Real Madrid (A) Post Match Thread

[GoatsDomeWax]

We've lost too many games by not scoring when we should.
In the first half it should have been over.
But we're City fans and can overcome the disappointment and still be Champions of England at the end of the season.

We've had worse times than losing a Champions League semi-final.

Take solace in the fact that we are Blues not other glory hunting fans.

 

[warringtonblue]

Not sure how popular an opinion this will be but I think Fernandinho is now too old and slow. It cost us in the first leg and I think bringing him on cost us tonight. Other than that, I think we played really well for 89mins tonight. We lost the tie at home when we only won by one goal when it should have been 2 or 3. We still have some learning to do in Europe. Now let's win the next four league matches and stop the Dippers winning all four or we'll never hear the end of it!.

We lost it tonight, end of

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

LOL This has nothing to do with Pep.

The players relaxed mentally thinking it was won and looked to each other to see it out instead of themselves.

And that mentality comes from the top.

 

[Benarbia’s Backheel]

Bernardo was absolutely world class tonight.

Walker was a monster.

Foden and Jesus were very good, and Mahrez stepped up again in the big moment.

not much went right for Kev tonight, but I think we can forgive him..

Sadly, Pep blinked too early and made the changes, and we just couldn’t get going again after that.

We need Haaland. Madrid never know when they’re beaten because they’re always confident that if they can get the ball to Benzema then there’s a chance of a goal. We’re the best footballing team in the world, but we’ve seen tonight that being a great team doesn’t necessarily win you trophies. You need a killer up top, especially in the biggest of games on the biggest of stages.

We go again on Saturday.

come on city

 

[Cobwebcat]

Why what did he do wrong[emoji170]

Absolutely nothing. Why?

 

[BufordUSABlue]

We'll never win the CL. UEFA won't let us.

We pissed on their chips over FFP and they’ll never forgive us.

We didn't deserve to win tonight and the ref made sure we weren't getting back level in extra time.

If we blow the PL now, we should look back on this as a disappointing season.

Pretty much sums up exactly how i feel LP

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Why don't you just **** off. Typical City...they have won the league three times in the last four years. You are a disgrace along with all the people who liked your comment.

That’s exactly why Typical City is still mentioned.

We’re the Kings of England yet we’ve lost to English teams three times in the CL when we finished 25 points above Liverpool, 27 points above Spurs, and 19 points above Chelsea. We lost to a team who finished 7th in the French league. And we’ve gone out tonight after missing loads of chances in the first leg and acting like a naïve bunch of amateurs not understanding how to see a game out tonight.

Considering how good we actually are, yet we pull this shit in the CL every year, this is why Typical City lives on. It is literally typical of us to build us up to let us down, to do daft things, to look like we could score ten and then gift the opposition the game.

 

[Zinchilla]

I’d rather Liverpool win the chanpions league (only if we win the title)

a, it will piss United fans off even more
B, English side v Spanish (which would Pis uefa off)
C, we win the title in an era of utter English dominance… Liverpool are a great side - they’ve had a relatively easy draw, winning your domestic trophy is the greater achievement and we have dominated that in an era of brilliance

Absolutely caveat that with us winning the league. I can’t think of anything worse than the dippers win the quad

Eh? Then it’ll take us longer to win it. UEFA and the networks don’t want continual all English finals and serial English winners. That refereeing display tonight was odd.

 

[Bluefen]

Personally I thought Madrid were very good, dangerous from the off and despite the shots on targets stats were very unfortunate not to be winning before we scored. We had chances yes but they were a threat all game. I thought we blew it in the first game and had my concerns about tonight. I didn’t see it being quite so dramatic though. We have been on the end of some dramatic games in our favour. Cortois played very well though. Our defence wasn’t good enough.

I’d like to see the stats but over the two legs their shots on target must be pretty close to the goals they scored… imagine if we had that quality in front of goal this season

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Our longer term issue is squad depth. 2 strikers coming in will help. Still holes at fullback and DM though

 

[DTKOAG]

That gypsy curse from Maine Road has decided to give us another visit.
Concerned for Sunday

 

[Damien10]

Sterling during that extra time couldn’t decide what he wanted to do with the ball.

 

[Manx Blue]

We CANNOT allow them scouse cunts to win everything.....................I'd slit my wrists

Don't be stupid.

Four of our seven titles have been won on the last day of the season after others have capitulated.

Don't be suprised if it's our turn.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

That’s made me cry again! Thank you and I’m getting soft In my old age. :-)

It'll look better in the coming days....it has to! Get a good kip x

 

[pavelsrnicek]

This result will haunt all our club, our players and manager for years.

We lost to a shockingly average Madrid despite leading 5-3 in the 90th minute. The players froze, the substitutions robbed us of any cutting edge. Once Madrid made it 5-5 we were absolutely gone. All extra time did was make sure Liverpool win the league.

We were absolutely beaten before extra time.

One more thing Laporte has to go, every single big champions league tie he plays he has a stinker. Spurs in 2019, Lyon 2020 now Madrid 2022.

There’s a great chance Liverpool won the quadruple. We’ll be utterly ruined playing the next 3, they have to beat Chelsea and an average Real to win the quadruple.

This season will go down as one of the biggest disappointments we’ve had in years. Not because we haven’t played well, we have in large spells but we’ll end up with nothing because we’ve managed to get to a stage where we can play well and not win.

 

[The First Earl]

Not sure if I’ll get any sleep tonight after that

let’s hope it Galvanises us rather than destroys us.

Good night blue brothers.

 

[lazerblue]

typical city anybody?

 

[Salford in the City]

Difference at the top is being clinical. Over two legs no one can tell me Madrid are a far superior side to us, but the difference is they have a world class CF who scores big goals at important times. Pep will get slaughtered in the press, but we had enough chances in the first leg to beat these easily we didn't and was punished.

Imagine if we had a CF who did the same?
On to next year as far as this trophy's concerned.

 

[BolinCell]

We have been short in squad depth all season and tonight when walker has to come off you knew even after we scored they will get a chance ? Left back, both first team starter and cover ? Right back cover for walker ? 2 strikers to score the goals that kill the game off.

We have to give pep a starting eleven in the summer, get the players in and players outs and then go full on next season, enough messing about with cover players and the truth is that is what killed us tonight.

Am not hurting tonight, proud of the lads and pep the fans out there
yes, we could have done better ? yes, we got rolled over at the end that should have never happened.
But the dark arts in extra time is also missing from this city squad ? Kill the game off slow it down fake injuries just get the ball down in the corners,

PS

I will say one thing, if this pain does not make the city players want the Premier League title even more, then nothing else will,

we whacked out 100 million on a player in an area we are already overloaded. Then proceeded into the season without our main target a centre forward. And in them decisions the season will be defined. If we don't win the league the people behind them decisions should hang their heads in shame.

 

[Big Yaya Wilko 12]

This is as bad as I’ve ever felt after football.

And I thought nothing would be as bad as Spurs QF.