A loss down to tactics and deplorable effort. Mancini seemed to have his side completely unprepared to play against defensive pressure, and the number of times City player either waited for balls to come to them instead of going to meet the ball or jogged after a ball was mindboggling.
The final 30 minutes of that half were just as poor as the "effort" at White Hart Lane and on par with the worst performances of the Hughes Era. Watching your midfield get bossed around by Everton is one of the saddest sights a Premier League fan can see. When you're making the likes of Fellaini look good in the midfield, you should be ashamed.
City looked the better side early on, with Everton sitting back and letting the visitors dominate the game. But as soon as Moyes cranked up the defensive pressure, City looked panicked and lost all composure. It was as though they thought they were playing away at Chelsea, not a side in the bottom half of the table with one win in their last nine.
Robinho and Petrov never should be on the pitch at the same time. There's enough work rate in the side that City can afford to have one guy pulling out of tackles and getting pushed around by opponents -- but two such players in the team is too many.
And that Everton opener was an absolute joke. Why de Jong was separating from the wall I'll never understand. The relatively poor free kick went right where he should've been.
And Richards's foul in the box was as stupid a penalty as has been given away in the league this season.
The final 30 minutes of that half were just as poor as the "effort" at White Hart Lane and on par with the worst performances of the Hughes Era. Watching your midfield get bossed around by Everton is one of the saddest sights a Premier League fan can see. When you're making the likes of Fellaini look good in the midfield, you should be ashamed.
City looked the better side early on, with Everton sitting back and letting the visitors dominate the game. But as soon as Moyes cranked up the defensive pressure, City looked panicked and lost all composure. It was as though they thought they were playing away at Chelsea, not a side in the bottom half of the table with one win in their last nine.
Robinho and Petrov never should be on the pitch at the same time. There's enough work rate in the side that City can afford to have one guy pulling out of tackles and getting pushed around by opponents -- but two such players in the team is too many.
And that Everton opener was an absolute joke. Why de Jong was separating from the wall I'll never understand. The relatively poor free kick went right where he should've been.
And Richards's foul in the box was as stupid a penalty as has been given away in the league this season.
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