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A hugely frustrating draw yet one which wasn’t, perhaps, overly surprising. Whilst it may seem churlish to complain at how this season has gone – we are, after all, second in the table and pushing Manchester United – it is fair to say we’ve not hit anywhere near the heights we would expect. There has [...]

An excellent victory, demonstrating large amounts of battling spirit and enough dashes of quality going forward to deserve the win. It may not have been the prettiest 90 minutes to watch, but we matched Stoke’s physicality and then imposed enough of our attacking flair to advance to the next round. It was an all-round superb [...]

Job done. It may not have been City’s best performance of the season – indeed, for large spells yesterday there was an insipidness about our play, a lack of drive and an absence of purpose – but the three points was all that mattered. It was a routine display, effective enough and a brace from [...]

The dismal record away to Arsenal has been broken and in some style, too. A clinical, superb strike by James Milner and a simplistic tap-in from Edin Dzeko secured the three points and maintain just about enough pressure on Manchester United at the top of the table. Whilst there was drama and controversy throughout, there [...]

As comfortable, efficient and simple victory as could have been hoped for. There was an impressive persistence about City’s play, a vibrancy in attacking areas and enough of a clinical touch, but Stoke were lacklustre opponents, utterly lacking in bite, fight or ambition. They are a combative, fierce unit at home yet on their travels, a [...]