Watching our beloved City batter the young guns of Arsenal last night was akin to watching a dwarf being held at arms length.
It may have been a technical dwarf with heart, but it was still a physical battle it was destined to lose.
For the first time City managed to look like the Premier League outfit this cup campaign after close calls against Fulham and Crystal Palace.
Some might call win at Scunthorpe a good performance, but this match was everything City should have been.
It was a harsh lesson in Premier League football for the Arsenal lads, as although they were a match for City in the skill department, they came up woefully short as soon as the Blues imposed their physical superiority.
It wasn't as if it was the man mountains of Lescott, Richards or Adebayor who were the chief tormentors either, as the four smallest players on the pitch did most of the damage.
Tevez, Bellamy, Ireland and man of the match SWP hassled and harried the Arsenal lads so much that they made more unforced errors in the first half then they probably have done all season.
The second half saw the mental side of Wenger's latest steeds tested, and when the chips were down and push came to shove they just didn't have enough heart to get back into the game.
Both City and Arsenal have found this out the hard way in the Premiership against sides like Blackburn, Bolton and Stoke away you really need to find that grit to go with the pretty football.
The two goals from SWP and Tevez were worthy of winning any match and the first Semi Final in twenty-eight
years beckons and is reward for the respect the Blues have paid to the tournament and the loyalty of the success-starved fans.
The fact that the biggest cup game in almost thirty years come against Manchester's arch rivals from Streford makes it so much bigger an occasion. Add a home and away leg and you truly have the first meaningful English domestic games of the season.
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