Football Focus Highlight

Manchester City 0-2 defeat by Everton in Premier League duel continued, at Goodison Park, Saturday (16/1/2010). This is a prime City defeat since trained Roberto Mancini.

Mancini train City since December 19 ago. With him, the City has sailed four fight and always win. They also wanted to make Everton a fifth victim. Honey, let alone lead, to more than compensate for Everton game only, City difficulties.

Indeed, in the early minutes, City had kicked and tried to pressure. However, after a meaningless threat through Martin Petrov in the second minute, the City no longer able to develop games and more to survive.

This was an effect of solidity and coordination neat Everton game on each line. Meanwhile defender ranks appear discipline, the midfielders and attackers are able to build the game of short passes and ball control of Everton.

Slowly but surely, more Everton dominated the game and began diligently to spread the threat of Shay Given's goal. Unfortunately, poor resolution of the end to make a golden opportunity wasted.



However, Everton trying to maintain their performance advantage over the visitors. Hard work and persistence eventually led to the 1-0 advantage thanks to Steven Pienaar scored in the 36th minute. Believed to take a free kick, sending the ball to Pienaar the bottom right corner of Given's goal.

Do not want to lose the moment, Everton continue their intimidation to the City rearguard. Everton to make banging frenzy City defender and lose focus. City led disaster unpreparedness penalty, following a breach of Micah Richards for Louis Saha in the 45th minute.

At that time, Saha had the ball in the penalty box. Richards is escorted Saha clothes look interesting. The referee stated violation and award a penalty to Everton.

Saha is believed to execute successfully fulfill the task well. His strikes into the middle of the goal failed driven by Given. Goal is directly followed by halftime whistle.

In the second half, City managed to improve the quality of the game in all lines and began to compensate for Everton game. Besides the pressure to reduce your opponent, the game City growing and dangerous. Unfortunately, improvements made City never led to a serious threat to Tim Howard's goal.

Meanwhile, despite the loss of dominance, Everton are still able to attack more effectively and coordinated. In minute 77, for example, Marouane Fellaini who could be fired ditepis Given. The ball then hit the slide and bounced toward Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, who kicked the ball straight into the goal. Unfortunately, the kick went off target.

Furthermore, Everton still have a number of goal opportunities. However, none of which managed to produce an additional goal. Everton had to be content to see a good game they can only produce two goals, without reply.

During the 90 minutes, Everton record 49 percent mastery of the ball and create the right six shots on goal from 15 attempts. Meanwhile, the City could make four golden chances out of ten experiments.

With these results, Everton rose to the tenth position with 26 points. Meanwhile, City tersurut into fifth position with 38 points or less just goal difference from Tottenham Hotpur in fourth place.


Lineup:

Everton: Howard; Baines, Distin (Coleman 70), Heitinga, Neville; Bilyaletdinov, Pienaar, Fellaini, Donovan (Baxter 90); Cahill, Saha (Vaughan 85)

City: Given; Garrido, Kompany, Richards, Zabaleta; Bellamy, Barry, De Jong, Petrov (Mwaruwari 45); Tevez; Cruz (9 Robinho, Wright-Phillips 61)