Liverpool (H) | Post-Match Thread

5 Hit Gibbon said:
Just got home from the game. Brilliant performance today. The second half we played them off the park.

Hard to call out individuals as I thought the whole team were great. Grealish had possibly his best City game to date, Mahrez, KDB, Gundo, Rodders all different class, apart from one misplaced header Stones was exceptional, Alvarez very good. Ake is currentLy at least 8 out of 10 every game (one of the most consistent players this season).

It must have been soul destroying for their fans, the ones who hadn't gone home early, to see how one sided the second half was. Lovely to see.
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Ake is a great player who doesn't get as much credit as he is due. Always running, covering, assisting and usually keeping out of trouble.
Mr. Reliable in my book.
 
I watched the match back & fuckin hell, we were good! Seriously, this was a complete performance from start to finish & from back to front.

I wasn't worried about Haaland not playing & neither was I worried when we went a goal down. I just knew we'd got the task in hand & to be patient & trust the boys.

This result was no fluke. We systematically dismantled the Scousers & left Klipperty pondering why he bothers with football.

Personally I think our title challenge is over. Many have been waiting on Arsenal's collapse & as I've been saying for months, I can't see one coming because they're the real deal.

We missed our big opportunity when they lost to Everton & we failed to capitalise. Never say never though, & we'll fight to the end & all that, but ceding the title to Arteta's Arsenal will hurt a lot less than if ManUre, The Dippers or Spuds won it.

I'm gutted, but I'm also OK with it as I can see the same level of squad progress since the new year, that we made in the second half of Pep's first season with us in 2017.

I sense something special is brewing if we continue as we are. That's why for this season the Champions League is the most important quest for City in my mind. I wanna get this monkey off our backs & right the poor tactical performance of our only CL Final appearance.

The difference in City post-Cancelo, is night & day! We're playing with smiles. We're playing with confidence. We're fighting for each other & everyone seems to care about every goal & victory we achieve, which is in stark contrast to us early season.

Someone PLEEEEEEEEEASE keep Cancelo away from us, as it seems he was the toxic influence badly affecting our early/mid-season form & prospects.

Yesterday's result was MASSIVE & illustrates why this is such a special time to be a Blue... :-)
 
Frankie lad said:
Seriously I thought it was as good as any performance I‘ve ever seen from my team and I’m a Droylsden lad who first saw them in 67.
Liverpool are a very good outfit.
We played with them for 20 minutes like a cat would toy with a mouse in a closed room And when we wanted we did what we do.
Unlike a lot of games where you dominate it doesn’t continue.The other side comes back.We fade second half.
Today the attitude of the eleven was something else.Like a machine that never stopped and passed and passed and just didn’t give the ball away at all.
Sometimes it just wasn’t real.It was like something you might see on a computer game.It was unreal.Every player was like part of something crafted to work as one like a Patek Philippe.
I’m still in a bit of a spin.
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I like the watch analogy, very good.
Rolex for me though....
 
Don't know if mentioned but the atmosphere yesterday was brilliant.

I don't give a fuck what anyone says about us, nowhere better than the Etihad in moments like that, whole ground gets involved.

Just watched MOTD too and it was captured by the mics which was surprising but welcome.
Shots of mainly proper fans in the stand celebrating the goals too.
 
One of the best games I have ever attended, the atmosphere was spot on and it seemed that the crowd were thinking and acting as one.

Klipperty is one weird **** standing on the halfway line pre-match staring at the City players, and they call Pep inappropriate for scoring a goal.

Maybe the big toothed bastard thinks he's doing the scouse shithouse Haka?
 
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Dribble said:
I watched the match back & fuckin hell, we were good! Seriously, this was a complete performance from start to finish & from back to front.

I wasn't worried about Haaland not playing & neither was I worried when we went a goal down. I just knew we'd got the task in hand & to be patient & trust the boys.

This result was no fluke. We systematically dismantled the Scousers & left Klipperty pondering why he bothers with football.

Personally I think our title challenge is over. Many have been waiting on Arsenal's collapse & as I've been saying for months, I can't see one coming because they're the real deal.

We missed our big opportunity when they lost to Everton & we failed to capitalise. Never say never though, & we'll fight to the end & all that, but ceding the title to Arteta's Arsenal will hurt a lot less than if ManUre, The Dippers or Spuds won it.

I'm gutted, but I'm also OK with it as I can see the same level of squad progress since the new year, that we made in the second half of Pep's first season with us in 2017.

I sense something special is brewing if we continue as we are. That's why for this season the Champions League is the most important quest for City in my mind. I wanna get this monkey off our backs & right the poor tactical performance of our only CL Final appearance.

