Remember the 74th minute? Long high pass from Hart hovers over Skrtel, but Aguero runs right into him. Skrtel is almost falling, but with both his feet firmly on the ground his chest lies horizontal he's balancing on his forwardstruck knees while being pushed by Aguero. Skrtel is run right into, yet he keeps his balance and heads it away before getting his freekick.
That's how monsterish he was today. Absolutely bossed City's attackers from start to finish. Story of his season this far, probably even his best ever in a red kit.
Henderson was fantastic today also, he was really our main playmaker, always had awareness of the other players and hardly misplaced a pass. It's as if he's constantly aware of where his 4 nearest teammates are. Great game for him.
Reina was also class as usual, fantastic reflexes on that corner header.
Carroll looked good in second after having a nervous first half. Good games from Gerrard and Bellamy and decent from Johnson and Enrique. Downing, Adam and Kelly were disappointing.
Most of all though, I thought we looked like a team in the defence, especially the defenders and midfielders had a good understanding of each other and held the opponents from big chances. It wasn't pretty, but they were never THAT close to scoring. Clean sheet on Etihad is a very good accomplishment.
