View From A Blue

Patience, it is claimed, is a virtue. Fortunately for City, in the face of understandable lethargy on Saturday, the players displayed just about enough of that important characteristic to grind down a compact Stoke defence and wriggle to a key victory. It wasn’t pretty for spells but perseverance paid off in the end as Yaya Touré showed [...]

It’s hard to put an exact finger on the lingering emotion following last night’s defeat. Certainly, there is a measure of pride at how City performed against one of the best sides in the world and how we acquitted ourselves with resilience and spirit, but there is also an element of resignation and emptiness after Dani [...]

What a turnaround in a couple of weeks! Then, following Chelsea’s thoroughly deserved victory in the league encounter, there was a sense of despondency at City’s insipid performance and the ease with which Jose Mourinho’s side cruised to the three points. Now, a measure of revenge has been achieved, optimism surrounds the Etihad and confidence is [...]

Whilst this result is by no means decisive in terms of dashing ambitions of reclaiming the Premier League title, the disappointment of this limp and lifeless goalless draw stings. This was an opportunity, coming off the back of a tepid loss to Chelsea, to bounce back against struggling opposition and to twist momentum back in our [...]

No spark, no goals and no points: quite a change from what we have become accustomed to this season at the Etihad. What had been built up as a thunderous clash between the two principal title rivals turned into a relatively comfortable victory for Chelsea and a thoroughly deserved one at that. It was, of course, disappointing [...]