Dortmund (H) - CL QF | Post-Match Thread

Completely agree that we were nowhere near our best, but I'm surprised by the amount of negativity on here. At the end of the day we were playing Borussia Dortmund in a CL QF, not a routine home game against Sheffield United. Disappointing to concede that away goal, but if you'd offered me taking a 2-1 lead into the second leg before the game, I'd have taken it. And let's be honest, had Phil had his shooting boots on, it could have easily been 4-1...

Very confident for the second leg, can't see us not scoring, once we stepped it up in the second half in particular, we looked like we could create a chance to score at every attack. Counter attack caused us problems at times, which will be increased if Sancho is back for them, but if we manage the game well we'll be fine.
 
Mike45 said:
Bad performance from most of players yesterday, Rodri awful, Dias, Cancelo, Silva, Ederson not good, Stones, Mahrez and Gundogan with issues also, Walker good but sloppy at times, it's a wonder we won actually with so many players being off for such an important game also!
Foden and KDB have been excellent.

False 9 did not work, when Jesus went in the whole team improved.

Our defense was far below its standards yesterday. Pressing was bad and one big issue, that it's one of the things we are always mediocre anyway, but yesterday were awful, was that our back central defense, center backs especially, in counterattacks of them never really guarded their players to presh them to lose the ball, but just were stepping back, stepping back....

Their attack could have scored 1 more at least, they had the chance. But we should have scored 2-3 more, especially in last 20 minutes we had 4-5 chances and 2 huge ones. Have Messi in these situations and would be 4-1.
For their disallowed goal i insist it was an indirect foul, as he went to the ball with his leg extended so it was a play in a dangerous manner. Ederson should know better of course and not be that careless in a CL quarter final!

We played with a fear of CL in mind, fearing the failure. Bad attitude. But thankfully we did not fail, even though we tried hard to do it. I think result is great.
I'm always pessimistic but having played in that bad way, with so many players subpar and yet take a win, i think in the reverse this fear would be not be there and no way most players will be that bad again, so i think we will score twice.

But first Leeds. Take a win and seal it!
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27 wins from last 28 games. Let that sink in. A ridiculous playing schedule since December. You shouldn’t be surprised when City have an off day. But the key is our team still find a way to win. Don’t be pessimistic. Just enjoy this wonderful team you support
 
Think it says a lot that we weren’t anywhere near our best and yet still really should have put that tie to bed in the second half and post match, the Dortmund players were saying how hard we were to play against.

I think we forget just how high the expectations are that we set ourselves at times.
 
In a sense, ir's good that we have some difficulties, for this helps the team grow and develop further.

I might have been a bit worried if we had smashed Dortmund 5:0. Now, hopefully, we know better our weaknesses and on what to work in order to improve. Setbacks wrt performances may be used by Pep to make us stronger.
 
Richard said:
Completely agree that we were nowhere near our best, but I'm surprised by the amount of negativity on here. At the end of the day we were playing Borussia Dortmund in a CL QF, not a routine home game against Sheffield United. Disappointing to concede that away goal, but if you'd offered me taking a 2-1 lead into the second leg before the game, I'd have taken it. And let's be honest, had Phil had his shooting boots on, it could have easily been 4-1...

Very confident for the second leg, can't see us not scoring, once we stepped it up in the second half in particular, we looked like we could create a chance to score at every attack. Counter attack caused us problems at times, which will be increased if Sancho is back for them, but if we manage the game well we'll be fine.
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I think knowing we need to go there and win (or draw) probably does us a favour, to be honest. We're at our best when we don't overthink things. But the away goal is important, but I think it is overplayed in importance sometimes. We've gone out of this tournament because we've lost stupid opening games, which we didn't do last night.
 
Are we really criticisng a team that has won 27 of their last 28 games whilst enduring a very very tough schedule of playing every 72 hours ? Reality check , title in the bag , Carabao Cup final , FA Cup semi-finals , and one foot in the Champs league semi-finals , we were not at our best but we found a way to win.
This squad of players and manager are unbelievably good.
 
Was impressed with Dortmund , they are having a shite season in the league but looked a good side last night.
I think it'll be nervy but 2-1 City 2nd leg
 
We deserved the win and should have scored more goals. That said we were not at our best and Dortmund defended much better than they have in the Bundesliga games I have seen this season. They countered our formation by snuffing out Cancello and Bernardo. I think Zin will play left back in Dortmund and Jesus will start. We missed his energy.
The CL is always about fine margins and this time we came down on the right side of those margins. I am pleased that we were more cautious and less open because in the past we have suffered badly against Liverpool, Monaco, and Lyon, by being too Gung Ho. Roll on Leeds.
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
Are we really criticisng a team that has won 27 of their last 28 games whilst enduring a very very tough schedule of playing every 72 hours ? Reality check , title in the bag , Carabao Cup final , FA Cup semi-finals , and one foot in the Champs league semi-finals , we were not at our best but we found a way to win.
This squad of players and manager are unbelievably good.
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We are, pal. You'll get called a happy clapper for daring to be happy about the best form in Europe. Someone up thread didn't think we'll win games playing like we did last night while winning games. If you can't take joy from City today, you'll never take any joy from football.
 
