Aston Villa 3 - 2 Man City - BAFFLED!

Well our little run of good results has ended, how that managed to happen is just a mystery to me.

I have no idea what happened today that meant we didn't leave Villa Park with three points, we played well, we created chances and Villa could not handle us.

The team were playing well and when we went ahead it was an overdue well deserved goal, then Villa out of nowhere equalised and stunned us, the goal shouldn't of stood due to an offside but that was just the first bit of luck Villa got.

We were back in front six minutes later and we were able to breathe a sigh of relief, surely we were going to go on and secure the game, it wasn't to be. Villa got their second piece of luck when the referee decided to award a free kick because Weimann decided to jump over Nastasic's leg, the poor refereeing was followed by a good free kick that managed to beat Joe Hart who was for some reason, stood behind his wall.

Surely we were not going to walk away with anything else but three points after totally dominating this game? Actually not only were we not going to take three points, we didn't even hold on for a draw. Villa's miraculous victory was complete when Guzan pumped a ball up field only for our defenders to get into a mess and let Weimann run on to it and toe poke it past the on rushing Joe Hart.

This was unbelievable today, how Villa managed to win is just crazy, saying that although it cant be denied that we gave Villa a footballing lesson, I am sure Villa fans would be quick to point out that we did make mistakes. Joe Hart's positioning was poor for the free kick and then obviously our defence totally made a mess to let Weimann through to score, ok so it was still remarkable that Villa won but if we had defended better in these two instances, maybe they wouldn't have.

We are five points off top spot now and while I am not overly worried on the back of this freak result today, we can't fall any further behind, we need to overhaul the deficit as soon as possible if we are to win the title.

A tiny set back today but lets not dwell on it because we have an exciting and a big game against Bayern Munich to look forward to on Wednesday.

Aston Villa vs Man City Live stream information

Up to now there are 26 stations that should be available to watch todays match against Aston Villa.

I know a lot of people are familiar with online streaming now but for those that are not, this should help.

If you go to the following link http://www.wiziwig.tv/broadcast.php?matchid=216493&part=sports then you will see the page that will display the links to watch today's game, the links to the streams will not be displayed until one hour before kick off.

Each link will be run via a different type of software for example you may just be able to click one that will load on your web browser or there will be some where you have to download software.

Each stream will tell you which software it is being run on for example if next to one of the links it says Sopcast you will need to download the Sopcast player software. All software is available via this next link http://www.wiziwig.tv/software.php?part=software .

The best streams to watch are the ones with the higher Kbps rate, so if one stream says 150 Kbps and one says 2000 Kbps then you choose the latter and this will also help you know which software to download so you can get the best possible stream.

A little heads up I always find Sopcast the best software to use, so it would probably be worth downloading that in preparation for when the game links are announced.

Hopefully this was helpful and not confusing. I think everyone should be able to understand once you explore the links, it is quite straight forward.

Enjoy, hopefully!

Aston Villa vs Man City - Sat 28th Sep 15:00 pm

Back to premier league duty for our in form City team, a trip to Birmingham to face Aston Villa is our next test.

I have to say I am really looking forward to the game today, we have been in really good form and I just don't see Aston Villa putting a stop to that.

Villa have had a good result against Arsenal this season and haven't really done much else, they have a poor home record and I only see that getting worse against City.

I don't want to be disrespectful to Villa but with Benteke missing from their team due to injury, I just don't see anyone else in their team who could inspire them to getting something out of this game. Villa are not the best at home either, they haven't managed to take any points from their first two home games and have conceded at home in their last 13 league games, couple this with the fact that City have won 6 of the last 7 against Villa and it helps me to believe that we will not see anything but a City win.

We are absolutely flying at the moment and if I am honest I think there could be another hiding handed out, with Villa on the receiving end. When we are on form the way we are at the moment we are unstoppable, games like this against Villa should be our bread and butter.

It would be nice if we could put this game to bed in the first half today so that we can take it easy for the remainder of the game, we have got Bayern Munich on Wednesday so if we can avoid tiring ourselves out and any potential injuries, that would be ideal. Of course my view on today's game is based on the consistent performances we have put in lately, that however could be very naive of me.

Man City Team News:
Sergio Aguero is set to be out after picking up a knock against Utd, David Silva (thigh) has been training but his return may be saved for the Bayern game. Demichelis (knee) is still unavailable for selection.

Aston Villa Team News:
Main man Christian Benteke is out with a hip injury,  Ashley Westwood (thigh), Jores Okore (knee), Charles N'Zogbia (Achilles) and Gary Gardner (back) are also missing for Villa.

