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Disappointed with the goal conceded , three central defenders on the pitch and we give a free header from eight yards out .
 
Excellent result tonight in a difficult game. Bigger challenges to come, but that’s one obstacle out of the way. Bit of momentum now too with the Liverpool game. Thought the midfield three (four if you include Rico) were excellent, and pleased that Grealish got two assists after some of the criticism he was getting at half-time.
 
Hopefully, De Zerbi and Brighton have a late Christmas Present for City and Coal for Arsenal
 
Fordyboy46 said:
What the fuck was that phantom foul about tonight, when Cancelo was running through the middle. The twat of a ref blew for something only he saw, I was fuming at that
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Was that the one where maybe Gnonto (?) was running with the ball and randomly let the ball run and ran to the right and fell over?
 
Well done Blues, thought it was a good performance in the face of some blatant thuggery tactics throughout from Leeds, who were basically crap.
A special mention about the ref & lino’s, who were at best, truly awful & more realistically, absolute shit. How City ended up with the same amount of bookings as Leeds is a complete joke. Leeds tried to kick lumps out of City from the start & the ref let them.
 
Fordyboy46 said:
What the fuck was that phantom foul about tonight, when Cancelo was running through the middle. The twat of a ref blew for something only he saw, I was fuming at that
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I thought exactly the same. I have absolutely no idea what it was apart from something like they tried to foul us, missed, and we had a chance. He was clueless that fucker tonight so we shouldn't be surprised.
 
Good team performance especially Rico and Jack's persistence. Hope it sounded as noisy from City on TV as at the game as apart from the old champions of Europe ditty the locals are not as lively post Bielsa as they morph back towards being dirty Leeds.
 
Good result that after Liverpool and the World Cup.

I thought the referee was fucking awful tonight. Some of the fouls on Grealish were a disgrace and just went unpunished. I'm convinced that refs just think he's there to be kicked and if the same was happening to other players, they would be fouls. It's like the refs just accept he gets kicked, it's ridiculous. That little **** Tonto or whatever he was called needing a good hiding after going up to him. What a joke that little fart was - if you're 5 foot on your tippy toes, keep your mouth shut or it will be shut for you.

I can't make my mind up on Grealish though. I thought he had a good game overall tonight. He's obviously a very good player and he did well at times, but he just doesn't look like someone who turns games. I'm not a huge Mahrez or Cancelo fan, but I appreciate that these players can - and have - turned games and this is what Grealish lacks. He's never had a "moment" for us and I just don't see him doing it to be honest. He's also now in his peak and unless he's able to move into the middle, he's never going to make it at City because Foden is better in his place. If he was still 24 or so, I'd understand why we'd bought him but he looks a bit ... aimless to me. He doesn't know what he's doing, or why he's being asked to do it. I like him as a player, but I just think he's not a player we need.

I was surprised by Haaland getting MOTM. I thought he had a relatively 'poor' game - incredible how he can have a poor game and only get 2 and if he'd had his shooting boots on he'd have had 5 easily. His standard is now so impossibly high that I feel he's only had a good game if he gets a hat-trick! :) He's easily the best striker I've ever seen and he'll make mincemeat out of every single goalscoring record in this league.

KdB was MOTM for me, he was everywhere and constantly causing Leeds problems. However, I also thought Gundogan, Rodri and Ake did well. Rodri is just immense isn't he? He just ticks us over. Special mention as well to Lewis who played the inverted full back role (I think it's called that!) brilliantly. I bet that young lad hasn't done that often in training. My only gripe with him is that he took a yellow for pulling Tonto's shirt, when he should've just nailed the little fucker from behind. Anyway, he only did the foul because he was pushed over off the ball for no reason and no foul being given by the inept ref just seconds before - SURPRISE, SURPRISE. He did really well though and given time he will look a very good player. When you think that Mahrez offered next to no protection, his performance was even better!

As for Leeds, they'll struggle this year. They looked 'plucky' more than anything and didn't really do anything other than try to foul Grealish to whip up the crowd. I'm sure the fans in Bellend Road liked it, but it's no way to play against us. They tried to counter us, but defensively they were really poor and we ripped them open enough times to get 10 on another day.

Anyway, we're back into the winning ways again against two potentially tricky teams!

COME ON CITY!
 
All I can say is Kyle Walker must be a worried man at the moment.
Young Lewis seems to have his number.
Definitely this season’s find for Pep.
 
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