March
2006
City
0 Wigan 1
March 18th 2006 att. 42,444
With
a vital Cuptie looming on Monday and having won 7 on the trot at home a much changed
City side were due for a setback and a quiet home crowd were not disappointed!
This was a poor effort -one of the worst home displays for a while. City hardly
had a shot on goal and the passing was almost non existent. OK so there were a
number of 'reserves' on show but one would have thought they would put in the
effort to get their first team places back. The ball spent a lot of time in the
air and we were nearly always second to the ball. Unlike the opposition our corners
were rarely dangerous and we had our first shot on target in the last minute!
I can understand the managers reluctance to play certain players with the vital
game with West Ham on Monday so the failure of the other squad players to pull
out the stops is disappointing to say the least.
The
absence of Dunne, Jordan, Musampa, Riera,Samaras, Vassell, Richards and Barton
from the recent starting lineup did not inspire confidence.
Sibierski
was early in action......
.....
but he was soon in the wars
Filan
catches under pressure
Bradley
Wright Phillips given his first start goes to ground
Sibierski
injured earlier is substituted by Samaras after only 26 minutes
James
makes a good save from Teale only seconds after the substitution.
Samaras
battles with Kavanagh
BWP
gets booked for a clumsy strikers tackle on the flattened Baines and gets a telling
off by his manager
Filan
punches clear under pressure
A
mini handbags dispute after the ball had been cleared - between Sommeil and De
Zeeuw is sorted by Thatcher and Distin.
An
escape for City as a corner whizzes past everybody and the first half ends goalless
Manchester
City Ladies under 15 team paraded a recently won trophy at half time.
Also
at half time we had a demo of ball skills.
Samaras
gets another knock and he eventually got substituted in the 60th minutes by Ishmael
Miller who was making his debut
The
Wigan goal had a narrow escape after a mis-punch by Filan and the ball was eventually
cleared off the line by Baines
The
City goal under pressure at a corner
After
a couple of poor successive miskicked clearances by David James the ball went
for a corner.......
A
fast dangerous corner is whipped in and Lee McCulloch heads in to give Wigan the
lead
Bradley
Wright-Phillips having been given his chance from the start made little impact
on the game and once again De Zeeuw cleared
James
makes a catch to thwart Scharner
The
referee quickly checks to see if the player is still breathing
Mills
goes in on Baines and then when booked points out that the opposing player is
still moving
Miller,
making his debut had few opportunities to shine
A
goal down City put pressure on the Wigan goal but hardly got a shot in all game
Lee
Croft shoots for goal but it flashes well wide with Miller ready to pounce
Best
chance for City came in the last minute when Ireland put through Sinclair but
the City players' shot is saved by Filan
Sinclair
was not at his best and was well watched here by De Zeeuw
Team:
James
5.5: Mills 6, Sommeil 5, Distin 6, Thatcher 5.5: Sinclair 6, Reyna 5 (Croft 5.5),
Ireland 6.5, Sun 6: Sibierski 5 ( Samaras 6 ( Miller 5) Bradley Wright-Phillips
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