by BlueinBosnia » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:20 pm
Not everyone's going to agree with these, and also the ratings come from what was on TV, not live at the ground.
Hart- 6. Not enough to do to warrant anything higher.
Kompany- 6.5. Solid enough, and saw off one threat well. Did give away a needless corner, though.
Zabaleta- 7. Started well, and would have provided the fulcrum for most of our attacks.
Lescott- 7. Decent performance, hardly troubled.
Clichy- 6. Great first half, but seemed to lose the desire to press forward for the second.
Pizarro- 5.5. Precise passer, but seems to lack the mobility to ever deserve a starting place.
Johnson- 5. Poor overall, and seemed to waste more chances than he created. Assist for the goal should have been textbook, and he was lucky to recover it.
Barry- 5. Obsolete, except for an error close to the end.
Nasri- 4. Lost the ball a number of times to players who didn't look like they were trying. Seriously needs to toughen up, or I can see him being shipped out.
Y Toure- 7.5. Determined, with brilliant workrate. Should have got a goal.
Balotelli- No rating, as I can't decide between a 3 or an 8, and will get hounded whichever I go for. Should have scored 5, did score 1. Twice during the match I had a niggling suspicion he'd missed chances on purpose to make the game more of a challenge for himself.
Subs:
K Toure- 7.5. Solid performance, did what was called upon, and provided the threat Zabba was intended to do. Impressed by fitness level, too. Man of the Match - albeit in a slightly patronising way - from me.
Dzeko- 6.5. Should have come into the game earlier for me. Replacing Nasri with him at half time would have finished them off. Did what was needed, but little more.
Milner- 6. Little to say.
"Ferguson. Žvaka kurac."
(Ferguson. Chewing-gum cock.)
Old man in a bar in rural Bosnia.
