United (A) | Post Match Thread

[madloaf]

This is Peps first season all over expect without the excitement of tiki taka football.

A team is gonna win the league that we weren't expecting. We're going to finish 3rd and get knocked out of the champions league possibly in the next round.

 

[alexmcity]

Nope.

Thanks, genius.

 

[bluewatch007]

He makes no attempt to play the ball (we are quoting the same thing BTW).

Why cant the defenders make a tackle...he doesnt block them

Ederson is not impeded....Rashford does not stop Ederson moving towards the ball (which is what it says)

Yes I agree as Ive said numours times....Rashford affected the decision making of Akanji and Walker.....but he did nothing to physically stop them playing the ball and thats what the law implies.....

If he’s affected Akanji and walker’s decision making then he’s interfered with play . You don’t have to touch to interfere. Poor decision we move on

 

[Asa's left peg]

Decisions aside, we were poor for most of the game and didn't present Haaland with one decent chance - that's the real issue from today.

 

[hammocity]

Dipper player running towards a ball just now after being deflected of a defender, didn’t even get to the ball but linesman flagged offside immediately.

 

[Bobby the blue]

You know what I’m just gutted. Proper deflated. I don’t think we were great but we were better than them and didn’t deserve to lose. I can take defeat but that manner is galling.

Probably been said a million times but the other end and that is given as off. He was interfering and it did cause our defenders to act accordingly.

We weren’t very good but we had the game under control against that mob. Cancelo did well. Rodri was excellent and Grealish was goood when he came on.

The rest, I wouldn’t say they were gash but there was nothing out of the ordinary. De Bruyne tried but was sloppy. Haaland was non existent but I think that is down to our lack of tempo. We have a serious lack of pace on this side and it’s costing us. If you can’t see that then football is not the game for you. We didn’t stretch them or go behind them end. Foden as much as I love him has fallen off a cliff.

We are in urgent need of pace on this side but it’s not forthcoming.

I’m just very very pissed off at the moment and will be for the rest of the week.

How that mob continually get away with cynical fouls is beyond me. I’m firmly on there is no corruption in football camp and that var will sort shit out but today has left me feeling very bitter. Although it may be the five fosters tops I’ve had that is fuelling my anger.

 

[bluemc1]

TV went off at final whistle, what have pundits said about their equaliser?

 

[St.Pauli support]

I won't lose a word about the so called referee.

What I don't get:
we had 1 shot on target in 1.5 matches and scored, be 1-0 up
although we knew we were not at our best,
and only had to fear utd on the counter,

but still we went on to play a high line and conceded 2 on the counter,
instead of dropping to flat 4 and closing the mid with Gundo and/or Phillips.
Pep should have done better IMO.

 

[Cricket Blue]

Anyone just feel like giving up on football completely? Not just today but how many times over the last few years have we been screwed over by bent officials?
I'm not renewing next season, had enough of it.

 

[come-on-barney]

Glad I'm not as negative as you guys. We'll get top 4 no problem, imo.

60 points to play for, long long way to go.

To be fair, we were told that against Brentford, Everton, Southampton were all blips.

 

[Rammy Blue]

The mere fact that Rashford runs after the ball from an offside position means he interfers with the play. His movement obstructs Akanji's movement and thus shields the ball for Fernandes. One must be utterly biased or silly to believe the goal should have stood.

I feel optimistic after that game. Second half was really good. The loss will help us long term.

Proud with this team and manager.

This is the exact point, people over analysing. Rashford runs alongside the ball, of course he therefore interferes.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Cheat cheat cheat.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Can’t see us beating spuds on Thursday tbf

That’s what I mean. If Spurs beat Arsenal, there’s no reason they can’t do the double over us. And Utd and Newcastle are not exactly noticeably worse than us, if at all.

 

[paulsimpson]

Let's all take a moment to acknowledge that today is nothing new, City have (for the most part) been screwed over time and again by officials who bend over backwards to help "important clubs." It really is a testament to City's greatness that year after year they're at the top of the league and challenging in Europe in spite of constant cheating against them. You have to assume in any big match that if it's close City will lose the big decisions so they'll always need an extra goal to actually win. Today they didn't score that buffer goal and it bit them in the ass.

You should never have to score the second goal if all things are equal. But its not an equal playing field. It never was

 

[willipp]

I’ll also add Bernardo into the shitter list as well. Heads already in Barcelona.

 

[Franny 1234]

Forget blaming the officials.
We don't create chances so are not winning games. And the Rags have a decent manager now so play as a team.
I still think we finish above them.
As for spurs Thursday night honestly anything could happen. CTID

 

[Manc123]

it hasnt even been an hour and trent doesnt touch the ball yet gets rulled offside?

 

[Victorinodennistua]

This is where is stinks. I dont know anyone that plays/played football at any kind of level, who thinks that should be a fair outcome. Akanji has defended well, caught rashford perfectly in the trap and somehow its been allowed to stand despite rashford clearly impacting the outcome because he is interfering!!

We shouldn’t be losing that game from being 1 nil up. I would have swapped Bernardo with Gundo then maybe the big man for Alvarez. I think we are making things hard for ourselves. I think foden needs to play alongside grealish. They both played well when we battered utd. I still think we have a team capable of winning the league but it’s having the desire to keep on winning it. Look at Liverpools drop off. At this moment we are still in this if spurs beat arsenal. Utd are still riding their luck and if they win it this year it’ll be because half of the officials helped them. And City,Arsenal Newcastle went to shit.

 

[vicblueman]

Fucking shocking!

The defending for both goals was atrocious.

In fact, apart from the few minutes leading up to our goal, we were appalling. The passing was off, the defending wasn’t much better.

It has to be said that Atwell was very poor, but we’ve come to expect that, as it happens in most of our games.

Now, there’s a real danger that those bastards will finish above us; something a whole generation of kids have never seen.

No way will they finish higher than us

 

[bernard o'silver]

Don't agree. United are a good side and we were on their turf. They have a right to make things tricky for us and they did, but we rode it out and made good changes to get on top. We were a bit slow in the first half but were much the better team for 30 mins of the second half and we were well on for a good smash and grab. But then, as I said, VAR decided to forget the offside rule and the game turned on a dime. It's a rare day that City lose and I'm not pointing fingers at some deficiency in the set-up, or a lack of overall control, but we have been properly screwed over by disgraceful officiating.

Only one team did s smash and grab there and it wasn't us