For Owen Hargreaves, it is difficult to imagine his return would have been better. His career has suffered more misery and written off more times than he would care to remember, but ultimately, there is clear evidence to suggest that he is about to recreate itself as a formidable opponent.
Hargreaves, 30, not only to exceed expectations, with a duration of 57 minutes that link the third round of the Carling Cup in the original plan was to leave at halftime, but announced his arrival as a player from Manchester City for a moment that showed why his new employers decided, can play an important role in his campaign to capture and tuning, European elite clubs. The aim was to open a fish and left his right boot at a distance that not all players who have a belief in their ability to score.
Hargreaves was probably helped by the fact that Birmingham was bad opponents. Nevertheless, he played with a security that it seems almost a turn of mind that Manchester United was a real feeling that the lights were about to prove to his career.
"It's a fantastic footballer and it can become an important player for us," Roberto Mancini, City Manager, said afterwards. "It was not easy for him [psychological] after so many years, but he played well and scored a fantastic goal. If he can continue to play often, training is often, and become the player he was, it may be important for the English team as well. "
The way back was long and tortuous, but Hargreaves as clear, bright and then quickly in the face, as ever. Above all, he saw fit. When he left the runway it was a standing ovation, and before that time is up supporters pointed out that Sir Alex Ferguson may come to regret releasing it.
Long way to go up, of course, but the atmosphere was understandably light at night when the team's experimental Mancini has been moved to a small problem in the fourth round, and Hargreaves, not only discusses the work of the evening meeting. Once again, Kolo Toure was the first match because of his six-month ban after taking a prohibited substance.
At his side, Stefan Savic, £ 6m signing of Partizan Belgrade, was probably the first time. Abdul Razak, 19, Ivory Coast, patrolling the center of midfield, before succumbing to cramps. Wayne Bridge was derived from the desert to play left wing, the second full-back Pablo Zabaleta, on the other side. Nedum Onuoha the presence of right-back said Garry Cook, the matter shall be considered against him.
With so many changes, it was probably inevitable that a performance would not be in complete agreement with the smooth and fluid ball team Mancini's first choice this season have been established.
There was also suspicion that when Mario Balotelli and especially Carlos Tevez is going full speed. Balotelli, however, lead to its target with clinical precision, fishing from a left foot drive into the bottom after Aleksandar Kolarov under center.
Two intervals to zero, the other half was a mere formality, and Birmingham were left to reflect on the moment just before the strike, Balotelli, the City debutant goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon, hash made a deal with a free kick and Curtis Davies is reversed been authorized by the line. Pantimilon, an international loan of Timisoara in Romania, a 6ft 9in - except for the cross, apparently, when he looks at 5ft 8in. But it was really the sum of Birmingham and the challenge of their tepid efforts for a successful evening Hargreaves, to take their first steps back.
His goal was a beauty, too. Hargreaves has always been a sweet ball to an attacker, and it was a wonderful connection, arrowing his right-foot shot past Colin Doyle. It 'was the goal of a moderate party, as if he knew the challenges still to overcome, but still felt a moment of great importance.
Birmingham seemed to win that point and the end of Mancini was a 16-year-old Karim Rekik, 20 years after that, Luke Scapuzzi.
Between hatching Tevez ran clear only to Doyle to stop it. Tevez is a body language was completely wrong, but another former United player, was much more profitable for the evening.
Hargreaves, 30, not only to exceed expectations, with a duration of 57 minutes that link the third round of the Carling Cup in the original plan was to leave at halftime, but announced his arrival as a player from Manchester City for a moment that showed why his new employers decided, can play an important role in his campaign to capture and tuning, European elite clubs. The aim was to open a fish and left his right boot at a distance that not all players who have a belief in their ability to score.
Hargreaves was probably helped by the fact that Birmingham was bad opponents. Nevertheless, he played with a security that it seems almost a turn of mind that Manchester United was a real feeling that the lights were about to prove to his career.
"It's a fantastic footballer and it can become an important player for us," Roberto Mancini, City Manager, said afterwards. "It was not easy for him [psychological] after so many years, but he played well and scored a fantastic goal. If he can continue to play often, training is often, and become the player he was, it may be important for the English team as well. "
The way back was long and tortuous, but Hargreaves as clear, bright and then quickly in the face, as ever. Above all, he saw fit. When he left the runway it was a standing ovation, and before that time is up supporters pointed out that Sir Alex Ferguson may come to regret releasing it.
Long way to go up, of course, but the atmosphere was understandably light at night when the team's experimental Mancini has been moved to a small problem in the fourth round, and Hargreaves, not only discusses the work of the evening meeting. Once again, Kolo Toure was the first match because of his six-month ban after taking a prohibited substance.
At his side, Stefan Savic, £ 6m signing of Partizan Belgrade, was probably the first time. Abdul Razak, 19, Ivory Coast, patrolling the center of midfield, before succumbing to cramps. Wayne Bridge was derived from the desert to play left wing, the second full-back Pablo Zabaleta, on the other side. Nedum Onuoha the presence of right-back said Garry Cook, the matter shall be considered against him.
With so many changes, it was probably inevitable that a performance would not be in complete agreement with the smooth and fluid ball team Mancini's first choice this season have been established.
There was also suspicion that when Mario Balotelli and especially Carlos Tevez is going full speed. Balotelli, however, lead to its target with clinical precision, fishing from a left foot drive into the bottom after Aleksandar Kolarov under center.
Two intervals to zero, the other half was a mere formality, and Birmingham were left to reflect on the moment just before the strike, Balotelli, the City debutant goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon, hash made a deal with a free kick and Curtis Davies is reversed been authorized by the line. Pantimilon, an international loan of Timisoara in Romania, a 6ft 9in - except for the cross, apparently, when he looks at 5ft 8in. But it was really the sum of Birmingham and the challenge of their tepid efforts for a successful evening Hargreaves, to take their first steps back.
His goal was a beauty, too. Hargreaves has always been a sweet ball to an attacker, and it was a wonderful connection, arrowing his right-foot shot past Colin Doyle. It 'was the goal of a moderate party, as if he knew the challenges still to overcome, but still felt a moment of great importance.
Birmingham seemed to win that point and the end of Mancini was a 16-year-old Karim Rekik, 20 years after that, Luke Scapuzzi.
Between hatching Tevez ran clear only to Doyle to stop it. Tevez is a body language was completely wrong, but another former United player, was much more profitable for the evening.
