I dunno how to approach the City game really. Their best player and 'key' player is Silva, so you have to cramp him for space and not allow him the channels to link play and bring others into play. However, I'm not that confident on our ability to 'pick them off' on the counter. We have Suarez who is outstanding, but to beat City on the counter we'll definitely need Bellamy to play and one of Maxi, Kuyt or Downing. We'll definitely need three in midfield so we can cramp Silva's space, whilst playing Dirk up top with Surez adds little in terms of counter attacking ability. Kuyt has his uses and so on, but we have to be efficient and I don't think Kuyt is that. Still, his record of scoring big goals speaks for itself so I guess it'll be hard to leave him out.
I just hope we don't sit there and think we can take a hiding. If we keep two in midfield like we did for the first half of the second half against Chelsea, City could well hammer us, purely because the lack of pace will allow Silva and co. to get at our defence at will.