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| Pic from: whoateallthepies |
MANCHESTER CITY 6 - 0 TOTTENHAM
Jesus Navas 1', 90'
Sandro (OG) 34'
Aguero 41', 50'
Negredo 55'
Manchester City put on another clinic of
fantastic football at the Etihad Stadium as the Blues torn Tottenham Hotspur
apart, winning 6-0 in front of their home fans.
It`s been levelled at Manchester City this
season, that they have become complacent side away from home and that with all
the talent they have at their disposal, that they have should be faring better away
from home.
Their home form at the Etihad Stadium
however, has been dominating no doubt about that and never more so was that
evident than victory on Sunday, with the home side showing that in abundance
with the thrashing of the North London side.
City looked to bounce back from
their last game, when the Blues suffered a 1-0 defeat to Sunderland, up on
Wearside before the International break. Tottenham themselves were looking to
get back to winning ways too, as they were defeated by the same score by
Newcastle United at White Hart Lane, so both sides were hoping to get back to
winning ways.
City had the best of the head to head in recent
times, with the Blues winning 4 of the last 5 games against Spurs with and in
this match they looked like they improve on that stat, as it took just 13 seconds
into the match for the opening goal.
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| Navas scores in 13 seconds: pic:DailyMirror |
Hugo Lloris terrible kick out from a back
pass after 6 seconds, saw the French International keeper clearance go straight
to the feet of Sergio Aguero whose then ran towards the area and strike on goal
from outside the area, which palmed the
ball away by the Tottenham goalkeeper to the left to Spurs penalty area.
City`s Spanish midfielder Jesus Navas,
then put a ball with pace over the despairing jump of Lloris and gave the home
side a cracking start to the game as they were up 1-0 up in no time.
Spurs game plan was thrown out the window
by going behind so early, but the away team nearly responded minutes later,
when a cross by Kyle Walker saw both Martin Demichelis and Keeper Costel
Pantillimon miss the ball completely as it took a bounce just before them
as it deceived the pait.
From then, the ball fell to Lamela in the
area and his shot was diverted away from Demichelis, with City all at sea from
a ball that should have been dealt with easily.
Spurs enjoyed a good sustained pressure
for a few minutes, as they had possession but wasn`t making it count for much, City
or mainly Aguero, should have done better with a move he helped to create.
The Argentine striker ran towards the visitors
defense as he played a lovely move with striker partner Alvaro Negredo, with
the Spanish striker dinking a little ball back to Aguero and seen the little striker trying to be clever and lift it
over the goalkeeper , but saw Lloris deny him when it looked easier to have
just placed or rifle it in.
Paulinho then wanted a penalty for the
Away side, when he felt Yaya Toure touched his leg in the area and went down,
but it was very minimal contact if any on the Tottenham man at all.
Toure wasn`t in the game at all in the first
half hour of play, as he looked a lost player out on the pitch as he wasn`t the
usual energetic type player, that you expect from him.
City then had a penalty claim turned down
by Howard Webb, when Samir Nasri went to pull the trigger in the area and Brazilian
defender for Spurs Sandro, slid in well with a challenge that managed to stop
the ex-Arsenal man from scoring.
Moments later, Sandro then seemed to crouch
down for some unknown reason and wasn`t till later, that it due to the Spurs
man throwing up on the pitch as he wasn`t feel well.
Not long after he was feeling sick again,
as this time City made it 2-0 after another kick by Lloris started the move
off, with the Keepers clearance headed back by Fernandinho on the half way line
and to the path of Samir Nasri.
Nasri then put ball into the area for Aguero,
who controlled it and saw his shot saved by the Spurs goalkeeper only to fall
to Negredo, whose shot was on target but came back off Sandro legs, when Kaboul
had blocked the initial shot only to find the way in the back of the
opposition`s net.
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| Aguero makes it 3-0 pic: theguardian |
In the 40th minute, Manchester City made
it 3-0 when some more good build up play by the home side, saw Pablo Zabaleta
set Navas off down the Spurs left and a Navas cross found Sergio Aguero, who just
directed it goal wards and gave the home side a 3-0 lead to take into the half
time break.
Second half saw former Blues striker
Emannuel Adebayor come on as substitute for the away side, as they looked to try
and find a way back in the game.
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| Negredo help`s City on their 2nd goal Pic: theguardian |
Yaya Toure finally turned up in the second
half for the home side and it was him who helped engineer the 4th goal for the Blues,
when a move between him, Fernandinho and a nice little neat pass by Nasri,
saw the Ivorian gallop forward onto the ball and had Kyle Walker trying to
catch him. But he managed to hold off the challenge and put a ball across for
Aguero who put home for a 4-0 lead and leave Tottenham in disarray as they were
being massacred by the Manuel Pellegrini side and saw a few fans heading to the
exits in the Spurs end.
Samir Nasri nearly made it five for the
home side, when the Frenchman was cutting the Spurs players to shreds in his
own half, managed to play a ball to Aguero and when he got the ball to him, he tried
to play a cross to back post with the outside of right foot, but instead got it
horribly wrong and saw it bounce against the bar instead for a near fluke goal.
They did make it 5-0 though in the 54th minute, when a through ball
by Fernandinho cut right through the spine of the Tottenham side and saw
Negredo take a little touch before he smashed it past Lloris for a great strike
by the Spanish forward.
Mousa Dembele then had a rare effort for
the North Londoner`s, as they lacked any kind of attacking threat towards Pantillimon.
Toure came close to scoring, after a quick
pass by Jesus Navas saw the Ivorian run onto the ball and shoot over the a bar.
Adebayor then had a chance to give Spurs a
consolation goal as he tried to side foot past the City keeper, but Pantillion stood
up to the task and saw the tall keeper block his effort.
Fernandinho then missed a great chance to
open his scoring account for City, when a ball fizzed in by Negredo came to the
Brazilian midfielder unmarked and he managed to somehow mis-kick against his
other leg and watch it go out for a goal kick.
Time was running down and not soon enough
for Andre Villas-Boas side and his players, but as they still had to suffer one
more painful goal by the home side. When
a James Milner long ball up field, saw Jesus Navas run on the pass saw him out
run Vertonghen, to coolly put past Lloris and finished what he help start, by scoring
the 6th goal and equal to the amount of goals Spurs had conceded
away from home in the season so far.
