City training (Fri 14/10/11)
From mancityfans.net: A routine day behind the fencing today with a lot of the work done close up to the fences where the photographers were gathered.
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Good to see that Balotelli should be ok for the Villa game. Carlos Tevez arrived later as he was due to have a session with the fitness coaches.
Continue Reading →Verdict: Blackburn Rovers 0 Manchester City 4
If you’re going to be a hardline manager and banish unruly players, then you need to get results. That’s how Fergie gets away with it and Roberto Mancini demonstrated the same trait here.
At half-time it was looking a little different with Aguero having hobbled off and City lacking zip in the final third. If City had failed to make the breakthrough, the whispers would have started as to whether Mancini had done the right thing in banning a player who has won so many games for the blues.
Continue Reading →Player ratings: Blackburn Rovers v Manchester City
Hart – Dealt excellently with long balls into the box and raged at the defence whenever they threatened to switch off. Deserved the clean sheet. 7
Zabaleta – Not always at his best going forward and rarely tested defensively. If there’s such a thing as a forward’s tackle, then Pablo was guilty of a defender’s dive. 6
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