Manchester City News 24/7Writer: Johnny Baguette 
Date:Tuesday September 25 2012
Time: 10:26PM
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Manchester City 2 - Aston Villa 4
Capital One League Cup 3rd Round (aet)
The Etihad Stadium
25/9/12
Attendance: 28, 015
Referee: Phil Dowd
Manchester City |
2 - 4 |
Aston Villa |
Balotelli 27′ Kolarov 64′ |
Barry 59′ (og) Agbonlahor 70′ 113′ N'Zogbia 96 |
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Venue: The Etihad Stadium |
Attendance: 28, 015 |
The Teams | ||||||||
30 Pantilimon |
01 Given |
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06 Lescott |
74' |
04 Vlaar |
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13 Kolarov |
06 Clark |
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28 K Toure |
27 Bennett |
86' |
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33 Nastasic |
34 Lowton |
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07 Milner |
08 El Ahmadi |
72' |
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18 Barry |
10 N'Zogbia |
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62 Razak |
106' |
16 Delph |
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32 Tevez |
11 Agbonlahor |
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36 Suarez |
62' |
20 Benteke |
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45 Balotelli |
26 Weimann |
66' |
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Substitutes | ||||||||
29 Wright |
22 Guzan |
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05 Zabaleta |
30 Lichaj |
86' |
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11 Sinclair |
62' |
32 Baker |
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61 Helan |
106' |
12 Albrighton |
66' |
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70 Evans |
25 Bannan |
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10 Dzeko |
74' |
31 Herd |
72' |
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49 Scapuzzi |
09 Bent |
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Game Statistics | ||||||||
17 |
Goal Attempts |
13 |
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8 |
On Target |
7 |
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11 |
Corners |
4 |
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1 |
Offside |
2 |
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16 |
Fouls |
15 |
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4 |
Yellow Cards |
4 |
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45 |
% |
55 |
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Comments... | ||||||||
| Johnny On The Spot: Roberto Mancini and his management team have got a job on. A win at Fulham on Saturday has assumed increased importance after the latest disjointed performance from City's squad...No two ways about it, nevermind the teams selected, bearing in mind that Villa were not at full strength either, City as a unit failed to hold on to a lead twice regardless of the personnel out there and an opportunity to further test the depth of a sizeable effective across four competitions has gone...Eyewitness accounts through the pouring rain are suggesting that morale amongst The Champions is nowhere near the level it should be and a miserable 2-4 reverse at Fortress Etihad will have done nothing for the players spirits...The biggest call now is how to begin to address the defensive frailty which repeatedly leaves Joe Hart and Costel Pantilimon hopelessly exposed...Rewind to last autumn and City's fine win at Wolves in this competition where the second string seamlessly slipped into a buzzing, high tempo, rapid pass and move system that became a trademark of last season's campaigns. Right now we are nowhere near that momentum and need to urgently rediscover it. | ||||||||
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Glad there was no online stream of this. Dodged that bullet. On the other hand, I think this competition was very nearly our downfall last season so I'm genuinely happy to be out of this particular competition. Embarrassing stuff from City by all accounts though. Not good enough - these fringe players should have been putting everything into that game to prove to Mancini that they should be in the first team. Not good enough lads. Their collective heads are not at theraces yet, no focus. Lethargic
rojo2010
Villa were gifted this win, but they also fought hard to come back twice and City for their shame thought all they had to do was put their boots on.
Buzz Lightyear
Villa completely deserved the win, we were absolutely awful and didn't even look like we wanted to win. Haven't seen a City team play this bad since the Hughes era. Villa were up for it on this cold miserable night and got what they deserved.
StuMCFC
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