View From A Blue

City reveal their true colours at last This was the City we have been waiting for all season. Forget the often insipid football, predictable and one-paced domination and defensive vulnerability, this was exactly what supporters have been asking for. Flying out of the traps, pressing high, moving the ball at speed and with purpose, scoring [...]

A missed opportunity or signs that this title race may just be a little closer than everyone imagines? We won’t know the answer to that question until the end of the season, but reaction following this draw has been understandably mixed. This was a positive performance, pushing Chelsea onto the back foot and there was [...]

Oh, City. Fourteen games unbeaten, playing with a renewed swagger and confidence, stars back in form … and then a performance like that. Toothless. Aimless. Vulnerable. That the decision to award Arsenal a highly debatable penalty in the first half has barely been discussed post-match typifies the general feeling that City were not even close [...]

It may well have become a cliché, but it is worth repeating that Goodison Park is never an easy place to go. In recent years, especially when the home side were guided by David Moyes, City have struggled there against a capable team and surrounded by a biting, intense atmosphere. Victories have been rare and [...]

In the build-up to this match, Sergio Aguero declared that he’ll stay at City until the club wins the Champions League. With the form that the Argentine is currently in, there may well be a few supporters who hope the Blues continue to struggle in Europe’s top competition. Again yesterday, as has often been the [...]