Spectacular/pathetic last-gasp surrender at the Etihad

[Kirill]

So what do you know/think/guess exactly happened? Did the news of Stoke-Bolton finishing at 2-2 have such a profound laxative effect on our players? Or did Manchester City simply and NATURALLY achieve what they should have achieved earlier in the game - take the lead again and beat us as we were a weaker team and were playing with 10 men? I tend to think it was the first one, players relaxing too much, and I do not like it a single bit, I think we should not have lost, despite the unimportance of not losing at that point and despite the likely hostility towards us after the game - we should not have lost.

[andythefish]

I do believe the Bolton result was filtering through to some of the players,and whereas they were 100% committed for the majority of the match,switch off/relieved for that split second and gifted it to Citeh!

[SuperHoopNik]

I think the players were a bit distracted with us cheering, the bench going crazy. They caught us out and scored

[DeepcutHoop]

I don't think all of the players knew, the reactions from the defence showed that.

Man City had to win, and they were battering us all game, and we'd been defending for our lives with ten men.

42 shots? Something had to give tbf

[Shania]

I think the players were a bit distracted with us cheering, the bench going crazy. They caught us out and scored

Bothroyd should have gone for the corner area and closed it. Huge mistake, but that´s history.

[MattyRangers]

I don't think all of the players knew, the reactions from the defence showed that.

Man City had to win, and they were battering us all game, and we'd been defending for our lives with ten men.

42 shots? Something had to give tbf

[Tarbie]

Who cares.......we stayed up!

[bushcelt1]

I don't think all of the players knew, the reactions from the defence showed that.

Man City had to win, and they were battering us all game, and we'd been defending for our lives with ten men.

42 shots? Something had to give tbf

this pretty much sums it up for me.
why is this thread appearing 3 weeks later??

[Kirill]

why is this thread appearing 3 weeks later??

Because I have been waiting to see if anyone else poses this question. I also wanted the initial euphoria to subside so we could approach this sensibly

[bushcelt1]

Because I have been waiting to see if anyone else poses this question. I also wanted the initial euphoria to subside so we could approach this sensibly

fair enough.

[Stanley]

Anton certainly wouldn't have switched off.

[Marsh67]

As I said on one of the pevious posts, take yourself back to before the game and you would take survival at any cost,
In answer to op I think we switched off for a split second but now the dust has settled, I don't care we are Premier League and that's what I care about.

[Will M]

I think a combination of both. And to add, maybe complacency crept in towards the end as well which Dzeko took advantage of. They weren't an aerial threat for much of the game before his introduction.

[LoftusRoadLad]

I think we felt sorry for em and let em have it at the end....and saved Mancini an heart attack.

[CroydonCaptainJack]

I love the way some of these polls are worded.
How about ' City deserved to win it' without the 'surprised it took them so long' bit.
I couldn't honestly see them even equalising before extra time yet once one had gone in they seized their chance. I think a few of our players knew we were safe but Derry claims not to have and this is borne out by his face as he stretches to block the shot.