I think some people are being overly harsh on our players and Redknapp.
Ekotto started poorly on the ball, but after 25-30 minutes he got better and was solid in the 2nd half. Walker defended poorly for the two first goals and 2 other situations I can remember. Other than that and the mistake by King for the penalty I thought we performed admirably. We defended well as a unit, tried to keep possession and play our game.
Also can't believe people are criticizing Redknapp for bringing on Livermore. VdV was playing a deep role and that was one of the key reasons why we were able to do well, matching City in the centre with 3 men was crucial. Bringing on Livermore for VdV was the only thing to do, to bring on Pav at 2-2 there could have been suicidal as it would have left Modric and Parker (both tiring) to deal with Barry, Milner and Silva.
This game highlighted two things for me:
1. How much we depend on Adebayor to be a focal point in our attack and give us some height, hold-up play and link-up play. I know we scored 2, but we created very little ourselves. Both the Defoe goal and his missed chance at 2-2 were down to massive mistakes by Savic, and Bale's goal was just a sublime effort from range. This isn't criticism of Defoe who worked his socks off and did well under the circumstances, it's just that we need another forward imo.
2. We're a short team, especially without Sandro, Hudd and Adebayor we will get punished from set plays. I love watching our smaller technical players to their thing for us, but in this and the next window we need Harry to bring in some taller players as well.
Well done the players and Harry, devastating way to lose, but their efforts were excellent.