{"id":359309,"date":"2011-04-01T17:34:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T17:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/asamoah-gyan-is-the-man-to-test-man-city\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T17:34:06","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T17:34:06","slug":"asamoah-gyan-is-the-man-to-test-man-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/asamoah-gyan-is-the-man-to-test-man-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Asamoah Gyan Is The Man To Test Man City"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sunderland will be counting on Asamoah Gyan’s scoring prowess<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Joleon\u00a0Lescott\u00a0was mesmerised by Asamoah Gyan\u2019s footwork at\u00a0Wembley\u00a0as the\u00a0England\u00a0defender was sent into a hypnotic daze at the sight of\u00a0Gyan\u2019s quick feet before the Ghana ace ghosted past him with embarrassing ease and curled the ball perfectly into the far corner of\u00a0Joe Hart\u2019s net.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lescott will be wary of similar humiliation when the ex-Everton man faces\u00a0Sunderland\u00a0striker Gyan again, five days on from\u00a0Tuesday night\u2019s international friendly.<\/p>\n

Manchester City boss\u00a0Roberto Mancini\u00a0has been robbed of the services of three prominent defenders with injured pair\u00a0Micah Richards\u00a0and Jerome Boateng joining the suspended\u00a0Kolo Toure\u00a0in the stands.<\/p>\n

The return to training of\u00a0Pablo Zabaleta\u00a0offers some respite although\u00a0Mancini\u00a0may still need to include one of rookie pair Dedryck Boyata or Wabara Reece in his starting XI.<\/p>\n

Lescott will therefore be relied upon to keep City\u2019s makeshift back four as a cohesive unit and certainly must do better when up against a striker who will have been suitably boosted by his Wembley heroics.<\/p>\n

Gyan has not been at his best in Sunderland\u2019s three successive blanks.<\/p>\n

The club\u2019s record signing was far too laid back in his approach at Arsenal and fared little better against Liverpool \u2013 although admittedly the supply lines were close to non-existent.<\/p>\n

Gyan\u2019s lofty self-confidence will have been suitably caressed by sending more than 20,000 of his countrymen into ecstasy\u00a0on Tuesday night\u00a0and will doubtless be keen to perform similar heroics on another big stage.<\/p>\n

Fortunately from Sunderland\u2019s point of view, Gyan was suspended for Ghana\u2019s\u00a0African Cup of Nations\u00a0qualifier 48 hours earlier so fatigue shouldn\u2019t be a factor either.<\/p>\n

Gyan will be the key man in trying to prize open a City backline with the second best defensive record in the\u00a0Premier League.<\/p>\n

Despite the heavy investment in attacking flair, City are not afraid of hanging on for a 1-0 win \u2013 the outcome in three of their last five outings.<\/p>\n

After Sunderland\u2019s 350 minutes without finding the net, City will be favourites to do so again and Gyan must ensure there is enough to keep the City backline occupied while the runners break from midfield.<\/p>\n

The make-up of that midfield will be an intriguing selection from Bruce, particularly whether it consists of four or five.<\/p>\n

There will be a temptation to partner Gyan with\u00a0Danny Welbeck\u00a0after the on-loan\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0striker was another to receive a boost from Tuesday\u2019s friendly.<\/p>\n

But it would be a risk, particularly after five defeats out of six, and the more likely scenario is for Sunderland to line up in the same formation they used to success at Arsenal with\u00a0Welbeck\u00a0on the left-hand side of a midfield five.<\/p>\n

With\u00a0Sulley Muntari\u00a0and\u00a0Lee Cattermole\u00a0both fit, the pair could well be deployed together in a solid base with\u00a0Stephane Sessegnon\u00a0or\u00a0Jordan Henderson\u00a0used as the most attacking of a central midfield trio in place of the injured\u00a0Kieran Richardson.<\/p>\n

It will aid Sunderland\u2019s cause if groin injury victim\u00a0Carlos Tevez\u00a0misses a second successive Premier League outing with City badly missing the Argentine in their last game at Chelsea.<\/p>\n

But there remains enough threat from the likes of\u00a0Adam Johnson,\u00a0David Silva,\u00a0Mario Balotelli\u00a0and Edin Dzeko to snatch the odd goal to hand City victory.<\/p>\n

The last time Sunderland went to Eastlands, it marked the end of\u00a0Mark Hughes\u2019 reign as boss.<\/p>\n

While anything other than a win could spark a similar outcome for Mancini if it costs a\u00a0Champions League\u00a0spot, it may be Sunderland\u2019s defensive lapses rather than City\u2019s defensive absentees that prove decisive.<\/p>\n


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