Ball in the box benteke should find it.
With var he would get less decisions against him if he scored.
Only as defenders flop down like a jelly when they lose a header.

But then again I still cannot work out why bring on a big CF and then switch Wilf to the left and put Andros on the right so they cannot cross early with their best foot. Andros turned back onto his left twice and the delay gave the defence time to settle. Surely with the lack of any centre backs you put in crosses and try to take advantage?

It was the same at Sheffield Utd. In the last 10 we had two big forwards on and not a single cross. It all seems a bit futile....

I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals.

I’m no Benteke fan but with no centre halves for City it was a no brainer to start with him and play the long ball however Roy is incapable of change and so we missed a great chance. Big Sam would’ve relished putting Fernandinho and Rodri under pressure!

Fine in theory, but we never got hold of the ball to get forward, until they were 2-0 up and coasting. If we played long balls and Benteke won a header, there would be nobody to support him.

Imagine if we still had Murray

he has lost his form but in fairness he is made for crosses but has two wingers either side of him who prefer to cut inside rather than cross - if he had Steve Coppell on the right and Steve Heighway on the left he'd probably still be prolific, or even Dave Wagstaffe and Dave Thomas from that era. Time can play some cruel tricks, shame Christian wasn't forty five years older, but then he wouldn't be playing for us and the question would be irrelevant.