City overcame a gritty Crystal Palace to progress to the 3rd round of the Carling Cup. 2nd half goals from SWP and Tevez topped off a fine display in this exciting encounter.Whilst Palace had some half chances from set pieces and long balls, City created several golden opportunities with some dazzling build-up play and counter attacking flair.
SWP got City off the mark, finishing a great passing move by gliding wide of the left back and blasting the ball past the keeper at his near post. Adebayor then threatened by going clean through only for the keeper to pull off a wonder save. SWP almost got his 2nd as he danced past the central defender before chipping the ball past the keeper and agonisingly against the bar. Tevez headed in his 1st goal for Manchester's finest from a SWP corner and the win was sealed.
Joloen Lescott played his first game for the mighty blues in the left centre back position and contributed to another clean-sheet. The captaincy had been passed from the departing(?) Dunne to Toure. The man of the match award rightly went to SWP.
Palace manager Neil Warnock was on sparkling form in the post-match interview by outrageously claiming that the referee had been subliminally influenced by Sky reporters to give favour to City in the 2nd half! During the 1st half, City were wrongly given offside when clean through on several occasions by an under performing linesman. Sky reporters were, according to Wally Warnock, discussing this in the tunnel at half time in ear-shot of the referee, who supposedly thereafter redressed the balance and gave City all the key decisions in the 2nd half. Nice one ref!
ManTwitty.
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