Personally i think Mancini got his tactics pretty much spot on against Chelsea, obviously the players putting in high crosses wasn`t going to bring much fruition with the size of the players in the box but he did seem to tell them to keep it more on the deck in the second half.
Certainly stopping Chelsea from playing there flowing passing game worked especially in midfield where Essien, Malouda and Ramires weren`t given time or space to feed Drogba and Anelka. The same tactics have been used to nullify Barcelona recently.
If Chelsea had got the first goal City would have had to push on which would have freed up the Chelsea`s playmakers and it could have been 2 or 3 nil.
Cracking result for City, lets just hope they can push on from here and minimum get Champions league, at least they stopped the runaway train and gave Man U and Arsenal a chance to regain some ground (which Arsenal failed at miserably!).
I also am not a fan of playing De Jong and Barry together in the same team but it seems to work against the better teams. I just hope against teams we should beat he adopts a more attacking style
A much needed result which should do the squad a world of good, watch us lose at home to Newcastle next, oh the joys of being a City fan
