▁with ▁several ▁ex - col le agues ▁including ▁Rob bie ▁F ow ler , ▁Nicolas ▁An el ka , ▁and ▁later , ▁David ▁James , ▁prompt ing ▁the ▁media ▁to ▁state ▁that ▁Ke eg an ▁was ▁" re unit ing ▁the ▁Sp ice ▁Boys ". ▁ ▁Mc Man aman ▁made ▁his ▁debut ▁on ▁ 1 4 ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁in ▁a ▁ 4 – 1 ▁win ▁over ▁A ston ▁Villa ▁at ▁the ▁City ▁of ▁Manchester ▁Stadium , ▁and ▁quickly ▁showed ▁good ▁early ▁form ▁with ▁the ▁club ▁starting ▁with ▁a ▁run ▁of ▁wins ▁and ▁progress ing ▁in ▁the ▁UEFA ▁Cup , ▁with ▁Mc Man aman ▁ha iled ▁by ▁Ke eg an ▁to ▁great ▁h ype , ▁but ▁by ▁Christmas ▁that ▁year , ▁results ▁had ▁fallen , ▁the ▁team ▁l angu ished ▁and ▁ended ▁the ▁season , ▁well ▁out ▁of ▁European ▁cont ention , ▁and ▁Mc Man aman ▁injured ▁again . ▁By ▁ 2 0 0 4 – 0 5 , ▁Mc Man aman ' s ▁time ▁at ▁City ▁was ▁ultimately ▁de emed ▁a ▁disappoint ment ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁increasing ly ▁vil ified ▁by ▁City ▁fans , ▁who ▁later ▁je ered ▁him ▁off ▁the ▁pitch ▁following ▁a ▁draw ▁with ▁Nor wich ▁City . ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁pitch , ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁n igg ling ▁inj uries ▁( including ▁a ▁long ▁term ▁Ach illes ▁problem ▁not ▁diss ip ating ) ▁and ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁an ▁in - form ▁and ▁up - and - coming ▁Sh a un ▁Wright - Ph ill ips ▁saw