Joe Hart rues Manchester City’s missed opportunity
Joe Hart has expressed his disappointment at Manchester City’s 2-1 home loss to Everton in the Barclays Premier League. The English international goalkeeper was disappointed about what was a great opportunity for Manchester City.
If City had won against Everton, they would’ve been at the summit of the English Premier League table on Christmas.
However as things turned out, Manchester City failed to secure all three points against David Moyes’s men, as Tim Cahill and Leighton Baines turned out to be the scourge of City’s title chances at the City of Manchester stadium.
The first goal of the match was scored by Tim Cahill from a Leighton Baines cross, while the second one came through a lay-off from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leighton-Baines-c21987. Baines put in an incredibly gutsy performance at Eastlands, as he surged forward at every given
opportunity from his left-wing back berth for the Toffees.
After scoring two goals in the first 15 minutes of the match, Everton adopted a defensive strategy and invited pressure onto themselves, as Manchester City attacked for the rest of the match. Nonetheless, City’s thrusts lacked
cohesiveness and creativity, as Everton won the match in the end. Roberto Mancini’s men were wasteful in possession, as they failed to take advantage of the fact that Everton went down to ten men following Victor Anichebe’s red card.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Hart-c18699 conceded in his latest interview that City had missed a massive chance to make their mark on the English Premier League title race, which is the closest one that the fans have witnessed in recent years. As the January
transfer window approaches, Manchester City are set to be the big spenders once again, as this time around they are looking to bring in Edin Dzeko from Wolfsburg in place of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Emmanuel-Adebayor-c12526. Regardless, the big news of the week was City’s failure to get
the win at their home stadium.
Hart elaborated on his remarks as he stated, "It is a big opportunity missed because we could have been sat at the top of the table now, but we need to dust ourselves down, and pick ourselves up because we are all obviously gutted
to have lost this game."
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini lavished praise on the Everton defence, as he stated after the match that Everton had defended extremely well as they got all their players behind the ball when the time was right. He also
added that Everton’s tactics after going into the lead were quite normal, as it is usually very difficult for teams to come to the City of Manchester stadium and get a win. Hart concluded the press conference alongside his manager, as he stated that the upcoming
games for City hold utmost importance, since they face Aston Villa, Newcastle United and Blackpool.
Manchester City currently occupy third spot in the English Premier League, having secured 32 points from 18 games. However, the noteworthy fact here is that the top of the table team, Manchester United have only played 16 games
i.e. two less than their neighbors City. Second place Arsenal and fourth placed Chelsea have also played a game less than Manchester City.
Roberto http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786, as they have only conceded 15 goals thus far. However City’s attack has not been as prolific having scored just 25 goals until now.
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