The killer is that if we were honest with ourselves we knew they weren't going to win when we saw the team. Last year I tried to believe they'd get the job done against Lyon and this was the same. We always say "In Pep we trust" but you can't win the CL without playing to your strengths. I'd rather park the bus than play w/o a holding MF.We benched Dinho....why didnt Tuchel bench Kante....both the most important players in their respective teams in their positions ?? Somebody was trying to be too cocky and saying " i am the boss and i know best"...i bet hand on heart 90% of true city fans will say he got it wrong and the same amount would have said that before KO
Absolutely not. I can't think of a less appropriate occasion to piss about and experiment. And the whole Sterling thing was a bit baffling as well. The man is bang out of form and has been for ages.With the formation he picked they looked disjointed from the start, the team he picked had never played before together and in 60 of the 61 games they played this season before the final one or both had started...was it the game to try something new?
But they were surrounded by fringe players in the previous league and cup game. This game was about playing your strongest and inform team amd that was not the caseExactly, and Rodri started in that match. I've been saying the same all night.
Zinchenko is our left back, Havertz took the ball around Ederson on the right hand side of the box and Zinch was the only one who got anywhere near him. Walker, Stones and Dias were more culpable than ZinchenkoI'm 55 and you get near a man if the rest of the defence is moved apart FFS ....simple basic defending....who do you think he should be marking just out of interest ????????????????
Sick of reading this crap about Sterling shouldn't have been playing. He's scored 10 goals from 31 Prem starts this season. On that basis Chelsea should have lost because they picked Werner - he's only scored 6 from 35 starts so Tuchel could have dropped Werner for the same reasons based on that theory.That's what I keep thinking too. Carragher was on CBS and said that Chelsea was probably thrilled when they saw the team sheet.
He was poor before the injury but yes Kev is a match winner but I don't think he was deliberately taken out of the gameOur best player was literally taken out of the game by a deliberate, and sneak, attack.
We’ll never know if De Bruyne would have made the difference but he’s done it before against Chelsea.
How about "We did the double again including 3 premier leagues in 4 years."Won't delete it - try to reword it ......................
"So next year we will have another attempt"
Hang on, that sounds a bit like the raggies
How about "Heads high BLUES, we have lots to be proud of"
Agreed, and not losing him and/or their player getting a red for the foul could have made the difference that would have nullified the team selection opinion/theory.Our best player was literally taken out of the game by a deliberate, and sneak, attack.
We’ll never know if De Bruyne would have made the difference but he’s done it before against Chelsea.