Match Thread Manchester City v Everton (Mon 21 Aug 2017, 20:00)

[Hickson9]

Good point. Shame about the error.

 

[tadpole]

Great battling performance ... so close to nicking the 3 points there

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

A point there is a good result, they have a ridiculous squad, they should win the league.

Had it not been for our own error we'd have had all 3 though.

 

[Maltese_Falcon]

1-0 up with 1 man more and 45 mins to play but we bottled it , City were hungrier

 

[Sarnia Kevin]

I'll take that point. Not many teams will come away from the Etihad with anything this season.

 

[sageyefc]

Jagielka MOTM for the way he handled Aguero.

Was probably our weakest link second half

 

[Matelot]

As much as this may feel like a kick in the teeth, if you offered me 3pts against Stoke and 1pt from City before the season started I'd have taken it.

 

[Deco]

Feels like a loss. What a joke second half performance.

That should've been 3 points. Played off the park by 10 men for 45 minutes.

 

[seer]

I'd have settled for it before the match... But not now. Not sure why we switched to 4 at the back and klaassen has been a waste of space for 4.8 out of 5 games I've seen him in now

 

[maccavennie]

Take that point, bar one absolute howler from Holgate we'd be sitting here talking about how Koeman probably got it spot on. Lots of things i wasn't happy with but lots of positives too and it's a real tough week of fixtures coming up so good to get the first one out of the way with a positive result and a good effort from the lads COYB!!!

 

[AdaBrummieblue]

Sweating at the end of that I can tell ya. Good point though. Not many will come here and get anything. Ronny had his choices limited a bit due to yellow cards but got it right for the most part (although Davy needs to buck his ideas up). Plenty on here that will tell you otherwise though. Four points from six. Three big games left to come. Not bad though, not bad at all.

 

[Aaron Mccoo]

The can mate.

No we can't. You can only appeal straight reds. He was sent off for a second yellow which you cant appeal.

 

[lungo]

Hard to say we didn't bottle that second half, Ronald made the subs for us to go out and get a second and we didn't create one clear cut chance.

Still, defended really well, Holgate, Jags, Baines, DCL, all superb. Well, except Mason's error.

DCL great great match. 20 years only . Chapeau bas!

 

[toffeejack]

Lots of positives from this lads.

Something to build on.

definitely, just so annoying, that was our chance to make a statement and we bottled it really. Burnley put chelsea to bed in the first half playing against 10 men, i wish we could have done that. We just need more rooney mentalities for games like this. holgate was superb and just one bad thing all match loses us two points, very cruel on the young lad, but he shows great potential.

Stupid second yellow for schneiderlin and that useless rule that we can't appeal it because it was two yellows i presume is still in place?

 

[Big_nev]

Would of happily taken a point before a ball was kicked but it feels as though we've missed an opportunity tonight. Never going to be easy even with City down to ten but if we want to take the next step as a club we need to show a bit more courage in the attacking department against the ''bigger'' clubs.