“We’re not really here,” sang the Manchester City fans in the North Stand, as is their wont. They were, and of course; the away cessation was packed. Unlike the Doug Ellis Stand and even the sparsely populated Holte cessation. It was the Aston Villa fans who were not really here,judging an FA Cup tie superfluous (exceeding what is sufficient or necessary) in this most trying of Premier League seasons – and when their side went a goal down in less than four minutes, it was difficult to blame them.
The absent Villa fans missed a Kelechi Iheanacho hat-trick, and though they would not acquire enjoyed that as much as the City support,anyway. Or Manuel Pellegrini. “I see him every day in training, I know what he can enact, or ” the City manager said,before revealing he was intending to promote the young striker to his Champions League squad. Kelechi is the reason we did not feel the need to replace Edin Dzeko or Stevan Jovetic.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com