Is It Over?

Is it over? is the question every Manchester City fan is asking themselves. They are 9 points behind leaders Manchester United and it seems as if the title race is all but over. Man U have the chance to be clear by 12 points if they win against Everton. They played Everton on the opening day and lost 1-0. But they were away from home. Now they are at home which gives them the advantage. Man City lost 3-1 to Southampton. Southampton were in the bottom 5 of the league. Everybody expected an easy win title holders Man City. In truth Man City played a very sloppily. Many of their players were caught sleeping on the ball. The first goal was scored by James Puncheon. Barry was caught sleeping on the ball by Puncheon who quickly dispossessed him and countered. It was 2 v 3. Lambert drew both defenders out wide leaving a gaping hole for Jay Rodriguez to run into. Rodriguez got the ball but a last ditch tackle from a City defender caused him to lose his balance and power a weak shot towards Joe Hart who parried it into the path of James Puncheon who slid the ball home into and open net. 7 minutes in and City were already 1-0 down.

The second goal came when Lambert shot straight at Joe Hart who fumbled the ball between his own legs and in front of his goal which lead to Steven Davis tapping the ball in from point blank range. Man City drew one back from a counter attack which resulted in Edin Dezko scoring. At this point it seemed that City would come back considering Southamptons's record of giving up 24 points from winning positions. This time it was self-destruction from Man City when Barry scored a bizarre own goal. Rodriguez crossed the ball and it ended up at the feet of Barry who had NO Southampton players around and had enough time to clear it upfeild but instead he tried passing it back to Hart and the ball rolled into his own net. Man City have no chance of coming back if they played like they did today everyday.      

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