Manchester City vs Manchester United 2/11/'14 k/o 1.30pm Sky Mod warning in op

Fudge You

Too many poor corners from Di Maria.
Set pieces could have saved utd today.

KERSPLAT!

That is shocking from Di Maria

dubmick

DiMaria's corners have been terrible today

Utopia Parkway

super_furry wrote: »

City have been very poor. They're terrified of Felaini, who's being used like a Jack Charlton era Niall Quinn.

That's exactly who he's reminding me of.

Guy:Incognito

Billy86 wrote: »

Under Moyes at the Etihad with 11 men we were 3-0 down with them treating 60 minutes or so of it like a training session more than a competitive match.

UTd could easily have been 3 or 4 down in this match too. Its nothing to do with LVG that they aren't. The chips just fall that way sometimes.

RossieMan

Great game to watch as a neutral.

SlickRic

Kompany on his own here.

Billy86

Psycho eyes in the crowd!

Kompany is the man


Di Maria has been so poor today

fullstop

Ace2007 wrote: »

Do you accept that had the ref booked city players as he should have then United players wouldn't have felt hard done by and probably not as high tempered - there were at least 3 yellows for city before United went to 10

Clutching at straws....

MagicIRL

That was a savage United performance, especially with 10 men.

super_furry

Two very average team displays out there today. Chelsea could win the league my 20 points if this is the standard that's going to be challenging them.

Fudge You

Billy86 wrote: »

Psycho eyes in the crowd!

Fergie doesnt look too good does he!

rob316

Christ city made hard work out of that in the end.

Adamocovic

Have to say United did play decent enough today. What ifs and referee decisions aside to play most the game with 10-men against Man City and only lose 1-0 and put up a good fight is respectable.

Obviously getting points from this game would have been huge but then minute Smalling was sent off that always looked unlikely. I'm quietly confident front he display though. Wasn't great and some sloppy passing and set pieces but still showed signs of good football.

Onwards and upwards.

niallo27

Ace2007 wrote: »

Do you accept that had the ref booked city players as he should have then United players wouldn't have felt hard done by and probably not as high tempered - there were at least 3 yellows for city before United went to 10

You can't compare the ref not giving a yellow card with not giving at Least two pens and a red card.

Get in City, well deserved.

Made hard work of a game they should have won easily

Bench Press

normal service resumed, great to put those muppets back in their box

SlickRic

I don't know of that was Pellegrini, or the team shítting itself, but that was a v poor last 20 from City.

Talib Fiasco

Very nervous win in the end but thoroughly deserved given that the ref bottled it a few times. Aguero the saviour again

Billy86

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

UTd could easily have been 3 or 4 down in this match too. Its nothing to do with LVG that they aren't. The chips just fall that way sometimes.

Actually the game was very even up until Smalling decided to be an idiot, twice. Not bad considering we were without of our starting back 4 defenders. We also contested the game until the end despite being a man down and didn't assume the fetal position and let them treat the game like a training session.

5starpool

Entertaining game anyhow thankfully.

Augmerson

City have now won 4 in a row Manchester derbies, first time since 1970.

fullstop

Billy86 wrote: »

Under Moyes at the Etihad with 11 men we were 3-0 down with them treating 60 minutes or so of it like a training session more than a competitive match.

He didn't have the lowest points total since 1986 after 10 games though did he? Or spend anything like what Van Gaal has. Moyes was poor but LVG has been no better.

Utopia Parkway

City really stopped playing with 10 minutes to go. Could have cost them. Actually think they missed Milner when they took him off.

That said they should have had 3 pens so have to say they deserved it. Awful day for the ref.

rob316

MagicIRL wrote: »

That was a savage United performance, especially with 10 men.

I think it's more city are under par. United never really had Hart worried.

niallo27

super_furry wrote: »

Two very average team displays out there today. Chelsea could win the league my 20 points if this is the standard that's going to be challenging them.

Chelsea could not beat either of them sides. They struggled to a win yesterday. Chelsea aren't that good.

hadepsx

ctrl-alt-delete

Lol at the Ref, pointing to his watch as if to say he will add on the delay in the throw, waves his arm in frustration then to hurry him up again,

Ball is thrown and he blows up.

No difference to the end result, but a nice end to his terrible performance.

