Thought he was mom by a country mile. Also some fair praise from GN after the game. 'its not Sane thats done the full back time and again tonight, its Silva'.He knows. Pep knows. I know. Most of you know. The rest... Specsavers.
Movement is key. Telling tweet from his Twitter account after the game...rarely mentions teammates especially a youngster.
Sane makes an average pass look good because of his pace which in turn makes David more effective.
Virtuoso performance.
Him and Yaya these last 6 weeks or so have put on a midfield master class. Enjoy.
A joy to behold last night. Was my MOTM by some distance - put in a 9/10 performance. I've had plenty to criticise Silva about in the last two seasons, but he's risen to the challenge of playing in a Guardiola side with aplomb. Suits him down to the ground playing a deeper more central role, and having pure footballers like Toure and KDB playing around him just makes it so much easier for him to do his thing. What we're seeing now is the total buy in in terms of what Pep wants from a positional point of view from both Silva and KDB. Maybe they aren't as active in the final third as they were previously, but they are the killers loading the bullets for Sterling, Sane, and Kun/Jesus.
Totally agree. He looks like he's injury free. I thought he was the best player on the pitch although Sterling, Kolorov, Stones, Willy, Sane, Toure all played well too.A joy to behold last night. Was my MOTM by some distance - put in a 9/10 performance. I've had plenty to criticise Silva about in the last two seasons, but he's risen to the challenge of playing in a Guardiola side with aplomb. Suits him down to the ground playing a deeper more central role, and having pure footballers like Toure and KDB playing around him just makes it so much easier for him to do his thing. What we're seeing now is the total buy in in terms of what Pep wants from a positional point of view from both Silva and KDB. Maybe they aren't as active in the final third as they were previously, but they are the killers loading the bullets for Sterling, Sane, and Kun/Jesus.
Totally agree. He looks like he's injury free. I thought he was the best player on the pitch although Sterling, Kolorov, Stones, Willy, Sane, Toure all played well too.
It's the way Silva finds space which intrigues me, Neville mentioned it last night but it's been happening ever since he arrived at City and opponents must be aware of it but they can't seem to close the space down easily. Remember the first goal in the 6-1, Silva finds a pocket of space just a few yards outside the rag area and sets up Milner to provide the assist for Mario's opening goal, it simply shouldn't happen at the top level but he does it time and time again.Thought he was mom by a country mile. Also some fair praise from GN after the game. 'its not Sane thats done the full back time and again tonight, its Silva'.
That flick over his shoulder was worth my exorbitant sky fee alone.
Even when he seems to be in a tight spot, time and again he is able to turn his body with the ball and find space. I can't think of another player anywhere that does that as well as he.It's the way Silva finds space which intrigues me, Neville mentioned it last night but it's been happening ever since he arrived at City and opponents must be aware of it but they can't seem to close the space down easily. Remember the first goal in the 6-1, Silva finds a pocket of space just a few yards outside the rag area and sets up Milner to provide the assist for Mario's opening goal, it simply shouldn't happen at the top level but he does it time and time again.
"Stuck the chance away"?Wish KDB would have stuck the chance away when Silva fed him on goal after bringing the ball down
I've guessed/gotten it wrong on Dave. He's been far better than I thought he'd be and it's only fair that I admit that. That's all. Am I right @Zin 'messiah' Zimmer ?