Match Thread | FC Copenhagen vs Man City (11/10/22)

[kinkyblue]

Haaland on pens for me now. Gotta be.

Might help if he’s on the pitch!

 

[Don Karleone]

Still the better side.

Haaland comes on we'll win.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Right.... A lot to unpick there.

VAR has spoiled the game - goes without saying.

Rodri goal should have stood - Second phase of play after the accidental handball.

It was a penalty - not sure if the keeper moved early, but FFS should have buried it anyway.

Sending off - Yes. Naive in making the challenge, but it wasn't his mistake that led to the situation in the first place.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Don’t have any problems with the way the laws were applied, but that 45 mins sums up how ridiculous some of the laws are, which is compounded by var.

The first one was applied incorrectly.

 

[braut]

Thought he went early, was it checked?

Not sure, do they even have VAR at these games? ...Anyone?

 

[OrigamiNinja]

Still scratching my head at wtf has happened to Mahrez. Woeful this season, unfit and unprofessional. Even before he cost us two goals tonight he was the worst player on the entire pitch
Palmer is ahead of him for me now and that’s no exaggeration. This is City, we don’t carry passengers. Shape up or fuck off

He is an absolute myth. Somehow managed to wangle himself back on to pens last season and stat-padded with um. Most games he is fucking invisible. If that’s him off pens after tonight he won’t get 10 goals this season. A fantastic return for £200k pw wide forward in the best attacking side in world football.

 

[Bluearmy]

Nah, give credit where credit is due. They have the best atmosphere I've seen in a while and it has been for the entire match

And for a while before

 

[dromoreblue]

Time for Phil.

 

[wattle]

Lol, someone has been spending too long on red and white kop!

I haven’t been on anything dipperish sorry from the thread on this site. And I’ve got the same advert. Adblock will have to go on of it doesn’t disappear sharpish

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Haaland to come on, score a goal or 2, and make everyone feel a little silly for worrying

It’ll be interesting if he does come on. We might go false 9 to boss the midfield battle.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

Reminds me of a few games from last season, they're sitting in deep, and we are having to be patient (and a bit too patient at times). Gundo/Kev in the middle and Grealish/Mahrez on the wings don't help with the feeling that everything is a bit plodding. Scored the penalty and it's a different game. Ah well.

 

[hilts]

Hopefully Pep will take him off pens now. That West Ham miss last year was awful given the circumstances and now another. He is such an annoying player.

Thing is we have tried pretty much everyone else. If the Erl isn't playing he is still the best of a bad bunch.

 

[bluemoon32]

Please just no injuries for the more important game at the weekend

 

[swinton blue]

Is the handball rule for goals different in the champs league to the prem league?

 

[Utter bobbins]

It's the fucking tannoy twat.

It’s not very English

 

[kun]

Well we can beg to differ
Doesnt have to be intentional hand ball

Only if it directly leads to a goal. I would argue that as the ball is passed by both Mahrez and Álvarez after the incident, that it did not directly lead to a goal and therefore does have to be deliberate - which it clearly wasn't.

And it was piss poor positioning by gomez, his arm was already hooked round is before the ball came across

Don't disagree. Poor defending by him and others.

The pens could be debatable fair enough, but not the red card

I disagree once again. The ball is already out of the Copenhagen players reach by the time Gomez grabs him, before that he's just fairly jostling with him. Still poor positioning and still stupid (arguably even more so) to grab him after the ball has gone.

 

[Aguero_Element]

Mahrez is bad at pens.please stop giving him them

 

[The slaughtered lamb]

The first one was applied incorrectly.

Be fucked if I know for certain what the rules are now. Some are saying that it’s a goal if it hits the hand, no intent needed?

 

[Revolver]

With my “Cityitis” hat on this has all the hallmarks of a 1-0 loss
Hope I am wrong. (Usually I am).

Would take a draw which would be enough.

Ps. : It happens but us missing penalties so often ( so it seems) is irritating. Can’t we bring Ya Ya back.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Haaland to come on, score a goal or 2, and make everyone feel a little silly for worrying

He might as well go the whole hog and get the hat trick!