Man City should easily overcome FC Twente
It’s UEFA Cup night and Manchester City entertain Dutch club FC Twente, now run by dismal failure ex-England coach Steve McClaren. Although he was spotted in the crowd at Manchester City’s visit to Bolton Wanderers last Sunday, in which City crashed to a 2-0 defeat, in our opinion there’s very little chance that McClaren and FC Twente will pick up anything in this game tonight.
City’s better players tend to raise their game on a European night. The opportunity to prove themselves at continental level will bring out the best in players used to performing either for bigger clubs, for some of the world’s best national teams, or both. That may not have been the case in the competition so far – City laboured to a 4-2 aggregate victory over Cyprus’ Omonia Nicosia in the last round – but the more the competition progresses, the more the players will respond to the challenge. City are certainly capable of turning on the style on home soil, evidenced by 3-0, 6-0 and 3-0 wins over West Ham, Portsmouth and Stoke respectively this season.
Expect Man City to dominate tonight and back them to win by at least a 2-goal margin.
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