Match Thread | Man City vs Real Madrid (17/05/23)

[bluealf]

Give Bernie a new contract at half time

He's got to want to sign it.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

I wish this was the bloody final!

Just enjoy this one for now. The final is going to be extremely boring. The Italians would be going back to the good old days of Catenaccio.

Total defence!

 

[Metal Biker]

Why do you want to leave Bernie? I hope it's just because you want a new challenge.

 

[vmsuhail]

1 more goal and Madrid will fold, and perhaps think of keeping the score down.

 

[Ken92]

first 15 minutes in the second half are really important.Got to keep atleast that 2 goal lead.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

We've been strolling through their midfield.
Even though they've had 9 gu7s behind the ball at times ther have been huge spaces and they simply weren't able to stop us turning them and moving into acres of space.

 

[Bettys Bell]

Even duck face is being complementary

 

[Nour]

Txiki needs to go to the dressing room and make Bernardo sign that paper

 

[Barcon]

Keep the pressure on and they won’t be able to live with us.

 

[Chi-town blues]

the way he scored with that header says a lot

 

[PragueBlue]

Wonderful first half performance. Total domination and really we deserve to be more than 2 up. Maybe the best half of football I have seen us play considering the opposition.

Just have to keep this up 2nd half, while keeping our concentration against counters, and it should be a relatively comfortable win.

 

[super_city_si]

Such a good header from bernardo. The ball had top spin, hard to control that

 

[SebastianBlue]

Would have loved to get a third to settle things down a bit, but that was—against the best team in CL history—as close to a perfect second half of CL football as we could have hoped for.

I will say that I don’t think they’ll be that timid and disjointed in the second half, so we’ll need to keep up our intensity and not let them get a foothold. I am sure Pep will be telling the players the same at the half.

As for those of us calling for Mahrez to play instead of Bernie… what the fuck do we know?

Bernie has Cavaminga in slippers on ice. One of the Pequeno Dançarino’s best 45 minutes in a City shirt.

Kev looks absolutely up for it, apart from a few misplaced passes John is running through them like he’s got Moses ahead of him, and Rodri is dominating their midfield.

Really the only things we could improve on in the second half is Haaland putting one in and being a bit more precise with our throughballs.

But I can’t really fault Erling for either chance he had not hitting the back of the net. That was Courtois being lucky and world class at the same time.

We made Real Madrid look like a pub team after a piss up in that half.

Absolutely amazing times to be a blue!

 

[bert38]

No let up.

 

[Centurions]

Bloody hell, we must be good. Even Melissa Reddy is gobsmacked with what we're doing.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Next goal is crucial lads.
Don’t take the foot off their neck.

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

Only half-way there fellow blues, I can see us scoring again though. Down their wings is where we are getting so much joy, Carminvinga is getting rinsed by our moves

 

[Blue Til Death]

Another goal and rest players for the big game on Sunday ;)

No chance that will or should happen, that would ruin the team rhythm and would let them back in it… One more then manage the game and hit em again .. and again and again

 

[fuskarn]

need another goal, cant let up even 1%.

 

[Paul1970]

I’m delighted you are playing brilliantly, on the other hand, I’m descending into a pit of bile and hate that I can’t get any fucking link to work.

Swings and roundabouts.

American channels are normally good .