February 9, 201313 yr Fantastic goal by Gareth Barry! Right in to the corner (of his own net) :o Southampton 3-1 Man City Oh dear.
February 9, 201313 yr FT Southampton 3-1 Man City Over to Utd to open up a 12pt lead and Mancini to launch an on-air Keegan-esque tirade (if he keeps his job, that is).
February 9, 201313 yr Oops Somebody needs to spend some more money. Love the way the announcer said City would come out after the half and score straight away and Barry did! :laugh3:
February 10, 201313 yr Roberto Mancini angry with Manchester City players Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini said his side have a "10% chance" of retaining the Premier League title and said their defeat to Southampton was their worst performance in three years. City remain nine points behind leaders Manchester United, who can extend their lead against Everton on Sunday. And Mancini believes a United win will all but end City's title challenge. Asked if City could still win the title, he said: "We have a 10% chance: 12 points is too much at this moment." Mancini's side fell behind to Jason Puncheon's early goal before Steven Davis made it 2-0 midway through the half. And although Edin Dzeko pulled one back against the run of play, Saints restored their two-goal advantage shortly after the break with Gareth Barry turning the ball into his own net. It was no more than Saints deserved against a desperately disappointing City side who Mancini admitted had performed badly. "It was worse than poor," said the Italian. "We didn't play, it was 11 against two so it's difficult. "I think this is the worst game in the last two or three years. "The players played really bad - without strength, without personality. We conceded a goal that I have never seen in my life. "I was really disappointed with my players today. When we perform like today I'm very angry. The players were away on international duty - that's not an excuse, but it is a reason. "Some of our players came back on Friday and we played today. This made it difficult. In the end we played badly." City were missing Carlos Tevez, who Mancini said was absent because of personal reasons but he expects to have him back for the FA Cup fifth-round tie with Leeds United next weekend. Mancini was also critical of keeper Joe Hart, whose mistake allowed Steve Davis top put Southampton 2-0 up. "It was a really bad mistake," admitted Mancini. "But this is not strange. He has made two or three mistakes this year and this is not good for us." He added: "We need to work more. Because we won last year, we think we are top players but to be top players you have to work. "It'll be very difficult to win the league. I used to always be optimistic and want to be in this moment, but it's difficult." http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21399275
February 10, 201313 yr Man Utd 1-0 Everton (Giggs, 12) extending his league goalscoring to 23rd consecutive season :o
February 10, 201313 yr Proud my club (PSV Eindhoven) scored most goals in Europa so far this season. Yes, even more goals then/than Barca!
February 11, 201313 yr me and my city fan mates sung to our united friends... "the the title is yours, the title is yours, we hope to be back next year, as the tiltle is yours " a very last desprate role of the dice or to offset to what is coming
February 11, 201313 yr me and my city fan mates sung to our united friends... "the the title is yours, the title is yours, we hope to be back next year, as the tiltle is yours " a very last desprate role of the dice or to offset to what is coming What is coming if you continue the run of form... ...5th place.
February 11, 201313 yr Another home defeat for Liverpool, 0-2 to West Brom. And another classic Suarez dive, i'm glad the penalty was stopped.
February 11, 201313 yr After seeing the dive more clearly, that was pretty shocking even by Suarez' standards, what a perfect time to give him a yellow. Oddly I've noticed the only times I've seen Suarez get a dive is when he's had somewhat of a legitimate claim (Even though he still went down easy, at least there was some decent contact). wat? Daryl believes that he plays mind games with United fans, which filters up to the players and affects their performances. No I shit you not.
February 11, 201313 yr Suarez is just one of the weirdest football players i now. He even bit a football player once.
February 12, 201313 yr Top marks to Celtic, a squad of this quality could have deflated easily early on after a cheap goal, but not only are they fighting and committed but organised and calm. Still 25mins for it to get better, or worse.
February 12, 201313 yr ^Probably, I'd say 2-0 is unfair (If it stays this way), hopefully Celtic score first in the return leg to show it wasn't a sweeping for Juve, but I can't see Juve with their quality up front holding back in Turin. Then again, even Barca only narrowly beat Celtic at home, who knows, but it's been a great campaign whatever happens.
February 12, 201313 yr Oh dear, became 3-0 just after that post, unfair on Celtic but to be honest if it was the other way around we'd be saying Celtic absorbed the attacking play and hit when the opposition was tiring.
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