Man Utd played this game without Ronaldo who began his first suspension after his red card in midweek, allowing Hargreaves a chance to make his debut. The team was otherwise unchanged.
The scoreline did not reflect Man Utd's performance, which in truth, though not convincing, they did at least deserved a draw. The goal scored by Geovanni came out of the blue and it was one of those annoying games when the team play crap football yet they are able to steal the win from more illustrious and masterful opponents.
As with against Reading last weekend, only one team turned up to play football. Man Utd, for the 3rd game had about 20 shots on goal and Kasper Schmeichel was having the game of his life in the Man City goal as his father, ex-Red and the legendary Peter Schmeichel looked on with pride though I am sure he was rooting somewhat for Man Utd too.
Micah Richards, a full-back for the last couple of seasons, had a storming game in central defence, shutting out Tevez effectively. Credit to Sven Goran Eriksson, manager of Man City, who probably took note of Portsmouth handling of the Argentinian in the midweek game.
Tevez had numerous chances to score and Vidic highlighted my previous match review as he crashed his header against the crossbar shortly after the start of the 2nd half. Sadly, that was the only real chance for Vidic to display his aerial prowess offensively.
It is still early days but obviously Man Utd has to start winning soon. Once they find their groove, hopefully it will kickstart their season. What I feel Sir Alex needs to do is to work on Plan B, and that is to rely more on corners and set-pieces.
There were a few moments in the game when the ball was centered in from the wings low instead of high, and to some extent, they caused some trouble in Man City defence, so the offence needs to work on when exactly to time their runs into the box when the crosses come in as such because aerial wise, Man Utd really does not have options.
There is still time before the transfer season closes, so a tall striker could and should be bought because the next time Sir Alex can buy such a striker would only be in January, and by then Man Utd may just be blown away from the title race. I won't even talk about the possibility relegation but as I said in my first match review, if teams were to play like Reading, and now Man City, relegation seems a possibility.
The scoreline did not reflect Man Utd's performance, which in truth, though not convincing, they did at least deserved a draw. The goal scored by Geovanni came out of the blue and it was one of those annoying games when the team play crap football yet they are able to steal the win from more illustrious and masterful opponents.
As with against Reading last weekend, only one team turned up to play football. Man Utd, for the 3rd game had about 20 shots on goal and Kasper Schmeichel was having the game of his life in the Man City goal as his father, ex-Red and the legendary Peter Schmeichel looked on with pride though I am sure he was rooting somewhat for Man Utd too.
Micah Richards, a full-back for the last couple of seasons, had a storming game in central defence, shutting out Tevez effectively. Credit to Sven Goran Eriksson, manager of Man City, who probably took note of Portsmouth handling of the Argentinian in the midweek game.
Tevez had numerous chances to score and Vidic highlighted my previous match review as he crashed his header against the crossbar shortly after the start of the 2nd half. Sadly, that was the only real chance for Vidic to display his aerial prowess offensively.
It is still early days but obviously Man Utd has to start winning soon. Once they find their groove, hopefully it will kickstart their season. What I feel Sir Alex needs to do is to work on Plan B, and that is to rely more on corners and set-pieces.
There were a few moments in the game when the ball was centered in from the wings low instead of high, and to some extent, they caused some trouble in Man City defence, so the offence needs to work on when exactly to time their runs into the box when the crosses come in as such because aerial wise, Man Utd really does not have options.
There is still time before the transfer season closes, so a tall striker could and should be bought because the next time Sir Alex can buy such a striker would only be in January, and by then Man Utd may just be blown away from the title race. I won't even talk about the possibility relegation but as I said in my first match review, if teams were to play like Reading, and now Man City, relegation seems a possibility.
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