That's right from the off Manchester City were not only up against a referee favouring Norwich, but also against a Norwich team allowed to push and shove us around the pitch without any action from officials.
I'm a big fan of the old English style football with a shoulder barge or nice clean rough tackle, but what I saw for a whole 95 minutes at Norwich was just completely and utterly out of order.
Samir Nasri had every right to react to a challenge that usually injures a player, yet Nasri gets sent off for reacting and that nasty piece of work Bassong gets nothing but a yellow card. Bassong went in knowing he was out to take both Nasri out and the ball, if he ever suggests otherwise I'd challenge his honour and give him a slap for lying.
Then there were Pablo Zabaleta deliberately shoved in the back, no penalty awarded for the blatant infringement in Norwich's penalty area. All over the park our players were subjected to a barrage of over the top push and shoves, shirting pulling etc, the referee had no intention but to play advantage Norwich any given chance he got.
When one of our players went down under a hefty foul, the referee waved play on. Though whenever a Norwich player went down under a fair tackle, the referee blew for a free kick.
I have lost count of how many times an opponents player has dragged the ball back in play knowing full well it was out of play. If that ain't a blatant act of cheating then what is.
Have to admit our defending is utterly shocking and totally baffles the hell out of me, to go from best defence in the league to a shambles. But there is absolutely no doubt what so ever that our fans and players deserved all three points tonight.
This was a performance we City fans want to see week in week out, minus the shambolic defending and red card.
Well done lads!
Message to Norwich and their fans!
Suck the loss up and take your City hating opinions and shove it where the sun don't shine. Hope you have a very unhappy new year.
Bring on the next bunch of City hating cretins.
You`re dead wrong regarding Bassong, and I`m a City fan. There was nothing wrong with his challenge, and he won the ball clean, Nasri just wasn`t as committed, and took the knock. It was actually an easier to see clean tackle than Vinny`s earlier in the game.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading your blog sometimes blue, but take the blinkers off a bit for the actual facts or it makes you seem a bit daft.
Happy New Year to you, and all my fellow blues. Stay safe, it`s a jungle out there.
Other way around I believe, Bassong may have made contact with the ball but he also knew damn well he was taking Nasri out with it.
DeleteBoth players should have been sent off, the only one here with blinkers on is you. Not once did I say Nasri shouldn't have been sent off, being anonymous hardly supports you being a City fan now does it.
I have plenty of people posing as City fans on here under Anonymous, half of them blatantly obvious.
Mancini dropping Lescott is why the defence has regressed. The only baffling thing is why Mancini wants to ditch him.
ReplyDeleteThough I believe Lescott is a percentage of the issue, I also disagree with you. Our real problem is falling into the trap of attacking and being caught on the counter.
DeleteMancini's biggest mistake is letting Dejong go without replacing him with better, I believe our problem is that we rely on Gareth Barry to much at present.
Mancini is our main problem, why he has not given Milner a chance in the middle is another problem. From day one Bobby Manc has had my undying support, only recently he has started to lose my faith in him .
Norwich's Chris Hughton has come out of his shell and declared Nasri's red card was harsh, thus strengthening my opinion that Nasri should not have been sent off unless both players were sent off.
ReplyDeleteBlatant targeting by match officials giving us a raw deal, first Sunderland and now Norwich.
Prepare yourselves City fans for yet another raw deal against Stoke, it's inevitable and the stinking FA are behind it as usual.
I have to admit that I liked your blog more when you talked about tactics and how the team can improve etc. It just seems as though you're intent on slamming referees recently.
ReplyDeleteYe well lets just call a healthy hatred for referees who are intent on ruining the beautiful game. If it means you stop visiting then so be it, I can't keep everyone happy now can I.
DeleteHappy New Year!
I won't stop coming just because you expose incompetent officials. But maybe its time to realize that crap is happening everywhere. See the West Ham/Everton game last week and the Evans own goal for United which should have been chalked off. I don't believe its a case of there being a conspiracy against City, just a case of good luck running out. It will be back again though.
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