View From A Blue

It’s in our hands. With two games to go – two home games that tease with what should, on paper at least, be sweeping home victories – hopes of reclaiming the Premier League title burn strongly. Following Liverpool’s remarkable collapse last night against Crystal Palace, the pressure has been relieved to some extent but we [...]

Matija Nastasic has finally returned to training after a mysteriously lengthy absence with injury, but he’s a long way from match fitness and it is doubtful we’ll see him a City shirt again this season. In the seemingly never-ending left-back rotation, Gael Clichy is likely to get the nod at Goodison, with Aleks Kolarov dropping [...]

Aleks Kolarov is expected to replace Gael Clichy in the ever-changing left-back position, with the Serbian’s delivery in the final third likely to be a useful weapon against what is surely going to be a compact Crystal Palace defence. Javi Garcia will drop to the bench with Yaya Touré fit enough once again to take [...]

David Silva, Jesus Navas and Yaya Touré remain on the sidelines for this encounter, so there aren’t too many changes foreseeable in the line-up. Manuel Pellegrini has rotated the left-back position virtually every game this season and that would suggest it’s Gael Clichy’s turn to have a go, but Aleks Kolarov offers a greater attacking [...]

Such was the risk taken over Vincent Kompany’s fitness against Liverpool, there will surely be the temptation for Manuel Pellegrini to rest him for this match so as not to exaggerate any slight injury. Sunderland don’t possess anywhere near the same qualities of movement, pace and intensity as Liverpool’s attackers do, so there would not [...]