“Both teams had attacking players”.
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The hosts threatened early in the second half as Michail Antonio headed just wide from close range after a Mark Noble cross.
“Obviously, every young English boy dreams of playing for the national team and I’ve still got that goal in my life”.
City’s squad is one of the country’s best stocked, and in spite of continued injury issues, the Chilean manager refuted claims the Citizens were set to dip into the market.
It was he who won and converted a penalty to make it 1-1 after nine minutes and then he pounced to level the scores again with 10 minutes left.
Yet despite having been gifted a route back into the game, City’s galaxy of stars were still being outshone by West Ham’s Dimitri Payet.
Manuel Pellegrini has told Yaya Toure to forget about his future and focus on helping Manchester City win the title.
A win for the Hammers would have meant they climbed over Manchester United into fifth position, while the Sky Blues did manage to jump Arsenal on goal difference, but slipped further away from leaders Leicester City who are now three points clear at the top.
“We defended well and created many chances”.
Meanwhile midfielder Fabian Delph also struck the woodwork for Manuel Pellegrini’s team while West Ham’s midfield powerhouse Cheikhou Kouyate rattled the crossbar with his header on the 93rd minute.
“The last two games he has played very well and I hope he continues this way to the end of the season because he is a top player”. Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has promised his determination to play football won’t see him run the risk of taking the field less than fully fit.
“They had a lot of the ball but I thought coming off a bad performance last week at Newcastle, I thought we were back to our best and I’ve said we can compete with anyone when we play like that and we showed that tonight”. At the back James Collins has been superb and West Ham are actually unbeaten at home since losing to Bournemouth back in August.
I am really proud of the team.
“Hopefully I’ve given the manager something to think about”.
But If they are without their 15-goal top scorer for another significant period this season City will come up short.
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Messi, 28, has expressed no desire to leave Barcelona, where he is contracted to until 2019, but Abu Dhabi owned Manchester City, backed by the billions of Sheikh Mansour, are one of the few clubs who could afford to buy him. Looking to secure a return to winning ways this week Bilic is likely to lump on a start for Nikica Jelavic and Enner Valencia upfront, while Andy Carroll misses out thanks to a hamstring strain.
