Man of the match..........

[Bingo Lewis]

Tevez then Richards.
De Jong had his worst game for a long time yesterday. Many missplaced passes, and didn't win anywhere near as many challenges as normal.

[Wonderwall]

Tevez then Richards.
De Jong had his worst game for a long time yesterday. Many missplaced passes, and didn't win anywhere near as many challenges as normal.

Watch the game on ESPN starting now and watch de Jong, he was the heartbeat and stopped our midfield from being over run and then passed it to barry for him to start off an attack. De Jong was very very good again last night Bingo.

[Bingo Lewis]

Tevez then Richards.
De Jong had his worst game for a long time yesterday. Many missplaced passes, and didn't win anywhere near as many challenges as normal.

Watch the game on ESPN starting now and watch de Jong, he was the heartbeat and stopped our midfield from being over run and then passed it to barry for him to start off an attack. De Jong was very very good again last night Bingo.

I must have just noticed his mistakes then. I thought he looked out of his depth, but to be fair, I didn't give him my undivided attention with Tevez being on the pitch.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Whilst not MotM material from last night I also thought NDJ had a very good game as did Barry. The roles they play tend to not make them stand out unless they put in some brilliant last ditch or crunch tackles but it's all about positional play and sniffing out trouble early. It can be really good and look like nothing but it's absolutely key to the way Mancini wants them to play.

With 2 centre backs looking like attacking the ball and full backs generally in place and adequate the whole team is organised and efficient and then it's up to the front players to do the business which is exactly what they have done so far. Long may it continue.

[13021J]

Whilst not MotM material from last night I also thought NDJ had a very good game as did Barry. The roles they play tend to not make them stand out unless they put in some brilliant last ditch or crunch tackles but it's all about positional play and sniffing out trouble early. It can be really good and look like nothing but it's absolutely key to the way Mancini wants them to play.

With 2 centre backs looking like attacking the ball and full backs generally in place and adequate the whole team is organised and efficient and then it's up to the front players to do the business which is exactly what they have done so far. Long may it continue.

I agree, NDJ and Barry seemed to be sitting deeper last night, leaving the wide men and strikers free reign to plow forward. Worked a treat as they could extinguish any counter attacks and start the ball rolling again.