Manchester City v Sunderland - Capital One Cup Final - Sunday 2nd March (2pm) - SS1

Nailz

Sunderland put in a great half there.

I'm surprised City haven't tried to attack down the right hand side a bit more, Marcos Alonso seems like he could be susceptible to a few mistakes; hems been out of position quite a bit in this game too.

Johner

What an excellent first half by Sunderland! They fully deserve a 1-0 lead.

Lovely Bloke

Darkglasses wrote: »

Is O'Shea going to be allowed do that all day?

stop whinging, city players do it too.

monkey9

Go for a whiskey PaullyD. You must be bricking it!!

Paully D

Couldn't have asked for any more in that half. Scored, no real chances for City, and we look dangerous on the break.

Time for an underwear change ahead of the second half now.

That roar from the Sunderland fans when the half time whistle went :cool:

Knex*

Great 1st half from Sunderland, but still a very, very difficult task ahead of them.

City can bring on Navas and Negredo, and the likes, and really change this game. Sunderland, obviously, don't have that luxury, and Wembely being such a big pitch and taking a lot out of players, I'd hate to see them dead on their feet near the end and concede a few.

blueser

No spark from us at all out there. Very poor. Sunderland deserve the lead.

monkey9

Knex. wrote: »

Great 1st half from Sunderland, but still a very, very difficult task ahead of them.

City can bring on Navas and Negredo, and the likes, and really change this game. Sunderland, obviously, don't have that luxury, and Wembely being such a big pitch and taking a lot out of players, I'd hate to see them dead on their feet near the end and concede a few.

The Wembley pitch is the same size as the one at the Stadium of Light.

shamrock55

Well done sunderland keep it going

klose

Demichellis should be in a suit with an assault rifle standing outside some drug lords house, not starting as a centre halve in a cup final.

Dempsey

monkey9 wrote: »

The Wembley pitch is the same size as the one at the Stadium of Light.

Fairly sure it was said that Wembley is bigger

Lapin

kingshankly wrote: »

City are a poor side..........

Yeah, they're so poor that they're only in fourth place in the league with two games in hand.

Abominable really.

Agueroooo

Im rooting for ya Pauly. Im rooting for ya !

Turtwig

City need Navas. Play with more width. Fantastic job by Sunderland so far.

Kompany would fit into any team. He's sublime.

Liamalone

Darkglasses wrote: »

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Aguero not having a great game yet

You see 'tussles' worse than that in most games, Dzeko never even reacted to being manhandled by O'Shea there. It's not right but rarely gets penalised.

efb

Come on Mackims!!

stiffler123

I would like to see some hoof merchantry in the second half and Negredo to come on for Dzeko. Sunderland are just sitting back and countering so passing through their defence has been difficult. Build up play has been too slow for the most part.

Cantona's Collars

"If Sunderland win, Vito Mannone will become the 31st player to leave Arsenal and win a trophy since Arsenal last won one."

BBC.

mike65

City will win 2-1 sadly, Sunderland will be gassed by 70.

Milkers

Funny how DiMichelis comes in for so much guff from the pundits but Kompany can do no wrong despite the fact that Kompany was the one beaten all ends up by Borini for the goal.

Talib Fiasco

Negredo needs to come on...him and Aguero work so well off each other....Neguero :cool:

monkey9

Dempsey wrote: »

Fairly sure it was said that Wembley is bigger

No I think it's the same size. Very open to correction though.

Finical

Milkers wrote: »

Funny how DiMichelis comes in for so much guff from the pundits but Kompany can do no wrong despite the fact that Kompany was the one beaten all ends up by Borini for the goal.

No doubt Kompany is a world class player, but the amount of lick arsing from BBC and sky pundits towards him is funny. At least give him some criticism when it's deserved.

Paully D

mike65 wrote: »

City will win 2-1 sadly, Sunderland will be gassed by 70.

I think this too unfortunately. The likes of a fresh Navas running at a shattered Alonso will be the difference.

I wish it was over now either way to be honest. This is not good for the ticker.

Knex*

monkey9 wrote: »

No I think it's the same size. Very open to correction though.

Had a look, and it would appear that they are the same. Neville had said in commentary that Wembley was bigger.

You do notoriously see players cramping up more, but that's probably down to the occasion more so than pitch size, so. Unless the grass is heavy, or something :P

Paully D

Whatever happens in the second half, this is a great image worth posting:

Take Your Pants Off

Ah stop with kompany.
If it wasnt for him there would 2 nail down.
I think demichellis should f off and lescott come on.
Also negredo come on

Johner

Dzeko will be hauled off pretty soon I'd say.

eagle eye

Just on the Kompany thing, I'd have Terry ahead of him all day everyday. Couple of others too like Benatia, Chiellini and obviously Thiago Silva.

18 months ago he would have topped my list but since then he has not been near the same level.

Lapin

Some shot.

CSF

Whatever about Demichelis, starting Dzeko ahead of Negredo seems to have been Pellegrini's biggest mistake here.

Darkglasses

CSF wrote: »

Whatever about Demichelis, starting Dzeko ahead of Negredo seems to have been Pellegrini's biggest mistake here.

Still not fully fit after his shoulder injury

Johner

That was a shocking free kick from City.

Johner

Jesus.

What a goal.

Nailz

Some goal!

Washington Irving

Holy sh!t

Darkglasses

YAYAAAAAA!!

STUNNER!

Lapin

Feckin Toure.

Some goal though.

Cantona's Collars

Toure's been rubbish then does that.

Darkglasses

Jesus, pick that one out

Dempsey

Incredible goal

LightningBlue

Wow. Just wow. It fecking accelerated into the top corner. Mannone no chance.

monkey9

Jesus, Martin Tyler knew that was a goal as soon as it left Toure's foot.

Rayne Wooney

What a goal

Mickeroo

What. A. Goal.

Johner

He's been absolutely shocking and he goes on does that. :mad:

hullaballoo

Unbelievable goal!

Agueroooo

Booooooo

absolutely sublime technique but.

Andersonisgod

Yaya Toure is such a sublime player, a real matchwinner and a huge influence in games.

stiffler123

Holy fook. Yaya:D