da pinup bet： Premier League Manchester City maintained their 100% start to the season with a comfortable 5-1 win over Norwich at the Etihad Stadium.
da wazamba： Roberto Mancini’s side strolled to all three points against the Canaries to extend their lead at the top to seven points over rivals United who take on Aston Villa in Saturday’s evening kick off. Sergio Aguero grabbed the opener just after the half hour in what proved to be a frustrating first half for the hosts as Paul Lamberts plucky side managed to contain and foil a world class attack that struggled to get going during the first half. After the restart it was a different story with Yaya Toure curling in with further goals coming from Samir Nasri, Mario Balotelli and Adam Johnson with Steve Morison grabbing a consolation for the visitors. Mancini’s men were searching for a seventh consecutive win at the Etihad Stadium but found the opening forty five minutes tough as Norwich put eleven men behind the ball in an effort to quell the threat of City’s multi-million pound forward line.
It worked so well until the 32nd minute for the home side to break the deadlock with Aguero showing great balance and close control to twist and turn away from a sea of Norwich bodies before poking the ball past John Ruddy for his 13th of the season. That weight off City’s shoulders saw them come out for the second half intent on putting Norwich to the sword with Nasri doubling their lead six minutes after the restart in somewhat fortuitous circumstances. The Frenchman saw his seemingly harmless 35-yard-free kick take a wicked bounce in front of Ruddy and skid into the bottom corner of the net to dampen any Norwich hopes of a surprise comeback. It was open season now for the home side and Toure ensured they would score three at home for the sixth time this season curling home from just inside the area.
However the Canaries would go down fighting and snatched themselves a consolation goal via the head of Morison after the Welsh forward beat Gael Clichy to Marc Tierney’s cross to send the ball past Joe Hart. City who would have the final say on proceedings though with substitutes Balotelli and Johnson getting their names on the scoresheet. Firstly, the broody Italian nonchalantly made it 4-1 with two minutes to go knocking the ball in with with his shoulder on the goal line after his initial effort had been saved by Ruddy. Johnson then put the gloss on City’s 12th win of the season finishing superbly from the 15-yards after captain Vincent Kompany’s long pass found him in acres of space which afforded him time to shape himself and roll the ball into the net.
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