Possible Man City Line Up: Hart, Zabaleta, Nastasic, Kompany, Clichy, Toure, Fernandinho, Nasri, Navas, Dzeko, Negredo.

Possible Aston Villa Line Up: Guzan, Bacuna, Vlaar, Clark, Luna, Tonev, Delph, El Ahmadi, Weimann, Agbonlahor, Kozak.

My Prediction: Aston Villa 0 - 4 Man City.

Worth A Bet: Fernandinho scores the first goal on a 0 - 4 Man City win @ 230/1.

Aston Villa 1 - 1 Man City (Dunney 15', Bellamy 67') *Video*

Well we surely seen that coming, Richard Dunne scores to stop City from taking all three points. You know every time Dunney went up for a corner when he played for us a big man marked him, so we thought the best thing to do would be to put Barry on him.

Richard Dunne put Villa ahead with a header from a corner, Bellamy made it 1 - 1 with a very well taken goal from inside the box. Goals below!

This was one of those games where it would have been great to watch had I been a neutral, it was a good, well contested game of football.

I do think City could have won this game had we played to a higher level, without being at our worst we were not at our best. We had a lot of the ball but did nothing with it apart from give it away. Credit to Villa though, they stuck a lot of men behind the ball and defended quite well all night.

I have to say I was disappointed with a couple of players tonight, particularly Barry. He let us down tonight he just did not look interested, I don't know if the Villa fans got to him or it just happened to be his off day, what I do know is that he wasn't at his best. I was also yet again not happy with SWP, he worked very hard running wise but didn't do much else.

Dunney was given man of the match at Villa Park tonight but for me there was only one player deserving of that award on the pitch tonight and that was Wayne Bridge. I was not a big fan of Bridge when we signed him, but he is getting better with every game and for me was by far the best player on the pitch tonight, every aspect of his job was carried out superbly.

All in all a draw at Villa Park is a decent result and we move up to fourth and that is with a game in hand over a lot of teams.

Time to get back on the training pitch and work out these kinks in time to win the next game.

Goals.

Aston Villa vs Man City - Mon 5Th Oct 20:00 pm

City travel to Villa Park knowing that a win will keep us in good shape to break the top four, saying that Villa are also a team looking for a top four place and will by no means be an easy team to play against.

I have a feeling that we will be in for a very tough game tonight, Villa pretty much have everything a good team needs, they have pace, strength, goal scorers, goal providers and they work very hard for each other. The thing with that is we have more than enough of all those attributes as well, so I am not saying we should worry about it but maybe that we should have a hard think about how to stop Villa's quality.

I certainly think that we can win this game tonight, Villa are another team who are not scared to attack and as I have said before any team that commits players forward against us will be punished. I would like to think Hughes has prepared a strategy that will stop what I consider Villa's best players, which are Milner and Young. Agbonlahor is the man who will provide the pace to latch on to anything that the clever Young and Milner will create, so if we can stop them two then you basically stop Agbonlahor, it is not easy to stop players of this quality but I think half the battle will be won if we do.

This game sees both Dunney and Barry play against their former clubs, although I love Dunney I must say we got the better signing out of the two. Barry has been brilliant since he has been at City and hopefully with the bit between his teeth playing against his former club, he will play even better tonight and be the key to a City victory.

Man City Team News:
Emmanuel Adebayor is back from suspension after serving his three match ban. Robinho (ankle), Nedum Onuoha (thigh), Vincent Kompany (toe/ankle) and Benjani Mwaruwari (thigh)are all still injured. Michael Johnson and Roque Santa Cruz should feature on the bench again after recently returning to fitness and Stephen Ireland should return to the squad after missing the last game with a bug.

Aston Villa Team News:
Luke Young is out with a thigh injury and Curtis Davies misses out with a long term shoulder injury.

Possible Man City Line Up: Given, Zabaleta, Toure, Lescott, Bridge, Wright-Phillips, Barry, De Jong, Bellamy, Tevez, Adebayor.

Possible Aston Villa Line Up: Friedel, Cuellar, Collins, Dunne, Warnock, Milner, Reo-Coker, Petrov, Young, Heskey, Agbonlahor.

My Prediction: Aston Villa 1 - 3 Man City.

Worth A Bet: De Jong and Tevez score in a 3 - 1 City win.

City in Barry talks, do we want him?

Aston Villa have today confirmed that England International Gareth Barry is having talks with City about a possible move Eastlands.

