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. 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.City only won two away games in the whole of last season and have now matched that total already.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.Good value"Fratton Park is always a difficult place to come to get results but I thought we were good value today."City also had a goal disallowed for offside in the first half when Micah Richards slotted home a Craig Bellamy cross.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."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.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."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.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."But certainly there are certain circumstances where an extra pair of eyes would help, certainly the linesman on this occasion."

Source: SKY_Sports