Source: SKY_Sports
Hughes happy with progress
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} Mark Hughes is pleased with Manchester City's progress after his side beat Portsmouth 1-0 to maintain their perfect start to the campaign.[LNB] Emmanuel Adebayor was again on target in the 1-0 win at Fratton Park to make it three wins out of three in the league so far.[LNB]City only won two away games in the whole of last season and have now matched that total already.[LNB]Asked if this was a good measure of how far his side have come both performance and mentality-wise, Hughes told Sky Sports News: "Yes, I think so. I think we have had a really good start, really positive from our point of view and we're getting clean sheets, if you do that then you've got a chance of winning games.[LNB]Good value"Fratton Park is always a difficult place to come to get results but I thought we were good value today."[LNB]City also had a goal disallowed for offside in the first half when Micah Richards slotted home a Craig Bellamy cross.[LNB]David Nugent then spurned a great opportunity to equalise for Pompey late on as Shay Given saved his shot but Hughes thought a draw would have been harsh on City.[LNB]"Obviously as the away side you're not going to go through the whole 90 minutes and not concede a chance to the home side and obviously Shay had to be up to the mark for the goal and he's done it time and time again for us," he said.[LNB]Disappointed"But as I say we had other opportunities - we are disappointed that the goal in the first half was chalked out because clearly Micah was onside but I think the linesman must have thought that Gareth Barry had finished the goal off but that wasn't the case so that was obviously something that we are a bit aggrieved about and a few other decisions as well to be perfectly honest but we got through it and it's a real positive performance and result for us."[LNB]Uefa president Michel Platini is keen to bring in extra officials, who would be stationed behind the goal, to provide an additional opinion in contentious situations.[LNB]Asked if the disallowed goal supported Platini's idea, Hughes replied: "Yes I think it is an interesting concept, obviously they're going to run with it and see what the reaction is to it and whether or not it is a help.[LNB]"But certainly there are certain circumstances where an extra pair of eyes would help, certainly the linesman on this occasion."[LNB]
