{"id":21757,"date":"2011-12-26T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T19:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/west-brom-boss-roy-hodgson-enthused-by-premier-league-title-race-after-goalless-draw-with-manchester-city-blows-competition-open\/"},"modified":"2011-12-26T19:19:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T19:19:00","slug":"west-brom-boss-roy-hodgson-enthused-by-premier-league-title-race-after-goalless-draw-with-manchester-city-blows-competition-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/26\/west-brom-boss-roy-hodgson-enthused-by-premier-league-title-race-after-goalless-draw-with-manchester-city-blows-competition-open\/","title":{"rendered":"West Brom boss Roy Hodgson enthused by Premier League title race after goalless draw with Manchester City blows competition open"},"content":{"rendered":"

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West Brom<\/a> manager Roy Hodgson<\/a> has admitted he is excited by the possibility of a tight title race this season, following his side’s 0-0 home draw with Premier League<\/a> leaders Manchester City<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

City’s neighbours, Manchester United, thrashed Wigan 5-0 at Old Trafford to draw level on points with Roberto Mancini’s men, and Hodgson has been enthused by the race for top spot this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hodgson told reporters after the game: \u201cI think it will be tough right through to the end, as in some ways the riches are on the Blue side but the quality, experience and talent is equally as good on the Red side.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think Alex [Ferguson] has been very unlucky with the injuries and I don\u2019t think he can afford to get to many more.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMan City at the moment could virtually put out two Premier League teams with their bench today and one or two that don\u2019t even feature like, [Wayne] Bridge or [Nedum] Onuoha who are top quality guys.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut the impressive thing about United is they have nine injuries but have just put five past Fulham and have now gone and hit five past Wigan.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe exciting thing for all of us that like football is that there will be a fascinating duel and we will have to wait and see whether Chelsea, Tottenham, Liverpool or Arsenal make their voices heard but they\u2019re slipping a bit already.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Asked if he was satisfied with the result, Hodgson told reporters: \u201cYes, you have got to be pleased with that haven\u2019t you.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew the magnitude of the task, and you are always hoping the task is made easier for you by the opponents not being at their best but we didn\u2019t get that, I thought they played well.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey played as well as they have been playing and can play so we had to be at our best to keep them at bay and I thought it was a very disciplined performance.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI thought the longer the game went on the better we dealt with the ball on the counter-attack. I think it\u2019s one of those games when we can say we got the point we deserved.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

West Brom were the first team in the Premier League this season to prevent City from scoring, yet Hodgson remained modest, once again noting the quality of the squad available to Mancini.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe don\u2019t stop many sides scoring; we\u2019re not a good clean sheet team that\u2019s for sure!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was good to do it against a team of Man City\u2019s calibre but it\u2019s a bit concerning when you see players like Dzeko and Adam Johnson on the field when you\u2019re already dealing with Aguero and Balotelli.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey do have a lot of riches at the moment, there is no question of that and that depth and quality going down to 18, 19, 20 in their squad which obviously differentiates them from the rest of us.”<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

West Brom manager Roy Hodgson has admitted he is excited by the possibility of a tight title race this season, following his side’s 0-0 home draw with Premier League leaders Manchester City . City’s neighbours, Manchester United, thrashed Wigan 5-0 at Old Trafford to draw level on points with Roberto Mancini’s men, and Hodgson has been enthused by the race for top spot this season. Hodgson told reporters after the game: \u201cI think it will be tough right through to the end, as in some ways the riches are on the Blue side but the quality, experience and talent is equally as good on the Red side<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nWest Brom boss Roy Hodgson enthused by Premier League title race after goalless draw with Manchester City blows competition open - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/26\/west-brom-boss-roy-hodgson-enthused-by-premier-league-title-race-after-goalless-draw-with-manchester-city-blows-competition-open\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"West Brom boss Roy Hodgson enthused by Premier League title race after goalless draw with Manchester City blows competition open - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"West Brom manager Roy Hodgson has admitted he is excited by the possibility of a tight title race this season, following his side's 0-0 home draw with Premier League leaders Manchester City . 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