David Moyes is hoping Sitteh have an "off night" when they visit us tonight.
We have lost just once in the last 13 matches with our Manc neighbours. But they have gone 'Billy-Big Time' since the Arabs arrived and Moysey feels that records no longer count.
Are we playing them at the right time though? Although Sitteh are Premiership leaders, they are having a blip in their league for and like Jordan they have fallen out of both cups.
Tonight could be our night.
Moyesy said: 'I think all sides will go through periods of difficulty during a season and Man City are probably just in a bit of that at the moment. They have lost a couple of boys to the African Nations Cup and there have been a couple of disciplinary things which they see haven't gone their way. It can sometimes just upset the rhythm at the club.'
'Let's hope it is upset because we are going to have to hopefully catch them on an off night and us play very well. Over the years we have always had quite a good record against Manchester City'.
'The difference is they have improved, and they have improved from last season. You can see that from their league position.'
'Their players have got better, there is more belief, more understanding playing alongside each other.'
'We are coming up against a far better, far greater Manchester City side than even we played last year. We lost 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium but I thought we played quite well on the day.'
'We limited them up to 75 minutes. We didn't have many attacking options to cause them many problems but at that time they were scoring freely. We lost a goal when we gave the ball away in the middle of the park then they scored in the 90th minute to make it two and Fellaini had one kicked off the line in the last minute.'
Let's hope Sitteh do have an off night and The Toffeemen do the business. COYB
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