Billy86

Fudge You wrote: »

Fergie doesnt look too good does he!

All that winning everything for so long really did take its toll I guess.

Kirby

Good result for Spurs and Liverpool.....and Southampton to be honest. The teams who fancy fourth will be happy with that.

Ace2007

fullstop wrote: »

Clutching at straws....

Just pointing out facts -

City got one goal against a team with made up defence - handing on at the death - hardly champion material

Pudsy33

Better team won, but without the sending off it would have been a better game. From a united point of view I'm very happy with Blind and Fellainis contributions. Thought Rooney looked decent too. Di Maria disappointed but he's proven class so I'm not too worried. The defensive situation is obviously an absolute ****ing disaster.

Timmyctc

Bridge93 wrote: »

2 certains pens first half one which wouldve seen Rojo off. One i can remember second half which was more debateable

oh dry up. Rojo won the ball. Its like saying roo deserved a pen in 2nd half when he ran into dimichelles

blueser

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

City really stopped playing with 10 minutes to go. Could have cost them. Actually think they missed Milner when they took him off.

That said they should have had 3 pens so have to say they deserved it. Awful day for the ref.

He was shocking today. Still no excuse for us more or less dropping anchor for the last 20 minutes though. Against a really decent side, that will cost us.

keith16

Absolutely gutless from City, they should have spanked United but were ****ting themselves at the end.

Darkglasses

rob316 wrote: »

I think it's more city are under par. United never really had Hart worried.

Wouldn't say never, di Maria had him at full stretch there after Rooney's good run down the middle in the second half.

Not our best derby win but we'll take it, 3 points is always the main thing

Lukker-

niallo27 wrote: »

Chelsea could not beat either of them sides. They struggled to a win yesterday. Chelsea aren't that good.

Both away from home. Best team in the league, the table doesn't lie.

Unearthly

Chelsea will win the league at a canter I'd say. City looking poor

ROCKMAN

fullstop wrote: »

He didn't have the lowest points total since 1986 after 10 games though did he? Or spend anything like what Van Gaal has. Moyes was poor but LVG has been no better.

Back in your box if you cannot see now that performance (and last week against Chelsea) was not a 100 times better than anything Utd achieved under Moyes last year.

fullstop

Ace2007 wrote: »

Just pointing out facts -

City got one goal against a team with made up defence - handing on at the death - hardly champion material

Not champion material, Chelsea will walk the league. But City should have had 2, maybe 3 pens today and it could have been very comfortable for them if the ref did his job properly.

Fudge You

13 points from 10 games is a joke.
Dont know why LVG is not getting stick like Moyes got.

madcabbage

Red card killed any chance for Utd. I'm still happy with Utds progress but the injuries are worrying. City were gutless, should have out Utd to the sword....regardless of the peno shouts! #winningugly

GavRedKing

niallo27 wrote: »

Chelsea could not beat either of them sides. They struggled to a win yesterday. Chelsea aren't that good.

Haha.

8 wins, 2 draws.

We're pretty good, best in the league actually.

blueser

Lukker- wrote: »

Both away from home. Best team in the league, the table doesn't lie.

Chelsea will win the league. They already have a 6 point lead over us, and I can only see us dropping more points than them over the course of the rest of the season.

Charlie19

LVG takes the record that Moyes couldn't achieve, worst points total after 10 games, record that was previously held by fergie for 1986 season.

IncognitoMan

Well Chelsea have nothing to worry about from this City side. Even with all United's problems they couldn't put the game to bed. Impressed with the way United reacted late on. Anyone who is calling for moyes is mental imo. Had he been in charge there we would have gone out with a wimper

madcabbage

Fudge You wrote: »

13 points from 10 games is a joke.
Dont know why LVG is not getting stick like Moyes got.

The attitudes of the two managers are worlds apart. What manager goes and claims Utd aspire to be like Liverpool?

Soft Falling Rain

City knew what they were doing in the end. Toure missed two good chances in the final minutes and let's not forget Aguero's wastefulness before he eventually scored. Should have been more than a one goal victory.

The Moldy Gowl

Fudge You wrote: »

13 points from 10 games is a joke.
Dont know why LVG is not getting stick like Moyes got.

If you need to have it explained to you why, there is no point