Bayern Munich (A) | Post Match Thread

tolmie's hairdoo said:
We can flip it both ways. City were six inches away from Bayern reducing the deficit by two goals inside the first half hour.

It was a chasing because our flanks couldn't cope with their runners, hence why Pep says he changed it at the break to ensure Grealish and Bernie played closer to our back line.

Our midfield was wide open because Stones couldn't make up the extra man, having to run back all the time.

It was a chasing in terms of what City are usually exposed to.

Bayern are certainly a top team but I am under no illusions, we were not allowed to play well for long periods and a superior attack such as Real's will only cause us bigger issues if we go again with the same formation.
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Tolm,

I am in no way saying we have played the best we could have but we are forgetting a little detail here.

Flip a coin were a penalty that 99/100 times should not be given and a very rare Haaland miss and we're talking a 5-0 against Bayern. BAYERN. Whether we had 85% possession or not the reality of the situation is, in the UCL when you get to these stages you will get ran at, fouled, mauled and hunted. It's the European top 8 and it is for a reason. What I saw last night in Bayern was 5 attackers running fast, but have no clue what to do in the front of goal, much like Tuchel's last months in Chelsea. I was more calm last night than I will be facing Arteta.

Now, this is the first time, ( Season ) were I have seen City actually adapt, give possession away, remain calm, make good decisions in defence, with a keeper that isn't losing his head every half. It shows maturity, lessons learned.

UIpamecano cost them the tie, but our defence killed us in Madrid last year. It's the typical margin in this Competition. We have conceded 5 goals in the last 11 games, and you know full well who we played.

Madrid is very good, but they have a slower build up, a more lacklustre defence than Bayern, a very very good keeper and lethal finishers. IF the Bayern tie was won on defence, which it was, the Madrid one will be won in Midfield as it was last year before we fell asleep. Modric and Kroos are immense, but against midfield transitions in the way we play they suffer massively.
 
Northerndave said:
Micah is possibly the worst Pundit of all time, a pantomime of a person who schtick is just shouting, grinning, stupid haircuts and drinking maximuscle.

He's an embarrassment to City fans when there are much better ex city players who could do a far better job
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He's created a TV persona that imo has got out of hand. He's like the 'class clown' playing up to the cameras. A nice lad but ivery rritating.
His problem is most likely to be that he doesn't have the level if credibility that his co-pundits have and tries too hard to 'out personality' them.

I don't personally think he's an embarrassment to anyone but himself but, to be honest, I doubt that he's bothered about it whatsoever.

As a football 'expert', he lags a (very) long way behind Nedum Onuha in my opinion.
 
bluemystery said:
I don't think cards are wiped unless anyone wants to prove otherwise
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Cards are cleared
SebastianBlue said:
The difference between the “flip” is yours would have them still losing by 2 goals and mine would have them a man down with another half of football to be played still losing 3-0. And, as far as actually certain goal scoring opportunities, they only didn’t lose at home because of a penalty miss and a very dubious handball (I consider the Upamecano handball to be nailed as he absolutely meant to stick out his arm).

I think you saw a chasing, and I saw what both Bernardo and Kev spoke about in their post-match interviews: intentional tactics that we as fans are somewhat unaccustomed to but which are the necessary next step to hopefully secure our first CL.

Pep always has concerns and makes tweaks, as he did for the second half, but the team was playing exactly as he wanted them to. Bayern are the second best team in Europe and were always going to have chances. And we always had an answer.

For me, it was nowhere near a chasing. Bayern huffed and puffed and couldn’t blow our well-built house down. They got a “we’re sorry” penalty at the end to make it look far closer than it was.

In fact, it could have been a blow out if not for a marginal offside, a missed penalty, and a few squandered chances (they didn’t defend them well, we just wasted them with poor decision-making or passes in the moment).
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Bayern were the better side in both 1st laf legs imo

Sane could & should have been a hero in both games

I didn't mind us not having the ball as much v Bayern, it was a game changer in City going through to the Semi Finals & Real are just the same they ate poor at the back
Last year we should have won 7-3 at home & away fuck me we had so many good chances to close it out
Still chasing the game when in front has bummed us over the years imo

I wouldnt be suprised to see our back 4 like this
Walker Stones Akanji Dias

Laporte isn't good enough at LB
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
I genuinely don't know. Never thought there would come a day where I thought an injury to Ake could be seen as a huge blow.

I fear Ake might miss the rest of the run-in with a hammy.
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If it was just a twinge/grade 1 tear it might only be 2-3 weeks.

He walked off ok and didn’t go down the tunnel for treatment just had it strapped up on the bench.
 
