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The honeymoon period for Roberto Mancini was going to end sometime, but perhaps no-one imagined
that when it did, the bubble was going to burst in such fashion.
With Liverpool and Tottenham dropping points earlier in the day, we were provided an opportunity to
put daylight between ourselves and the teams immediately below us.
The question of whether a one goal lead from the first leg was enough was one talked about in the
lead up to the return leg at Old Trafford. Whilst many thought it would be, in the end - like our
performance this evening - it proved not to be as we ultimately fell short.
Inevitably, if we were going to exit the competition tonight it would be in heartbreaking fashion,
and with time ticking down towards an added thirty minutes we conceded a soft goal that sent us
crashing out.
If a string of draws where points were thrown away ultimately did for Mark Hughes, Roberto Mancini
is quickly proving that the decision to trust him to take City to the next level was a smart
one.
A home game against Blackburn, dogged and doughty opponents in games past, was the type of fixture
that saw the wheels begin to come off under Hughes during the months of October and November.
A few things pop out at me, looking at the lineups for today's FA Cup games.Man City: Given,
Richards, Garrido, Sylvinho, Kompany, Zabaleta, Petrov, Weiss, De Jong, Mwaruwari, Boyata.Subs:
Taylor, Barry, Tevez, Vidal, Bellamy, Trippier, Tutte.Mancini looks to have named six defenders in
his side. Garrido starts after his free kick goal in midweek.
Everton manager David Moyes has sent home Brazilian striker Jo after he travelled back to this
hometown. Seeking permission from his club was something he ignored, and has been punished by being
sent back to Manchester City. It's unlikely that he'll get much of a game at Man City with Santa
Cruz, Adebayor, Tevez, Bellamy, Benjani and Robinho all pushing for a first team place.
By Ollie Irish
"How do you control this thing?"
"Que?"
That's it then. All of the goodwill earned by Rafa Benitez with the Champions League win in
Istanbul in 2005 has now run out there's not a drop left.
After Liverpool lost to Reading at Anfield last night, time is surely up for the Horizontally
Challenged Spanish Waiter.
Team: Van der Sar, Evra, Brown, Evans, Rafael, Anderson, Giggs, Carrick,
Fletcher, Valencia, Rooney.
Subs: Kuszczak, Neville, Fabio, Scholes, Park, Owen, Diouf.
FA Cup defeat against Leeds clearly changed the League Cup in Ferguson's priorities, with him
dumping the youngsters in favour of a strong team.
