by CityFanFromRome » Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:48 pm
Given 8.5 Outstanding performance from Shay, saved our lead more than once in the second half.
Richards 6.5 Lost Giggs and Evra some times on that flank but overall he held his ground well and showed great effort, he rarely stopped and in fact was exhausted at the end.
Boyata 6.5 Half vote more because it was his first start at COMS, in front of a full crowd, and in a derby nonetheless. Did what he had to well, and was way less nervous on the ball than against Boro, wouldn't have thought it possible.
Kompany 8.5 A wall in the middle of the defence. Only made a mistake, imho, in that through ball when Given then saved and finally Onuoha cleared off the line, but I'm not sure it was him who should have stopped that pass, but he also set up the second goal.
Garrido 6.5 A bit out of his depth against Valencia at times, but overall a decent performance from him, especially in the second half.
Zabaleta 7 Covered a lot of ground, helping De Jong in the middle of the park. Also, started the second goal move with his header to Kompany.
De Jong 8.5 Immense, bossed the midfield for most of the game. Some misplaced passes, but overall an outstanding performance for Nigel.
Barry 6 Nothing exceptional, did his job and nothing more.
Bellamy 7.5 Another great show from him, got the penalty, almost set up the third goal, did his usual huge amount of running at full speed all over the pitch, harassing opponents and then trying to get in the space behind the rags' back four.
Tevez 9 A brace to win the derby, what else should I say?
SWP 7 Not at his best, but it is understandable given that he's back from injury. Interesting in his position behind the strikers in the second half, he made some good runs there too, even if lost some balls. Almost scored the third with a first touch shot from the edge of the box, unlucky there.
Onuoha 7 Saved us on the line, and generally did well in the heart of our defence.
Benjani 5 What do we bring on a tall striker for, if he can't hep us relieve pressure by holding the ball up?
Sly Too short a time to give him a rating.