Watch Man City vs Norwich live streaming online as the Citizens can keep their place at the top of EPL table if they beat the Canaries on October 31, 2015.
Manuel Pellegrini’s Manchester City welcome the visit of Norwich City in the Premier League on Saturday, as the Sky Blues aim to make it three wins from their last four games in the league. As for travelling Norwich, they have lost three in a row in the English top flight and were beaten on penalties by Everton during the League Cup in midweek.
Last weekend’s Manchester derby perhaps presented Pellegrini with some concerns regarding the capability of his forward line without the presence of Sergio Aguero, but the City boss will be pleased with what he saw defensively away from home. Vincent Kompany came back into the side to silence Wayne Rooney, and his return to action came alongside a standout performance from centre-back partner Nicolas Otamendi. content continues after the advert The club’s fans will undoubtedly be happy about what they saw at the back as City were able to thwart the large majority of forward moves from United, despite a dominant possessional stance from Louis van Gaal’s charges.
That defensive showing should fill the side with great confidence and they will be hopeful of getting some more change out of an out-of-form Norwich side come the weekend. Raheem Sterling will certainly have some critics to answer following his lacklustre showings against Sevilla and United, but he did also bag a Premier League hat-trick just two fixtures ago.
Should Kevin De Bruyne and Wilfried Bony start, they too will be hoping to showcase their creative qualities after being strangled by some strong performances from United’s defenders last time out. The draw against the Red Devils pushed City back to the top of the league standings, and they will now be hoping to go on to claim six points in games against Norwich and Aston Villa, before welcoming Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool to the Etihad in a few weeks.
Life in the Premier League is arguably starting to put some serious pressure on Norwich coach Alex Neil, who has led his side to just two wins out of 10 games this term. content continues after the advert What will be increasingly worrying is that the Canaries have failed to pick up a point in three league contests, having suffered damaging defeats to Leicester City, Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion – with two of those losses coming at Carrow Road. Those two home defeats were at the hands of Leicester and West Brom in games that Norwich were unable to claim a goal, something that Neil will need to change if the club are to guarantee survival this season. The League Cup did, however, showcase some positive signs of a revival as Norwich pushed Everton all the way to penalties at Goodison Park, but they will know that they will soon need points more than performances during the tough winter months.
Goals are not really the major concern just yet as Norwich have bagged 14 in 10 league fixtures, but they have also conceded a second-worst tally of 21 without managing to keep a clean sheet all season. Norwich are set to face Chelsea and Arsenal too this month, and they will be aiming to build some sort of confidence from their showing against City, given that they host the more likely winnable visit of Swansea City next weekend.
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