Was a thoroughly enjoyable game, only spoiled by the ref and his assistant on the stand side with some of their bizarre decisions. Ever time a city player fell over they seemed to get a free kick and a yellow card for us, now some yellows were merited with some crunching tackles going in but there was a fair few that must have been for dissent, understandable given many of the decisions going against them.
Considering the season and past city have have, it was difficult to tell the difference between the two at times, the way city played, and the players they have reminded me in some ways of livi when the men's team played them in the play offs a few seasons back. All about height, strength and trying to exert physical dominance. The thistle team weren't having any of it, and for spells controlled the game well and when not in control worked hard as a team with a good way of playing and an obvious game plan. The plan nearly worked, a couple of set pieces for the first two goals seem to be a bit of an Achilles heel, and then caught on the break for the third. Some real skill and grit from the thistle players, that showed a real team spirit and willingness to cover for each other, a well drilled and set up team imho.
Only other comment I had was about the pitch, not sure if it needed watered but there were quite a few times when players got the ball stuck under their feet as it wasn't moving as fast as they expected it to.