Photos: Birmingham City 0-0 Manchester City, or The Brilliance of Shay Given
This was the Shay Given Show. In one of the more entertaining ni-nils you could see, Man City’s excellent goalkeeper stopped everything Birmingham could throw at him, including a James McFadden penalty (great pained reaction by the Scot too).
That’s four draws in a row now for City, who are looking less and less like a team capable of cracking the big four. Top-six team, for sure; top-four team, not this time.
The best high-res pics from the game below:
Do Arsenal Artificially Enhance The Emirates Atmosphere? – OTP
Big Cup Bullshit – The FCF
Guess UEFA Cup Finalists From Their Shirt – Three Match Ban
20 Damning Steve Kean Quotes – Mirror Football
'Abandon All Hope…' – Sunshine Room
Leaked Blackburn Letter Shows Extent Of Turmoil – EPL Talk
Genius Who Couldn't Exist Today: Dragan Stojkovic – LBITCR
German Philosopher Reflects On Jose Mourinho – Futfanatico
Rule Changes That Could Hand Title To Man Utd – FourFourTwo
Welcome To Posh – Danny Last for IBWM
I wouldn’t dismiss man city’s chances that easily. 6 of 10 games so far have been away, with fewer games lost than any of the “big four”, particularly liverpool. Even that loss – v united – was a bit of a fluke really. Teams like birmingham and fulham seem to be upping their game against city.
I agree with Dave. They outplayed Arsenal (beating them 4-2 in september) and are looking far better than Liverpool at the moment (let alone Spurs, Villa, and Everton, who are just europa league challengers, at best).
They are very likely to finish in 4th or even in 3rd. Liverpool fans should be concerned about their CL 2010/2011 berth
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