Gabriel said:
Liew in the Guardian: There is a treble there for the taking and it would be weirdly poetic if they did so by conquering Arsenal and Manchester United at home, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid and Milan in Europe: a roll-call of Europe’s legacy clubs, all bowing to the coming force.”
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The force is strong with this one....

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Northerndave said:
Micah is possibly the worst Pundit of all time, a pantomime of a person who schtick is just shouting, grinning, stupid haircuts and drinking maximuscle.

He's an embarrassment to City fans when there are much better ex city players who could do a far better job
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You might not like him (and I don’t watch it) but He’s doing really well and the CBS show in General is getting loads of plaudits and big audience ratings.

People like him enjoying himself and not taking football too seriously, they like the dynamic with Carragher, Abdo & Henry and joking with players instead of asking the same boring post match questions for 40 years.

There’s plenty of traditional football coverage for the rest of us.
 
Performance of the season for me that.

A very un City like set up of “go on then, you have the ball, see if you can score”. Not “us” in the slightest. Pep usually craves control via possession.

To minimise them to as little as we did, at their gaff, playing a way we aren’t accustomed to was incredibly impressive.

We were also very very good at knowing when to create chances and more importantly, the right process to make those chances, and when to just “hold” the ball.

The coaching on display was immaculate imo and the best Pep has drilled them in his time here.

No **** is living with us.

Go and take it lads.
 
Gabriel said:
Liew in the Guardian: “Instead, it is clubs such as City who are today’s establishment: imperious, institutionally secure, financially omnipotent. There is a treble there for the taking and it would be weirdly poetic if they did so by conquering Arsenal and Manchester United at home, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid and Milan in Europe: a roll-call of Europe’s legacy clubs, all bowing to the coming force.”
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What have I just read?

The Guardian allowing something positive to be said about City?

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GaudinoMotors said:
Just flying back - great night.
Madrid police and authorities could learn a lot from Munich about how to treat guests in their City with respect. Hats off - civilised and friendly.
Just met Haaland Senior at the airport too.
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Munich works in a way Manchester should, but sadly doesn't.
 
SebastianBlue said:
The difference between the “flip” is yours would have them still losing by 2 goals and mine would have them a man down with another half of football to be played still losing 3-0. And, as far as actually certain goal scoring opportunities, they only didn’t lose at home because of a penalty miss and a very dubious handball (I consider the Upamecano handball to be nailed as he absolutely meant to stick out his arm).

I think you saw a chasing, and I saw what both Bernardo and Kev spoke about in their post-match interviews: intentional tactics that we as fans are somewhat unaccustomed to but which are the necessary next step to hopefully secure our first CL.

Pep always has concerns and makes tweaks, as he did for the second half, but the team was playing exactly as he wanted them to. Bayern are the second best team in Europe and were always going to have chances. And we always had an answer.

For me, it was nowhere near a chasing. Bayern huffed and puffed and couldn’t blow our well-built house down. They got a “we’re sorry” penalty at the end to make it look far closer than it was.

In fact, it could have been a blow out if not for a marginal offside, a missed penalty, and a few squandered chances (they didn’t defend them well, we just wasted them with poor decision-making or passes in the moment).
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Prior to the red card incident, both Sane and Musiala should both put their chances away.

If they were intentional tactics, I dare say Pep wouldn't have felt the need to get Bernie and Jack to afford the wide areas more protection.

I considered neither to be penalties, but that is just my interpretation of the game and the race to the bottom of how the officials see things.

Seconds to Haaland's goal, Eddie pulls off a good save and Bayern have nobody in the six yard area following up.

Don't get me wrong, with three goals banked, we could afford a margin of error, and we had other gears to go to, but my view is Bayern over the two legs could just as easily be claiming the semi-final spot if they had a finisher.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
That's definitely the biggest concern from last night. Whilst I don't necessarily see a drop off from Ake to Laporte at centre back, it's going to be an issue against Saka. I can't see we have a solution beyond stopping Arsenal playing completely by controlling the game.
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I don't see how we line-up, unless he goes with Walker as one of the three centre-halves and shifts Bernie to left-wing back?

I'm sure it will be Laporte between now and the end of the season at left-back.
 
HarrytheBlue said:
Special mention for Eddie - hopefully the blue moaners will now shut up. His clean sheet stats are incredible. Class performance last last night.
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He could do some work on his timewasting technique though, that’s the second time he’s been booked in the first half. Sloppy as fuck ;-)

In all seriousness though would love to know how many keepers have been booked in the first half of any match / comp. Special rules for us once again…
 
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