have been sent off and Possibly Lescott too. Possibly the first time I've ever seen 'Arry angry.

Leave Benny alone, I was shouting at the TV for him to get hold of the ball and get it forward. We had City on the back foot and I applaud us for having the balls to not settle for the draw. We got unlucky and lost the game. It happens. At least we had a go.

'Arry was dead right to take off VdV, the game was bypassing him. Livermore did well. I assume Lennon was tiring, Pienaar did ok.

Kaboul was immense.

We are out of the title race for now, still have a 10 point champions league cushion and Chelsea only gained a point. Things could be a lot worse after going away to the league leaders. Wigan at home next. Nice.

Kiith

You've probably seen it already, but Balotelli has been charged with violent conduct by the FA. 4 match ban, and has till Wednesday to appeal.

Mario Balotelli could miss the Carling Cup semi-final plus three league games for Manchester City after he was charged with violent conduct for kicking Scott Parker on the head during Sunday's 3-2 win against Tottenham Hotspur.

The Italian striker, who Harry Redknapp insisted should not have been on the pitch to convert the stoppage-time penalty that defeated Spurs, was charged this evening once the Football Association had considered referee Howard Webb's official match report. Webb has confirmed he missed the 83rd-minute incident at the Etihad Stadium and would have shown Balotelli a straight red card had he spotted the City substitute appearing to aim a back-heel at the Tottenham midfielder as he lay on the floor.

Balotelli has until 6pm on Wednesday to respond. Should the 21-year-old accept the FA charge he will automatically serve a four-match suspension, having already been dismissed once this season, for two bookable offences in the Premier League draw at Liverpool in November. That would rule him out of Wednesday's Carling Cup semi-final second leg at Anfield, where City must overcome a 1-0 first leg deficit to reach Wembley, and league games against Everton, Fulham and Aston Villa.

The Italy international could also appeal, which would leave him free to face Liverpool and result in a disciplinary hearing later this week. However, that would also bring the risk of an extra game's suspension for a frivolous appeal and threaten Balotelli's involvement in the Carling Cup Final, should Roberto Mancini's team manage to progress. The Premier League leaders have yet to decide with Balotelli what course to take.

The FA have also confirmed that no action will be brought against Joleon Lescott for catching the Spurs defender Younes Kaboul with a flailing arm during Sunday's game.

Makes it all the more annoying that he got away with it on the pitch tbh.

SuprSi

Kiith wrote: »

You've probably seen it already, but Balotelli has been charged with violent conduct by the FA. 4 match ban, and has till Wednesday to appeal.


Makes it all the more annoying that he got away with it on the pitch tbh.

Exactly. It's one game too late for us.

-gilly-09-

I felt sick after the game ended and It aint got any better!:(

Kiith

I don't feel to bad about it now. Obviously, it sucked. But as Harry said yesterday, we gave the best team in the league a really tough game in their home ground, and they really only won it because of a bad decision. It's luck like that that wins you titles, but even without the luck (which we've not had in ages) we pushed it right to the end.

Really proud of the lads for coming back and nearly winning it, and they really can hold their heads up. Nothing for us to do now but look upwards, even if it is a mountain to climb.

COYS!!

keane=cock

didnt see the match and was in too bad of form after listening to it on the radio i didnt watch match of the day til last night.

you will NEVER convince me balotelli's stamp on parker was an accident. he is a dirty horrible pox. is there is such a thin as karma he is in for one hell of payback. purely because of the amount of nasty stuff he has done throughout his short career and not solely on his act against spurs.

2nd Row Donkey

What a difference a inch makes (just ask the missus, boom boom).

- but had Defoe's effort have gone in, not only would we have won the game but more importantly the manner in which that result would have been achieved would have been even more significant.

To come bacxk from 2 down and win 3-2 at the death on city's home patch (after 15 wins from 15 on the bounce) would have totally swung the momentum of the title in our favour. That kind of result would have set spurs up for another 10 wins from 10 type of streak like we had earlier in the seaon and theirs no way city or united could have matched that!