Gareth Barry powered Manchester City to a historic 3-0 victory over giants Liverpool on Monday. The 29-year-old displayed a brilliant performance and broke the deadlock for the Sky Blues as the team accomplished their mission of bouncing back from their hard-fought 0-0 draw against Tottenham on match-day one.
Hopes fly higher than ever in the blue sky of Manchester following the club’s heavy spending on the market and following the players’ great reaction against Liverpool. Manchester City also haven’t conceded so far – letting statistics look quite positive at the moment. Coach Roberto Mancini made it clear that the players had to show the perfect attitude of brave warriors if they seriously want to transform City into a successful club. The 3-0 triumph against the Merseyside Reds could be a sign of much better things to come.
For Gareth Barry, a good season at the City of Manchester Stadium will vitally help him recover from the huge disappointment of experiencing a disastrous 2010 FIFA World Cup campaign with England. As he talked to Daily Star, the midfielder revealed:
“If we can do well at Manchester City this season, it will soften the blow of what happened at the World Cup. It’s tough for everyone when a team doesn’t perform as well as it can. Individuals get picked and everything that was said and written was what you would expect, really.”
Having built a strong record throughout the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the Three Lions shocked and disgusted the public with their boring performances in South Africa. A majority of football pundits singled out Coach Fabio Capello for England’s failure to impress while others found no specific cause to the national team’s problem, just like Gareth Barry stated:
“I cannot put my finger on what went wrong in the summer. It just didn’t happen, and everyone was very disappointed. We haven’t really analyzed it as a group yet. But, I’m sure that we will when we get together for the next international.
“Even though I’m experienced, you still try and learn from what happened, and my goal was to wait for the season to start again so that I could show people what I can do.”
Underlining how the new season is a refuge for his broken heart, Gareth Barry continued:
“People like myself couldn’t wait for it to start, so that we could get over what happened. Everyone knows that once the Premier League gets going, it’s the focal point of the whole season.”
The former Aston Villa play maker could enjoy his best club football year this term with Manchester City. After splashing £122m to buy new players during this summer’s transfer window, the Sky Blues are under pressure to win silverware against the predictions of most football fans, managers, and analysts. Giving his thoughts on the progress of Manchester City as a team, Gareth Barry explained:
“Players who were here last season had a little taste of where the club wants to be heading. But, everyone knows that it will not happen overnight. We have to build it up gradually. What happened against Liverpool is just a little bit of what we need to be doing week in, week out.”
Manchester City will play in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday night. They need to finish the business they started against FC Timisoara last week as they enter the second leg of this play-off tie with a 1-0 advantage. Goal hero and new signing Mario Balotelli may not feature as he is yet to recover from the injury which he sustained in Romania.
Visit the Manchester City vs FC Timisoara Live Streaming and TV Schedule page for details concerning this UEFA Europa League fixture. The match is scheduled to start at 14:45 EST on Thursday, August 26.
