Manchester Citys failure to beat Norwich could be compounded if the Football Association opts to take action against star midfielder Yaya Toure next week. The Ivorian appeared to kick out at Canaries forward Ricky van Wolfswinkel in the final minutes of Saturdays goalless draw at Carrow Road. Chelsea took advantage of Citys slip, and Arsenals 5-1 hammering at Liverpool, to go top of the Barclays Premier League. The Blues are back in action against Sunderland on Wednesday, but before then the FA may decide to take retrospective action against Toure if the incident was missed by the match officials, which appeared to be the case. James Milner insists City must not dwell on the points dropped in Norfolk against a team they had thrashed 7-0 at the Etihad Stadium in November. With Sergio Aguero, Samir Nasri and Fernandinho still missing through injury, a first-half header from Alvaro Negredo against the crossbar was about as close as City came as they failed to score in consecutive Premier League games for the first time since January 1 2012, having lost at home to Chelsea last Monday. However, Milner - recalled to the centre of midfield on recovery from a groin injury - insists all of Citys qualities cannot be overlooked by a couple of below-par displays. We were on top and had them penned in, they had a late chance but when you have that much possession, especially in the second half, it is disappointing not to get a goal, Milner told the clubs official website, mcfc.co.uk. But you have to take the positives. We kept a clean sheet and maybe at the start of the season that is a game we would have come away and lost. We know the goals will come, we have created enough chances and probably should have got one, but it just did not go for us. You could look at it as two points dropped, but it is a point on the board and there is a long way to go. City will look to get their Premier League campaign back on track at home to the Black Cats, a match which will be a dress rehearsal for the Capital One Cup final in March. Milner is expecting another stern test of the character within Pellegrinis squad. You can see how tight the league is at the top and the bottom, everyone you play is scrapping for points and a win can mean a big difference in league position, he said. We are at home and it will be a lot different to the cup final, but we need to bounce back from this and show we are ready to go again.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 01:36:11 +0000
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