Leicester (League Cup) - Post Match Thread.

[Neville Kneville]

Yep at least 2 occasions where a simple squared ball would have given us a tap in 2nd goal. I think if either had been Sane or Sterling that's exactly what would have happened

Hi mate, long time no see.

Diaz straight off after his. Aguero has some leeway due to previous record, but if you are a kid doing it, then you are rightly taught the lesson.

At 2 or 3 zero in a game like that, it's probably ok to be greedy, but I thought arrogance was our biggest danger last night. Even on pens we had it.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Do we know if Walker is carrying an injury or not? I've not had time to watch Pep's recent pressers so don't know if subject has come up there. Walker appears to be considerably slower than he was and is still young enough to have kept his top speed...

I think he's just fucked, mentally in particular, but also physically.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Mental breakdown sounds a bit worrying. I just think he is a bit knackered and I am sure Pep wants to rest gim but tonight wasnt the night. He needed him to deal with Gray and overall I thought he did it really well. But he will always make the odd silly pass and he does have a silly defensive moment in him. We really do need a fit Danilo for a month or so. Zin does a lot right in the way Pep wants him to play but a bit like Walker there is that switched off moment which seems to be costing us.

Yep, but imo, after a month off, Walker will be able to defend to the required level wheras Zinchenko can't & he's been trying for some time now.

In Holland, he looked class on the ball (had much more invention than he does now) but he had no stamina & no defensive awareness.

No matter how well we play, there are times when he has to be a proper fullback & teams are just whacking the ball at his area now, expecting to get a chance out of it & they do.

 

[The Preacher]

I’ll take that. Not a game to remember but job done and into the semis again. We move on to Saturday and Palace.

 

[Rochdale Blue]

Having enjoyed the three most recent Wembley league cup wins I just hope we can win the final again without another shootout, even if our keepers do perform heroics in them.

 

[taleofbluehalves]

I think he's just fucked, mentally in particular, but also physically.

Walker had a couple of weeks off and has played virtually every game because of Danilo’s injuries. He needs an extended break to recharge his batteries.

 

[tonea2003]

You only put that so you could reach your 20,000 posts. ;)

really i hadn't noticed ha!
but mason was a bent as a nine bob note

 

[OB1]

Walker had a couple of weeks off and has played virtually every game because of Danilo’s injuries. He needs an extended break to recharge his batteries.

It would be really helpful if Danilo could stay fit; especially as he has looked to have found his feet at City since the back end of last season.

 

[citizenyank76]

That footwork that De Bruyne did before the goal was like some kind of football porn.

 

[ancoats]

they say you know your a good team if you can play crap and win ???? well i have a new saying ?? if you can play man city who was only at 10% of its power and still lose your SHIT

man city was there for the taking last night and if we would have lost i don't think anybody would have really cared other than the fans ??? with it being only the league cup and a very hard christmas and bigger cups games and champions league football coming up in the new year i think we could have just wave on leicester city and wished them well in the next round, even after we won the pen shoot out the players and manager did not go bananas and just waved to the fans to thank them for coming

not going to point the finger and moan and dig out anybody and we did win after all and we are still in the cup with a chance of winning more silverware, yes its the league cup and yes nobody gives much credit for winning it, BUT this is manchester city and we was so far from winning the league cup in the past that now i even look forward to the draws just to see city name still in the hat hahahah

 

[David Kloppesh]

Yep, an out and out cheat. Somehow we managed to get the only 2 yellow cards of the match despite making about 3 tackles all game.
Absolute stonewaller on Jesus not given and he didn’t want to use VAR because he knew exactly what he was doing

It wasn't a penalty, the Leicester player played the ball, before bringing jesus down.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Last season, beat Leicester on penalties in the QF. In SF, drew the lowest ranked team, whose name began with a B, after they had knocked out a team whose name began with an M. Chelsea and Arsenal played in the other SF. So, its Burton in the SF followed by Arsenal in the final. The stars are aligned!

 

[Rolee]

It wasn't a penalty, the Leicester player played the ball, before bringing jesus down.

Any clips of that online? It looked to me like he takes Jesus around the thigh before he gets the ball, think it may have been just outside the box too.

 

[dickie davies]

It wasn't a penalty, the Leicester player played the ball, before bringing jesus down.

Doesn't matter if the defender touches the ball first
He has to knock the ball away from the player he is tackling
If the ball remains in playing distance then it is a foul.
So last night the ball remained in playing distance of Jesus so it was a foul

 

[the talisman]

It wasn't a penalty, the Leicester player played the ball, before bringing jesus down.

He goes through the player and then just about brushes the ball, nailed on foul anywhere on the pitch.
Mason also chose to ignore Puchs going through the back of Mahrez and later a snidely little elbow on Walker. He’s a shit ref and seems to dislike City.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

It wasn’t a nailed on pen for me. 50/50.

 

[Rolee]

It wasn’t a nailed on pen for me. 50/50.

Precisely the type of situation where VAR should be used.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Precisely the type of situation where VAR should be used.

Maybe but I’m not convinced it would have been given. Should refer it though.

 

[the talisman]

It wasn’t a nailed on pen for me. 50/50.

Hmmm, maybe.... but after watching that miserable sod ref our matches over the years I can safely say if that challenge was made on Demari Gray at the other end of the pitch he would 100% give a penalty. I cannot fucking stand Lee Mason.

 

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