article_snippet: The message spread to the home support.
article_snippet: The message like being the underdogs here (remember last season?)
article_snippet: and from the off the masses were behind the masses team.
article_snippet: For long periods, with a game of attack vs defence taking place, the Etihad resembled a school playground.
article_snippet: The procession continued throughout the second half.
article_snippet: But on a sunny, spring afternoon at the Etihad we saw the first shoots of a City recovery which might just see a title challenge blossom.