The difference in City post-Cancelo, is night & day! We're playing with smiles. We're playing with confidence. We're fighting for each other & everyone seems to care about every goal & victory we achieve, which is in stark contrast to us early season.

Someone PLEEEEEEEEEASE keep Cancelo away from us, as it seems he was the toxic influence badly affecting our early/mid-season form & prospects.

Yesterday's result was MASSIVE & illustrates why this is such a special time to be a Blue... :-)
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Arse are winning the games they are expected to win, go ahead with a pen yesterday which probably sets the result and they go on to win easily, fair enough.

However, their big games are to come and it can all change over the next month.

Do you see them winning at Klanfield, I don't.

Game in hand and Arse to come to us, the 8 point lead is not as straightforward as it appears and can dissappear in a blink.

As you say, losing it to them is a much lesser evil though.
 
Dribble said:
I watched the match back & fuckin hell, we were good! Seriously, this was a complete performance from start to finish & from back to front.

I wasn't worried about Haaland not playing & neither was I worried when we went a goal down. I just knew we'd got the task in hand & to be patient & trust the boys.

This result was no fluke. We systematically dismantled the Scousers & left Klipperty pondering why he bothers with football.

Personally I think our title challenge is over. Many have been waiting on Arsenal's collapse & as I've been saying for months, I can't see one coming because they're the real deal.

We missed our big opportunity when they lost to Everton & we failed to capitalise. Never say never though, & we'll fight to the end & all that, but ceding the title to Arteta's Arsenal will hurt a lot less than if ManUre, The Dippers or Spuds won it.

I'm gutted, but I'm also OK with it as I can see the same level of squad progress since the new year, that we made in the second half of Pep's first season with us in 2017.

I sense something special is brewing if we continue as we are. That's why for this season the Champions League is the most important quest for City in my mind. I wanna get this monkey off our backs & right the poor tactical performance of our only CL Final appearance.

The difference in City post-Cancelo, is night & day! We're playing with smiles. We're playing with confidence. We're fighting for each other & everyone seems to care about every goal & victory we achieve, which is in stark contrast to us early season.

Someone PLEEEEEEEEEASE keep Cancelo away from us, as it seems he was the toxic influence badly affecting our early/mid-season form & prospects.

Yesterday's result was MASSIVE & illustrates why this is such a special time to be a Blue... :-)
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mexico1970 said:
One of the best games I have ever attended, the atmosphere was spot on and it seemed that the crowd were thinking and acting as one.

Klipperty is one weird **** standing on the halfway line pre-match staring at the City players, and they call Pep inappropriate for scoring a goal.

Maybe the big toothed bastard thinks he's doing the scouse shithouse Haka?
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I think we all recognise that we're at a critical point of the season where a loss in any competition we're still in will probably mean curtains.

The miserable demeanour our players had in the first half of the season has been replaced by beaming smiles. This is transmitting itself to the stadium, hence why the atmosphere felt so special.

Luckily, we've picked up where we left off pre-International break. The title is Arsenal's to lose. We can only keep going & improving knowing the CL & FA Cup are in our own hands, even if the PL isn't, but it's the progress & improvement over the course of the season which is most pleasing...
 
mexico1970 said:
One of the best games I have ever attended, the atmosphere was spot on and it seemed that the crowd were thinking and acting as one.

Klipperty is one weird **** standing on the halfway line pre-match staring at the City players, and they call Pep inappropriate for scoring a goal.

Maybe the big toothed bastard thinks he's doing the scouse shithouse Haka?
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It's nothing new. He does it every game. Thinks he can get an insight into the opposition's little tweaks for the upcoming game that video analysis might not have shown.

Agree with the weird **** bit though.
 
ysmsa said:
Arse are winning the games they are expected to win, go ahead with a pen yesterday which probably sets the result and they go on to win easily, fair enough.

However, their big games are to come and it can all change over the next month.

Do you see them winning at Klanfield, I don't.

Game in hand and Arse to come to us, the 8 point lead is not as straightforward as it appears and can dissappear in a blink.

As you say, losing it to them is a much lesser evil though.
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I know the permeatations of the game in hand & them needing to come to the Etihad. Even if all that went our way, we'd still be 2 points behind with remaining games to play rapidly diminishing.

Their season is effectively over & they've now got one game per week & only the PL to concentrate on, whilst we're still in the FA Cup, CL & still in with a chance where the league title's concerned. It's not impossible by any stretch of the imagination, but it's advantage Arsenal.

As for having to go to Klanfield? It depends which Dipper team turns up. The 7-0 against ManUre Scousers or the 0-1 to Bournemouth Scousers?
 
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