Stoke 1-1 Manchester City, Etherington scored dramatic goal

Manchester City failed to add 3 points and only get a draw when meeting with Stoke City at the fifteenth week's Barclays Premier League.

Micah Richard managed to bring The Citizen took the lead in minute 81, but dramatically Matthew Etherington scored in the final seconds of the game and thwart the victory of the City.

Mad because only played a draw, former Inter Milan coach was criticized style of play Stoke City, which only rely on long passes directly into the penalty box.

"It is very difficult against Stoke City because they were just relying on long passes," he said.

"It's very difficult for us to wait on their playing style and we should be proud because we played very good football."

"It's hard for us to balance them in the first half but we fought very great in the second half," he concluded.

With this result the Citizen did not move from fourth position by bagging 26 points, while Stoke City climbed to eighth by getting 20 points.