So Manchester City will not be atop the table over Christmas as many Blues had wished and possibly even expected after losing out to Everton, 2-1. City started badly and conceded after only a few minutes after the defence went to sleep allowing Cahill to net the opener. City looked far from the slick, assured passing side of previous games and this was possibly down to the fact that because of the snowfall, and under soil heating caused the pitch to be sluggish……….ok so maybe not but worth the try.
In truth City’s passing was wayward and far too many times we played loose balls and that is never a recipe for success. Pablo Zabaletta went off for treatment to a bleeding head wound and while he was away Baines scored Evertons second. Maybe Mancini should have brought on Boateng as his replacement and maybe the medical staff should have got him patched up and back on earlier. As it was, Baines exploited the space Zab was patrolling and City went into the break two down.
On a positive note Tevez had withdrawn his transfer request and as such kept the captains armband and it was business as usual for our pitbull captain. City looked better in the second half and pulled a goal back through an own goal but that as to be the end of the scoring, despite Everton being put down to ten men following two yellow cards for Anichebe.
City dominated the possession stats and had at least one legitimate hand ball penalty decision turned down. With our recent results against Everton it was hardly surprising that this would be the case though. As for not being top over Christmas, it would have been nice with it being the first time its happened since 1929 but it also shows just how far City have come for this to even be a possibility. Keep the faith City fans, there will be days like this but it wasn’t too long ago that most of our days were like this, and all in all things look brighter at the City of Manchester Stadium.
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