rubbish defending for both goals.
I hope Man City perform better against madrid

goddamn crouch, slop

classless crouch.. has the audacity to celebrate his kobe-esque cross over to get past lescott.

no Maicon crosses huh?

Unlucky result for City. Crouch clearly scores a handball goal and Stoke defended heroically. Shawcross and Begovic were brilliant. Promising debut for Javi Garcia. Was a real threat in the air. Tevez is currently their most player as neither of Silva, Toure have hit the heights and Aguero is still out.

How is Dzeko and David Silva NOT starting?!
Holy clearance ryan shawcross!

The inconsistent legend of Mario Balotelli. Seriously, Dzeko is doing fabulous, why mess with something like that? Especially against stoke, who are the roughest team in Premier League and can easily bring a draw from top teams.

Seriously WTF has Dzeko gotta do to earn a starting 11 place. He scored 2 goals in citys last 3 games and nearly scored in the last min of this match and only playing 3mins not to mention 4goals he scored for Bosnia in the last 2 qualifying matches. Plus he's the perfect guy for a match against Stoke!...Some say he saving him for Madrid and some say Aguerro will play!..Even last season 4 goals vs spurs then back on bench. Mancini needs to let his love go for Balotelli coz he was crap today and has been since prem started.

Begovic really kept Stoke in this game!

come on Aguero...get well soon.

Thank you Shawcross! :)

balotelli is such a liability. mancini is a fool to think its the son he never had, care city super mario may cost u guys in the future

bring on city!

if Yaya was a mutant, he would be the f*****g Juggernaut !!

Super Mario is the funniest person to watch, had me in tears.

Handball or not, it was a beautiful goal.