Key events
Doku crackled inside from the left and after Tarkowski towards Bernardo Silva, good angles. On a late attack in the area, Branthwaite made his mark and attempted to slide a low shot across the goal from a tight angle. Branthwaite before sliding across Pickford and deflected into the far corner.
The goal of the provision was given to Bernardo, but I do not know whether his shot was on target.
THE END! Man City 1-0 Verton (Branthwaite own goal 14)
The city will finally get a sequel!
13 minutes “I know I’m not doing the best MBM experience,” begins Joe Pearson, “but I hope this will be the best match for Dyche of all: boring and pedestrian and ending up on the Nile. Happy boxing day!”
So far so good.
12 minutes Haaland overshadowed the gun with a better play from Savinho, who was the sharpest and most fearless of City’s modern strikers.
11 minutes Here, this is good fun.
9 minutes Verton, more than any team, pride themselves on defending and the first signs are that this is another proud day for them. They know they can keep clean sheets against the best, having done so against Arsenal and Chelsea in the last fortnight; which thought should endure unnecessary pain.
6 minutes Verton’s first attack. Harrison curls in a nice leaping cross which Calvert-Lewin just evades, picking it up in front of Ake. However, he would have had a lot to do even if he touched the ball, which he didn’t.
4 minutes Savinho, who started sharply on the right, beat two defenders and drove a low shot straight at Pickford. The player was slipping in front of Pickford, who could have dislodged him, but he kept his eye on the ball.
3 min: Gvardiol hits the post! The goal of the first city is based almost on threat. Foden took a short corner on the left and then curled a nice cross to the near post, where Guardiol smashed his head in between two defenders.
2 minutes “I am a knight of Amanda,” he writes. That’s the whole bed. Does it have another development in the culture vibes that I missed?
1 minute Verton, in his gray change strip, kicking from right to left.
“It’s a silly time to start with cricket”how’s your fatigue level, rob? miracles, Matt Dony “Do I expect that some entries of vanity have caused languor? Like I don’t know, the city is struggling to play coherently and score goals, although the Comedy goal machine up front? Or maybe; Verton solid and difficult to play against? Everything seems pretty barbaric…”
I wonder how long you could get away with completing the whole thing. I remember being in an English lesson when England played Albania on a Wednesday afternoon in March 1989. One boy claimed to have a radio under his desk, so we were all amazed when word got around that England had taken the lead first. When they made it 4-0, after seven minutes we began to doubt the stability of our intrepid reporter.
Commemoration teams
Manchester City (possible 4-3-3) Ortega Moreno; Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol; Foden, Kovacic, Bernardo; Savinho, Haaland, Doku.
Substitutes: Carson, Brits, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Simpson-Pusey, Mubama, Alleyne, O’Reilly, McAtee
Verton (possible 4-2-3-1) Pickford; Coleman, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Mangala, Gueye; Harrison, Doucoure, Ndiaye; Calvert-Lewin.
Substitutes: Virginia, Patterson, Keane, Beto, O’Brien, Chermiti, Broja, Lindstrom, Armstrong
A DISCOVERY Simon Hooper
“LFC won’t score in Evo” cos the game was never done,” writes Jon Dry. “Like saying…”
Is it the end of the score, or not?
Pep Guardiola’s new world in Manchester City
“Seamus Coleman is the replacement of Ashley Cole” in the starting lineup until the oldest candidate ever to exchange such a contract?” marvels Nick Smith. “Free sherry for anyone who can come up with the senior outfield Hymenaeos.”
Ashley Cole? Are you sure there’s any sherry left? It’s a good question, though: Seamus Coleman (36) and Ashley Young (39) have a combined age of 75. As with most age-based questions, the answer probably involves Stanley Matthews or Kazuyoshi Miura.
Sean Dyche is one step away from using the word V here. The day we start talking about vibes is the day it’s over.
Guardiola’s work takes him to Amazon
[How do you find your rhythm again?] I don’t know. Winning games, mostly. We cannot think of the next game; we continue to try.
I love the club, the hierarchy and the people, my life in Manchester. We have many problems, for many reasons and the goal is to turn them around.
Since we won everything in the past we had almost a full squad. Now there are eight big players. When they came back, they got straight into the team, and with one game in three days they were injured again. We are in a cycle that we cannot get out of.
Kyle is not worth it, Kevin and Gundogan [who are on the bench] He had been ill for a few days, Jack [Grealish] is hurt Football is popular. When you think, ‘Oh, the future is going to be difficult’, maybe our form will change.
[On the transfer window] If we can add players, definitely. Having said that, I don’t know if it will happen, because it is not easy to transfer the winter window.
Statistics department City won 14 and the last 15 games against their draw Vertonso there it is.
Barney Ronay has a strange fall in the city
There is no clear reason for this. The group, who were all winds, which carried their presence before them, like spears, became anti-feelings, stuffy coats, straw men.
As always, explanations tend to divide the view of history into macro and micro. Individuals always decide the game. But we remain committed to our narrative. The more centipede analysis says: Ballon d’Aut winner from any team, chuck in one or two key defensive injuries, and of course will be a drop-off.
Team news
Nathan Ake, Savinho and Jeremiah Doku They come into the City side in place of Ilkay Gundogan and the injured pair of Jack Grealish and John Stones.
Verton’s beginning Let’s talk about Coleman Ashley Young was suspended at the right back position. That’s the only change from the goal draw against Chelsea on Sunday.
Manchester City (possible 4-3-3) Ortega Moreno; Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol; Foden, Kovacic, Bernardo; Savinho, Haaland, Doku.
Substitutes: Carson, Brits, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Simpson-Pusey, Mubama, Alleyne, O’Reilly, McAtee
Verton (possible 4-2-3-1) Pickford; Coleman, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Mangala, Gueye; Harrison, Doucoure, Ndiaye; Calvert-Lewin.
Substitutes: Virginia, Patterson, Keane, Beto, O’Brien, Chermiti, Broja, Lindstrom, Armstrong
A DISCOVERY Simon Hooper
The beginning
We don’t have to wait until the New Year’s Resolution Day begins. Effing drink barrier. Manchester city he will wish that the Christmas break – all four days of it – could be diverted to help them emerge from the amazing gloom of the past two months. It probably never occurred to me that the City team has lost nine games in 12, but they are starting to win faster than they can in the annals.
The cities have relatively fixed courses in the next few weeks, starting at home to . Verton today That said, Arsenal and Chelsea went up against Sean Dyche this month and were dry, and even Liverpool failed to sign against them three weeks ago. Each goal is likely to be difficult to achieve.
kick off 12.30 p.m