“Today was a good occasion to do it. City were full of confidence after a brilliant, brilliant game in Sevilla (Pellegrini’s men won 3-1 in the Champions League in Spain in midweek) which is quite a good team as well”.
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A consistent complaint aimed towards Sherwood during his tenure at Villa Park was that he was too loud mouthed and passionate, and didn’t think methodically enough of the time.
City sat atop the league table with 25 points, while Brad Guzan and company sat in dead last.
Boss Remi Garde insists Aston Villa’s precious point against Manchester City should inspire his new side’s Premier League survival fight.
‘Yes. It’s good for Fabian to play for England, because he has been working normally with the whole squad over the last 10 days, ‘ he said.
Aston Villa still remain rooted to the bottom of the table, but Guzan feels they can take a positive away from the stalemate. “Always when you have a new manager you have a few reaction”.
Diego Forlan: Has Jose Mourinho lost the Chelsea dressing room? I tried in the three training sessions we had to deliver my message. During the goalless derby draw at Manchester United a fortnight ago, Pellegrini opted for caution in the closing stages to secure a point after realising United had nullified his usual attacking game.
Quotes from Delph that angered Villa fans following his departure.
“I hope he will not receive that”, said the manager. Fernando, Fernandinho and Ya Ya Toure showed they can play together in a diamond formation and overall Manchester City were very impressive and Manuel Pelligrini has to take great credit in bending tactically and adapting to the games that his side has to play.
“He is a professional player and he is playing with us”. I’m only focused on getting to know the players. With a team that are struggling it is harder to give him a chance to go forward more.
The 25-year-old has featured little for City since because of injuries but is now back in contention and could feature at Villa Park.
“I know that in January it’s a transfer window”.
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“We ended up signing 12 players, although there were a lot more players given to the committee than 12, and we ended up with what we ended up with”. We got a point and have to concentrate on the next run of games.
