View From A Blue

We’re told that champions win when not at their best. To that end, this City victory, a decent display but by no means a special one, and coming away from home against talented opponents, should count for something. We have now recorded three successive victories over the challenging Christmas period and these three points now [...]

A win is a win. As bland and clichéd as that saying is, it rings true and every three points, whether acquired through eye-catching and exquisite attacking football or by more dour means, is vitally important. Against Crystal Palace on Saturday, it was most definitely the latter as City laboured towards victory but it matters [...]

City’s home games this season have been characterised by attractive football, frenetic pressing and relentless waves of attacks. To all those qualities, we can now add resilience. Liverpool were the latest side to leave the Etihad without even a point, but their commitment and eagerness to pour forward resulted in a thrilling, if hugely nervy, encounter. [...]

It says a great deal about the attacking quality that courses through our squad that we can score four goals on the road and pick up three crucial points despite an uncertain and sloppy performance. This was a City display that lacked the control and flowing style with which we are normally spoilt and yet [...]

An efficient performance. At times, especially in the first half, there was a relentlessness about the intensity with which we played but for the most part there was an organised control about City’s play. Leicester were spirited and never collapsed, as some sides have done in the Premier League when faced with our attacking onslaught, but they were [...]