http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Mancini and his troops travel to London on Saturday, with Bettor.com highlighting the players that could play an important role for both teams.
West Ham:
Andy Carroll:
Last year, the England International became the country’s most expensive British footballer ever after joining http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 in January for £35 million.
While the hype surrounding the move was clearly excessive, Carroll failed to deceive on the pitch and become a Nation-wide joke for budding strikers. In order to start things afresh, the player signed a loan deal with West Ham and since the summer has been
plying his trade in London.
However, the front-man has not made the impact that he was hoping for and currently finds himself struggling to get on the score sheet.
Once touted as regular on the International front, with his current form the former Newcastle United star will never be able to crack the England line-up and could be cast aside by West Ham as well.
Although the situation is far from perfect, Carroll can produce moments of magic with ease and now has the stage set to display his talents. Manchester City represents everything the Hammers are not and with their flamboyant squad and hefty spending, Upton
Park will be roaring with pride when the reigning champions come to visit.
Carroll thrives on excellent service from the wings and as Sam Allardyce favours play on the wing, the player might finally be able to break his scoring duck on Saturday.
Manchester City:
Yaya Toure:
The middle of the park determines of the result of the modern day football match. It’s as simple as that. Without a trusty ball distributer constantly holding onto possession, in today’s world, you can never churn out positive results.
And luckily for Manchester City, their brute of a play-maker, Yaya Toure is amongst some of the best players in the world at the moment.
The Ivorian has gone from strength to strength since making the switch from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 and now can be relied upon to singlehandedly carve out wins for the Sky Blues whenever they required it.
A player who can grasp proceedings by the scruff of the neck and dictate tempo according to his own side’s philosophy, Toure has earned due praise in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 and looks set to continue that trend on Saturday.
Swansea City got the better of the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323’s midfield quartet.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-c33030 Aguero:
While Yaya Toure carves out chances, Sergio Aguero puts them in the back of the net.
The Argentinean forward arrived in England last year and has managed to captivate Manchester after securing the side’s Premier League title in injury time against QPR last season.
Having started on good form, the forward will look to get amongst the goals once again and perhaps the exploit West Ham’s defence for his own benefit.
City have come under immense pressure to regain their crown, but the club’s players remain unfazed by the challenge that lies ahead, with captain http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vincent-Kompany-c36184 particularly assured ahead of a tiring season.
"Criticism just depends how much attention you want to pay to it. I don't pay any attention to criticism. I just do my own critique, so it doesn't affect me. I just keep living the life and keep working really hard.”
"Whatever criticism we are getting now, we are still unbeaten in the league. It just means we have set the standard very high."
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