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I reckon we'd have got a point, agree we'd probably not have won but we'll never know.

Just looked it up and seen a replay of the incident, definite penalty (although how often do we see players get away with that sort of thing). Sending off? I dunno, he was 'last man' but the way the ball bounced Chesney had a decent chance of getting there first. The ref could have used a bit of common sense - the penalty was a better 'goal scoring chance' than they would have had anyway. At least with 11 on 11 we've got a game. But no, Dean couldn't get his red card out quick enough and soon as he did that we had next to no chance.

No complaints about our performance today, especially 2nd half we gave it a real go against a better side when we were down a man and the ref was giving us nothing.
I agree we might have got a draw, but at the same time City might have played with more urgency to try and get the win. At 2-0 they seem to pretty much settle for the scoreline rather than trying to get more goals.


I still think it warranted a red as I thought Dzeko was close enough to get it, penalties are down to luck as well, keeper dives one way and if he goes the right way he has a great chance....saving from open play is harder as you're reacting to what's happening around you as well. He did send off Dzeko, they were debating this on Sky as Mancini is going to appeal, one angle looked bad the other didn't....warranted a red but could have easily got away with it.

Man City were missing Aguero who I think makes a huge difference to them, he's a real livewire but yes they're a better side and we did have a go, albeit without offering much of a threat.