Stand in
front of a juggernaut for long enough and eventually you will get
knocked over. Sheffield Wednesday headed home having had the heavy tyre
treatment.
At
half-time, the team from the Championship were all square and
comfortable. In their dressing room at the Etihad Stadium Stuart Gray’s
team may even have been relaxed. They had, so far at least, seen little
to frighten them from the Barclays Premier League champions.
By
the time new big screen turned from 59 minutes to 60 here, though,
Wednesday were four goals adrift and a man short. From then on it was
always going to be a long night.
That
they finished the night without suffering further damage will have
pleased them. They didn’t deserve to be humiliated, even if James Milner
did strike a post.
However,
the manner in which City emerged for the second half to score through
Frank Lampard, Edin Dzeko, Jesus Navas, captain for the night Yaya Toure
and substitute Jose Angel Pozo served as an ominous warning about what
Manuel Pellegrini’s team can do when they get their blood up.
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