Seeing as these "areas" I suspect you are referring to the use of possession throughout the game, I'm inclined to disagree, given that City did show some nice touches and passed the ball around well in the middle of the field, but this amounted to precisely nothing. Showing nice touches and pretty sideways passing does not amount to good use of possession, or anything like it. If this is what constitutes a good performance by any subjective standard then it really is lost on me. Apart from Silva's chance in the first half early on there were no desperate moments for the Man Utd defence, even the goal conceded was a total freak which can't be put down to anything other than good fortune on behalf of the attacking team, not the presence of poor defending. I'm sure that Man Utd will be pleased with the win, and they were made to work hard for it, but I doubt they'll consider themselves fortunate, for the reasons I've just stated.
Anyway, similarly to Halsey, this is tiresome, so no more posts from me on the matter either.
England should build their midfield around him for the next decade, will be such a shame if his talents get wasted like Scholes.