I'll take this back if someone posts stats to prove me wrong, but I bet about 22 of those shots were from outside the box and more than half the corners failed to beat the first man.
We were woeful in the final third today (watched on internet), lacking anyone who could take a man on and beat him and also lacking anyone who could thread a killer pass through to Lukaku. It was painful watching Lukaku drift out to the right wing in order to get the ball - he is supposed to be tucking away chances created by others for him, but we just take potshots from outside the box instead.
Back four and Robles were good today, everyone else was meh. Badly need a top CM and a decent winger in January, as clearly demonstrated by the total absence of quality depth in those positions today.
Was a bit tough to thread a through ball to a lone striker with 10 Sunderland players squeezing the space.
City would struggle to score through that the way you've mentioned. How many times have you just seen a side be restricted to shots outside the box?
To me, when we went down to 10 men, it was a key attack. Ross has a wicked shot on him and if you cant break a team down, you should use it, and gamble on a bounce, a deflection, a save off the keeper. It almost paid off, not forgetting the amount of corners we had.
Top play makers split those types of defences down. £20mill+ ones.
It was either that or lump it to Fellaini....oh wait.
