Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kāore i taea e Manchester City te whakahou i tā rātau rārangi tīmatanga ahakoa te whakapaunga o te £327 miriona mō ngā kaitākaro hou i roto i ngā tau e whā kua hipa. Ko nga toa o te Barclays Premier League, me huri i te toenga 2-1 ki a Barcelona i te po o te Wenerei mena ka eke ratou ki nga hauwhā o te Champions League, e rua noa nga whakarereketanga nui ki a raatau timatanga mai i te timatanga o te tau 2011-12. Ahakoa te whakapau moni nui, ko Martin Demichelis raua ko Fernando anake nga kaitakaro e rua i kaha ki te pupuri i tetahi waahi timatanga mai i te wa e neke ana te hiri ki te Etihad Stadium. E rua noa nga whakarereketanga nui a Man City ki a raatau timatanga mai i te 2011 ahakoa te whakapau £ 327m - ka whakakapi a Aleksandar Kolarov i a Gael Clichy mai i te taha i hinga i a Barcelona i te Hui-tanguru 24, 2015. Kua whakakapi a Fernando i a Gareth Barry i a Martin Demichelis kua tae mai ki Joleon Lescott - i tangohia te pikitia i runga ake nei i mua i te tukinga 1-1 a Manchester City ki a Napoli i te Mahuru 14, 2011. Ko te tokorua i whakahuatia i runga ake nei kua whakakapi i a Joleon Lescott me Gareth Barry i roto i te mea e kiia ana ko te roopu kaha rawa atu o Manchester City. Kua tata mai a Gael Clichy ki te toro atu ki te taha o Manchester City engari ka tohaina e ia nga mahi ki te taha maui me Aleksandar Kolarov ka whakamutua i te Wenerei i muri i tana peia i te waa tuatahi. I tētahi atu taha, e ono ngā whakarerekētanga i mahia e ō rātau hoa whakataetae nui o Ūropi ki ō rātau rārangi tīmatanga. Ko Arsenal te nuinga o te 10 i hanga i te wa e ono nga hoa whawhai a Barcelona. Ka huri pea a Manchester City i te huarahi ki Uropi mena ka hinga atu ratou i te Champions League i te Wenerei, i te mea ko te taha o to raatau kaha me ahu whakamua ki nga waahanga whakamutunga o te whakataetae rongonui o Uropi. 2011: Hart; Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Kolarov; Silva, Toure, Barry, Nasri; Aguero, Dzeko. 2015: Hart; Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Kolarov; Silva, Toure, Fernando, Nasri; Aguero, Dzeko (e rua nga huringa) Kua uru atu a Luis Suarez (taha maui) me Neymar (pokapū) ki a Lionel Messi...
E rua noa iho ngā whakarerekētanga a Manchester City ki tā rātau kapa tīmatanga. Kua whakakapia a Gareth Barry rāua ko Joleon Lescott mai i te tau 2011. Ko Fernando rāua ko Martin Demichelis kua mau tonu i tētahi tūranga i roto i te kapa tekau mā tahi o City. Kua 10 ngā huringa a Arsenal ki tō rātou taha i te wā kotahi. E ono ngā whakarerekētanga i mahia e ngā toa o Ūropi a Real Madrid. Pānuihia: Ko Martin Samuel e pā ana ki ngā whakapaunga kaitākaro o Manchester City.