Not the prettiest of performances and one in which we lacked any sort of clinical edge. We miss Aguero’s decisiveness in the final third and it really shows – could’ve been 4 or 5 nil today.
Manchester City player ratings here:
Joe Hart: Had little do to, came out and smothered one in the early second half: 6.
Bacary Sagna: Thought he had a good game, worked nicely with Navas and attacked well. Solid defensively, as usual: 7
Vincent Kompany: He’s regained that aura of calmness about him and it translates into his game, won the majority of his duels and tackled and passed astutely : 7.5
Nicolas Otamendi: Absolute rock at the back, lost count of the amount of important challenges he made. Won everything in the air and in the end Villa didn’t get a sniff: 8
Aleksandar Kolarov: Linked up well with KDB and Sterling and had a glorious chance right at the end to win it: 6
Fernando: Won a lot of aerial challenges and made some good tackles, hit the bar right at the death: 6
Fernandinho: Fairly standard game from the Brazilian, battled hard and ran with energy: 6
Yaya Touré: Didn’t add much from his more central, advanced role. Could’ve done with one of his trademark game winners: 6
Raheem Sterling: Had a few great chances, including a header but couldn’t get on the scoresheet. Still one of our main goal threats and outlets but was left isolated when Bony came off: 6
Kevin De Bruyne: Poor game today. Wasn’t involved at all, probably due to his role as a wide midfielder. Missed a sitter too: 5
Wilfried Bony: Couldn’t do anything of note before he looked to have pulled his hamstring early in the first half : 5
SUBS:
Jesus Navas: Looked spritely, as usual, and everything went through him, but his end product lacked at times: 6.5
Fabian Delph: Hostile reception and one of the loudest and most vicious I’ve ever heard live, nearly scored what would’ve been a monumental goal right at the end: 6
Kelechi Iheanacho: Only got given 10 minutes: N/A
