After the sensational performances of Craig Bellamy and Carlos Tevez at Stamford Bridge last weekend, I have decided to look into who decides to turn up and face the music when we play the ‘Big Six’ (Chelsea, Rags, Arsenal, Liverpool, Villa, Spurs).
Games against the Big Six:
Statistics taken from my blog – Man City Issues. Players must have played at least 4 games for a rating average.
12th September 2009, CITY 4 – 2 Arsenal
Scorers: Richards, Bellamy, Adebayor, Wright-Phillips
Ratings: Given – 8, Richards – 8, Toure (c) – 8, Lescott – 8, Bridge – 7.5, de Jong – 8.5, Ireland – 6, Barry – 8, SWP – 8, Adebayor – 8, Bellamy – 8.5
My Man of the Match: Nigel de Jong
Man of the Match – Polls: Craig Bellamy
20th September 2009, Rags 4 – 3 CITY
Scorers: Barry, Bellamy 2
Ratings: Given – 8.5, Richards – 5.5, Toure (c) – 7, Lescott – 6, Bridge – 6, de Jong – 8, Ireland – 5, Barry – 7, SWP – 6, Tevez – 8, Bellamy – 9
My Man of the Match: Craig Bellamy
Man of the Match – Polls: Craig Bellamy
05th October 2009, Villa 1 – 1 CITY
Scorers: Bellamy
Ratings: Given – 7, Zabaleta – 7, Toure (c) – 7, Lescott – 6, Bridge – 7, SWP – 6.5, de Jong – 6, Barry – 7, Tevez – 6, Adebayor – 7, Bellamy – 8.5
My Man of the Match: Craig Bellamy
Man of the Match – Polls: Craig Bellamy
21st November 2009, Liverpool 2 – 2 CITY
Scorers: Adebayor, Ireland
Ratings: Given – 7, Zabaleta – 5.5, Toure (c) – 6, Lescott – 7.5, Bridge – 4, de Jong – 8, Barry – 6, SWP – 7, Ireland – 8, Adebayor – 6, Bellamy – 6, Tevez (sub) – 7.5
My Man of the Match: Stephen Ireland
Man of the Match – Polls: Nigel de Jong
02nd December 2009, CITY 3 – 0 Arsenal
Scorers: Tevez, Wright-Phillips, Weiss
Ratings: Given – 6, Richards – 7, Toure – 6, Lescott – 7.5, Bridge – 6, Barry – 6.5, Ireland – 7, SWP – 9, Tevez – 8, Bellamy – 9, Adebayor – 6
My Man of the Match: Shaun Wright-Phillips
Man of the Match – Polls: Shaun Wright-Phillips
05th December 2009, CITY 2 – 1 Chelsea
Scorers: Adebayor. Tevez
Ratings: Given – 8, Richards – 8.5, Toure (c) – 8, Lescott – 8, Bridge – 7, de Jong – 9.5, Barry – 8, SWP – 8, Tevez – 8.5, Robinho – 8, Adebayor – 7
My Man of the Match: Nigel de Jong
Man of the Match – Polls: Nigel de Jong
16th December 2009, Spurs 3 – 0 CITY
Scorers: None
Ratings: Given – 5.5, Richards – 6, Toure (c) – 5, Onouha – 6.5, Sylvinho – 4, de Jong – 7, Barry – 5, Ireland – 7, Tevez – 6.5, Robinho – 5, Adebayor – 4
My Man of the Match: Stephen Ireland
Man of the Match – Polls: Stephen Ireland
19th January 2010, Carling Cup 1, CITY 2 – 1 Rags
Scorers: Tevez 2
Ratings: Given – 9, Richards – 6.5, Boyata – 7, Kompany – 9, Garrido – 7, Zabaleta – 8.5, de Jong – 9.5, Barry – 8, SWP – 9, Bellamy – 9, Tevez – 9
My Man of the Match: Nigel de Jong
Man of the Match – Polls: Carlos Tevez
27th January 2010, Carling Cup 2, Rags 3 – 1 CITY (4-3 agg)
Scorers: Tevez
Ratings: Given – 7.5, Richards – 8.5, Boyata – 8, Kompany – 9, Garrido – 5, Zabaleta – 7, de Jong – 7, Barry – 6, SWP – 6, Tevez – 8, Bellamy – 8.5
My Man of the Match: Vincent Kompany
Man of the Match – Polls: Vincent Kompany
21st February 2010, CITY 0 – 0 Liverpool
Scorers: None
Ratings: Given – 6, Zabaleta – 9, Kompany – 8, Lescott – 8.5, Bridge – 7, de Jong – 8, Barry – 6, SWP – 5, A Johnson – 6, Ireland – 4, Adebayor – 5
My Man of the Match: Pablo Zabaleta
Man of the Match – Polls: Pablo Zabaleta
27th February 2010, Chelsea 2 – 4 CITY
Scorers: Tevez 2, Bellamy 2
Ratings: Given – 8, Richards – 6, Kompany – 8, Lescott – 8.5, Bridge – 7.5, Zabaleta – 8, de Jong – 8, Barry – 8, A Johnson – 6, Tevez – 9.5, Bellamy – 9
My Man of the Match: Carlos Tevez
Man of the Match – Polls: Carlos Tevez
Total Goalscorers:
Carlos Tevez: 7
Craig Bellamy: 6
Emmanuel Adebayor: 3
Shaun Wright-Phillips: 2
Gareth Barry: 1
Stephen Ireland: 1
Micah Richards: 1
Vladimir Weiss: 1
Just looking at these figures; it is quite clear that Bellamy and Tevez produce the goods on the big occasions.
My Man of the Match Awards Total:
Nigel de Jong: 3
Craig Bellamy: 2
Stephen Ireland: 2
Vincent Kompany: 1
Carlos Tevez: 1
Shaun Wright-Phillips: 1
Pablo Zabaleta: 1
Man of the Match – Poll Awards:
Craig Bellamy: 3
Nigel de Jong: 2
Carlos Tevez: 2
Vincent Kompany: 1
Stephen Ireland: 1
Shaun Wright-Phillips: 1
Pablo Zabaleta: 1
From all this info I come to the simple conclusion that Craig Bellamy and Carlos Tevez are our true big game players. They always rise to the occasion and if you wanted two people fighting your corner in a scrap; it would definetely be those two.
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