Great to get the last-minute winner. In all honesty, we had enough chances to finish off the tie before their equaliser. Would have been gutting to go to Germany with them in the driving seat.

I'd be shocked if we don't score at least 2 there, which means they'd have to score 4.
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
Are we really criticisng a team that has won 27 of their last 28 games whilst enduring a very very tough schedule of playing every 72 hours ? Reality check , title in the bag , Carabao Cup final , FA Cup semi-finals , and one foot in the Champs league semi-finals , we were not at our best but we found a way to win.
This squad of players and manager are unbelievably good.
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Would dispute the assertion that we have one foot in the SF but point taken. All things considered it was a reasonable result and if we play well next week we will go through. Oh and it's great to hear no whining about corrupt officials, for now anyway.
 
Doctor Jimmy and Mr Jim said:
I would agree with that. OK possibly not his best game for us by his usual standards and he got outmuscled by Haaland too easily when he burst through, but no doubt he'll look at that and learn from it, because he seems that type of player. His organisation and leadership were still immense last night. No concerns for me.
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Part of the success of Dias and Stones this season has been down to the control we've exerted over opposition. When you control the game your defenders are able to excel when faced with rare attacks, because they are fresh and ready.

Last night our central midfield couldn't exert themselves on Dortmund. That meant pressure on our defence, and pressure inevitably brings mistakes.

All things considered Dias and Stones did as well as they could.
 
I was about 75:25 we'd get past Dortmund. Now I am about 60:40.

Thought we played well but the equaliser was a hammer blow. Felt great to dig the win out and rescue the night but now we know Dortmund are well in it. No room for error.
 
Manchester33 said:
Great to get the last-minute winner. In all honesty, we had enough chances to finish off the tie before their equaliser. Would have been gutting to go to Germany with them in the driving seat.

I'd be shocked if we don't score at least 2 there, which means they'd have to score 4.
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We bossed the game but didn't create enough chances and Foden could have done a little better with the opportunities that came his way. He did well with the goal though.

I wish now we had started Jesus and Sterling
 
Marvin said:
I was about 75:25 we'd get past Dortmund. Now I am about 60:40.

Thought we played well but the equaliser was a hammer blow. Felt great to dig the win out and rescue the night but now we know Dortmund are well in it. No room for error.
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We need the first goal next week. Concede first and they can just sit back knowing 1-0 sends them through and they can wait for the right moments to kill us on the counter with Haaland. It’s delicately balanced and the first goal is everything.
 
alexmcity said:
In a sense, ir's good that we have some difficulties, for this helps the team grow and develop further.

I might have been a bit worried if we had smashed Dortmund 5:0. Now, hopefully, we know better our weaknesses and on what to work in order to improve. Setbacks wrt performances may be used by Pep to make us stronger.
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You’d have been a bit worried if we’d won 5-0? I think you may be on your own there
 
Cornish_Blue said:
I thought Mahrez had a decent run last night, I am glad we didn’t see Sterling as I don’t think he has the control that Mahrez has.
They know how to attack, but the amount of times we LET them into the box was shocking.
As for the lad nicking the ball off Eddy, we have seen in most games now, you can’t do that, yet Penus Jenas was screaming for it to be allowed, and when they did it on the edge of their box to Kev, it was a very muted comment.
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I didn’t see anything wrong with Bellingham’s in real time or when it was replayed back. The ref got it wrong and it was a lucky break for us, however I disagree with Carragher’s assertion that the game should have been 2-2. If that goal had stood Dortmund would have protected the draw rather than push for a second away goal, we would have gone for a second and would probably have had time for a third. Overall I felt the scoreline was fair and these non-city pundits should remember that we are the English club and question wether their views and attitudes would have been different if it had been their team out there or even another English club.
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
We are, pal. You'll get called a happy clapper for daring to be happy about the best form in Europe. Someone up thread didn't think we'll win games playing like we did last night while winning games. If you can't take joy from City today, you'll never take any joy from football.
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They(the team) have set the bar toooo high so every mediocre or even semi-good performance seems bad.
I don't remember who said it, it was some NBA basketball coach, but he said that sometimes you have to look in the past to see who you were in order to realize where you are now. It would be a bit handy for some of us :)
 
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