A win is a win, whether it is hard-fought or beautiful. Our more adventurous efforts paid off as Mario Balotelli and James Milner both scored after being introduced to the game to finally break down Everton's excellent resilience.
If anything, this win shows that we've come a long way since April's 2-1 loss at Goodison Park; we never allowed Everton fully in to the game and we never allowed Tim Cahill to do anything dangerous, other than glance a header wide in the second half and nearly remove Vincent Kompany's legs.
Last season, we lacked cutting edge against sides that set up defensively like Everton did yesterday. Our home draws against Blackburn and Birmingham last season came about because we simply lacked that final ball. But against Everton on Saturday, that final ball coupled with a bit of audacity helped us pull off a very important win.
Mario Balotelli's shot took a wicked deflection off Phil Jagielka to put us 1-0 up. As wicked as that deflecton was, Mario must have some balls to attempt to open his body up and attempt a difficult shot. And David Silva must have had some balls to attempt a pass that seemed impossible to everyone apart from him; a beautiful, incisive, defence splitting pass that set away James Milner who poked under Everton 'keeper Tim Howard to score his first ever league goal for us.David Silva is fast becoming a City legend and deservedly so. He picked up Sky's Man of the Match for his performance, and he's gaining more and more fans each week.
One win, two goals, three valuable points.
Ratings.
Hart - 7
Richards - 8
Kompany - 7
Lescott - 9
Clichy - 7
Yaya Toure - 6
Barry - 8
Silva - 9
Nasri - 7
Aguero - 7
Dzeko - 6
Sub ratings:
Balotelli - 9
Milner - 7
Savic - 7
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