Chelsea 2 - Manchester City 0

The only surprise about losing (which I knew would happen the second Tevez was ruled out) is that Torres didn't follow the pattern of strikers out of form/new at club breaking their duck against us. Other than that we played really well for 75 minutes even though we were negative after about 20, which is odd as we looked quite good going forward early. Only when Chelsea grew into the game did Mancini suddenly seem to batten down the hatches. The risk of playing for the draw is if it doesn't work, you're in the firing line. And Mancini will be in the firing line today as the Sheikh moves one step closer towards an attempt to acquire Mourinho. But, as futile as it may sound, our players have been run ragged lately (10 men against Kiev for 60 minutes on Thursday) so to play with such discipline for most of the match is impressive. Our best players were De Jong, Kompany, and Lescott. Even though Kompany and Lescott are both looking super as a CB pairing, I wish we had signed Luiz as we could have at worst played him as a left-back instead of Kolarov, who just doesn't seem to have the pace for English football. This international break will give a lot of players some time to rest at last after weeks and weeks of what seems like matches every 3 days. Tevez hasn't been called up by the Argies which is good news.

Well done Chelsea, better team won on the day.

no doubt about that BD, but I still think if Bob had set up to have a go, we would have looked alike a side without a clue. 2 shots on target tells everything. I think we could have taken Chelsea today if Bob had more faith in his strikers, he hasn't and we deservedly lost.

Amen to that StuMCFC! Only 'we' wouldn't have played our cards like that. Mancini did though. I've always been 100% behind him, maybe i'm now 75% behind him or maybe i'm just annoyed.

5hity city.......

@Ess...DaBison Show some class if that isn't beyond you, all of us concede you deserved to win but you still can't help but be a juvenile troll. P.S. What were you impressions on Vialli's Chelsea? As I'm sure you supported them back then. *wry smile*

As a CFC supporter I can comfortably say that we all felt quite good about Tevez not playing. He's made the habit of abusing our back four--although David Luiz is here now and I was sort of looking forward to seeing how he'd cope with Tevez. Anyway, I must say I was surprised by Mancini's negative tactics. Spending all that money and for what, to seek a draw? I don't like it and if I were a City fan I'd resent the negativity. You've got plenty of good players who have real attacking talent; you've also got good players rotting on your bench, which could've eased some of the tired legs out on the pitch today. If it makes any difference, you've got loads of players I like and some I even respect. Best of luck to you in thwarting Spuds for 4th place.

I have a bad feeling that Man City may miss out the Champions League AGAIN this season. It could be like last season all over again. The real problem is with Mancini I have to say, even if Mancini is a good manager. The problem is that, under the management of Mancini, I just don't feel that the team is convincing enough to beat any team in the world. The team have all the individual star quality that can beat every top team in the world. But the problem is - You just don't have that "unbeatable or invincible feeling" on the TEAM as a whole under Mancini. Perhaps not just me who feel this, most Man City fans do. If rival teams don't fear your team because you play erratically or unconvincingly or negatively (negative football) time and time again and not ruthless enough, don't go for the jugular to kill off the game, you are bound to be beaten. A team that is not feared by other teams is bound to be beatable, because you give them the confidence you are beatable. You sent them the message that you are beatable. That is the feeling of this Man City team. That is the main problem of Mancini's stewardship. The rumour about Mourinho is not coincident though. The possible change of manager - I have already seen it coming.

Some really tough games coming up for the remaining season - Everton, Liverpool and Tottenham. These 3 teams are the strongest among the rest. If Man City really want the Champions League, they MUST beat all these 3 teams. Failure to get 9 points over them, you can prepare to say goodbye to Champions League. Only Tevez + a solid Man City team can save you now.

shut up radio u d1ck...your the 'paracite'

Ess...DaBison is a good example of the negative side of success. Successful clubs attract all breeds of life, aggressively stupid people included. My assumption is that City will eventually emulate our success at Chelsea. It does take time. You can spend and it will help, of course, but it's not an overnight thing. So brace yourselves. It may seem like a dark day today after a defeat, but your club has skyrocketed in an impressive amount of time. And maybe after your first trophy, Ess..DaBison will jump ship and claim his undying love for City. Good luck with that.

radio your a ******** moron and have no clue about me...most of VC cant stand you and the ********* you come up with..the negative side of success is the very few****s like you...and me jumping ship?? you are truely a moron, because by the sounds of it seems like you've already jumped!

i just hate man *****ty....they're ******** *****s!