I am not surprised that we or any team for that matter would try and sign Gareth Barry but for him to go as far as talking to us is a little baffling to me. Barry plays in a wonderful team at the moment with a great manager and they will be in Europe next season, so why would coming to City interest him?

There is really only a few reasons he would want to join us, he can see our potential, he thinks he will get to play along side great players or he is being offered huge money. Obviously most people will say it is for money and that could be the case, saying that I am not sure if Barry himself would leave his beloved Villa for a bit of extra cash. I don't care how much we pay him if he signs as long as he is winning football matches for us.

Now for the flip side will City fans be happy if we were to sign Barry? There isn't any doubts about his ability he is a good footballer and as for when he plays for England I am a huge fan and he would make my first eleven every time. I am just not sure if I like his style of play, that would be being picky though he is a damn good player and I say a good signing if it were to go through.

What do you think?

Man City 2 - 0 Aston Villa (Elano 24' pen, Wright-Phillips 89')

A superb City performance saw them totally out class Villa to win 2 - 0 at Eastlands.

City were brilliant tonight, the team worked really hard and got back what they put in with an impressive victory over a good Villa side.

I still thought that there was a couple of players that could have done better tonight, but I am not going to dwell on it because the overall performance as a team was impressive.

There was many outstanding players for City tonight here's a look at a few of them - Richard Dunne was absolutely solid and made every ball he went for his. Shaun Wright-Phillips, well we saw the old SWP for the first time in a few games. Caused non stop problems for the Villa defence, missed a great chance but we can let him off seems as he got the goal that sealed the game and well deserved it was to. Pablo Zabaleta, this classy Argentine hard man is getting better every game, I am really impressed with his desire and get the feeling he would run through a brick wall if it meant winning a tackle.

MY STAR MAN : NEDUM ONUOHA
I chose to single out Nedum because he was outstanding again tonight and has been outstanding since his run in the team started.

Nedum has always shown potential but at the same time shown a lot of weakness's in his game, any weakness's he did have are gone. His passing and decision making used to be particularly poor at times, he has totally turned that around and his passing and decision making are now spot on.

He is so calm when in possession of the ball at the back, that he makes you feel calm watching him, he never rushes anything even when he has an opposition player bearing down on him and he always makes sure he finds another blue shirt. I also don't think it is a coincidence that Richard Dunne has returned to form since he has been playing with Nedum, because Nedum is more accomplished at centre back than Richards you can see the change in Dunney, it is obvious he is more at ease and has more confidence when playing alongside Nedum.

Playing the way he has been Nedum Onuoha is another City academy product who should go on to represent England at full International level, well played Nedum keep it up.

Man City vs Aston Villa - Wed 4Th Mar 19:45 pm

City are back at home this week when they welcome Aston Villa to Eastlands. Villa are the best team in the league away from home this season and also have Champions League aspirations, so City are in for a tough game.

If City are to avoid another defeat tomorrow, things would have had to dramatically changed from the poor performance we put in against West Ham.

I have lost count of how many times I have said this during the current season, but City have something to prove yet again when we face Villa. The inconsistent level of performance has been a disgrace and it seems that after a good performance we might as well expect that we won't win our next game.

I think we have a lot of players that have started believing their own press and have developed a poor attitude. I read Stephen Ireland had said after the West Ham game ''We never got off the bus, to be honest''. Now considering he was one of our worst players against West Ham, he didn't pull his performance level up even though he admits the team were poor. This is the poor attitude that I am talking about, although he knew the team were playing poorly, neither him or anyone else in the team for that matter tried to change things. It's easy to talk about your mistakes after you have lost, this attitude has to disappear starting with the game against Villa.

It is about time our players showed real passion when they have our shirt on, I will always except a team that puts the effort in, when they are wearing a City shirt. So like I have said time and again, standing up and being counted against good teams like Villa is a perfect starting place.

City team news:
City are without attacking duo Robinho and Bellamy, who are both injured. Micah Richards is a doubt and will face a late fitness test. Shaun Wright-Phillips returns to the team, his domestic ban is now over.

Aston Villa team news:
Wilfred Bouma is still not ready for first team action, Steve Sidwell is a doubt and Emile Heskey looks set to miss out.

Possible Man City line up: Given, Dunne, Onuoha, Bridge, Kompany, Zabaleta, Ireland, De Jong, Wright-Phillips, Elano, Caicedo.

Possible Aston Villa line up: Friedel, Cuellar, Davies, Knight, Young, Milner, Petrov, Barry, Young, Carew, Agbonlahor

My prediction: Man City 0 - 0 Aston Villa

Worth a bet: Available at 9/1, 0 - 0 is definitely worth a bet.