Meh, not bad, not brilliant. Valencia has been the best player on the park, his crossing has been as good as I've ever seen. Nani got better as the half went on, and had a couple of decent efforts. It's a good job VDS is back to save our bacon because Evans and Brown cannot play together, VDS has rescued them a few times. Berbatov and Scholes look injured. We need more compsure in front of goal too. I think one goal will see them crumble.

Nice to see Brucey doing us a favour at the Bridge.

Another hilarious Rafa interview post match today.

Similar to the 'ref was perfect' interview only this time it was 'ask the 27,000' (over and over)!

I think Delap, Faye and Sidibe could have raised their game given the vulnerability of their opposition today.

Hmm, intriguing.

Good win in the end. Berbatov improved in the second half, some great touches and hit the post before scoring after a great ball from Rooney, who then got a second. Mame Diouf with the third with a header over Jensen from the edge of the area.

Although Evans and Brown looked very dodgy together, having VDS back was so much more comforting for me. Whenever the defence fooked up, he was there to clear up. Carrick put in a great performance in the middle, everything we did went through him, and he made some very crucial tackles in the box.

Nice and loud "Glazer's gunna die" aired today.



I see that after their major cup final shock Leeds' season has gone t*ts up.

He's not though mate

Check his one for the BBC.



Andy Burton

Everton have dominated City so far. It could quite easily be more than 2-0 at half time, although I can't believe that Everton were awarded the penalty, even Saha thought the lino had given the foul against him.

Clear as day penalty for me. Only doubts were the initial contact being outside of the box, utterly idiotic from Richards. Seriously, what on earth was he thinking.

My only thought was that you see them all the time in every game and they never get pulled up. Even Saha didn't think he'd got a penalty. Richards was very daft. Not as daft as the City wall for the Piennar free kick, it just dissappeared.



On another note, since when did it become an ejectable offence to have banners at football games?

You do, and they're never punished. It was nice to see the linesman made the decision, maybe the idiot who missed Lucas' clear as day penalty should take a few notes.

The wall was shocking, the free kick wasn't much higher than 5 foot and there wasn't much pace or dip to it, just accurately placed.

Everton battered City, City had nothing in midfield or attack, they were bullied for the majority of the game, even 'fearless' Nigel de Jong was dominated by Fellaini and co.

You have to wonder about Citeh when it gets cold. They need to man up if they are ever going to step up to join the big boys. Everton were good today, but none of the other big clubs, Chelsea, Man U, Arsenal etc would have rolled over like that.

Ask 27,000 people. I'm sure most Stoke fans wouldn't agree with Rafa.



City's first decent opponent under Mancini and they get beat, must be all the wine and pizza they had before the game.