Wolves (A) | PL | Post-Match Thread

Dannyblue52 said:
Why subjective? You cannot be offside from a corner. Once Stones touched it you can be but Bernardo wasn't interfering with play and not obstructing the keeper.
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Berardo was offside when Stones headed the ball. He was firstly thought to have been interfering with play, but when reviewed, the referee (and VAR) decided that he wasn’t interfering.

That’s the subjective element.
 
johnny crossan said:
Bernie touched the keeper before Stones headed the ball and therefore interfered with him.
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chris85mcfc said:
Wasn't offside when the ball was played forward so not really sure what the fuss is about

If he'd stayed in front of him as he headed it then I'd understand, but he's 2 or 3 yards to his side as the balls headed

Aside from that, thought we were awful to watch, with the wrong people on the ball far too often

How Gundogan played 90 minutes is lost on me, he is currently the problem in an attacking sense, as he's offering absolutely nothing and just gets in the way

Gvardiol excellent as wete Dias and Stones

Lewis was 'OK' but at fault for the goal, and the rest of the side were average aside from Doku and Savinho who had good first halves but switching them completely killed their flow
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I thought Doku was terrible and starting to worry about him in general - he looks to have regressed
 
mancboy said:
Probably an unpopular opinon but erling can be a right lazy bastard at times
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He has specific attributes that we must play to, and that the opposing team must not prepare well enough for.
It is difficult for Erl when he is in a packed low low blocking defence constantly.
 
Dribble said:
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FUCKIN PHEW!!!

Johnny Big Bollocks does it again!​

Matches are always an unknown quantity after the International break, but City started brightly enough & looked up for the game. After dominating the opening exchanges, we again got caught cold by a sucker punch.

There was a gaping hole between Doku & Gvardiol & it's becoming a feature for teams to try & exploit it with balls into space on our left, hitting us with a pacey breaks. And so it proved with the ball in from our left for the Wolves opener. It was an absolute peach, with any touch by our retreating defenders putting them in danger of deflecting a goal in.

The tap in finish sent the Wolves fans wild, & the game settled down into attack vs defence with Wolves periodically trying to replicate the move that led to the opener. They nearly went 2 up when they hit us on the break again, but Gvardiol did enough to put the attacker off with a smothering save from Ederson.

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We toiled away, but Wolves had every player behind the ball. Games this season are reminiscent of the Pellegrini days where we'd dominate, but looked shaky to rapid counters out wide. Teams must sense this opportunity, & it's something we've got to find a solution to.

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Wolves were beginning to wobble, but their stiff resistance was foiled when Gvardiol got the ball outside the box on the left, switched it to his right, & rifled a beauty into the top right corner for a deserved equaliser! 1-1 at the break.

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The Wolves keeper was keeping them in the game with a string of brilliant saves, & their CB's battled all game with Erling & kept him quiet. It was a decent team performance by City, with no one standing out supreme. Wolves continued to frustrate City, reducing us to long-range efforts to pull ahead.

Wolves were dead on their feet as the match entered the final 20 minutes, but City had no answer to their frustrating low block & their occasional attempted break aways caused a few moments of panic. As a final throw of the dice, Baldy withdrew Kovacic & Brough on Nunes to the expected huge boos from the home crowd.

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The game was petering out into a draw as 5 minutes extra time was announced. City were desperately trying to find a winner. We had three corners in quick succession, with Wolves players flinging their bodies in the way with manic last ditched blocks.

HOWEVER, cometh the final minute, up steps Johnny Big Bollocks to smash in a header for a controversial last gasp winner! Bernardo was blocking their keeper, but timed his run away to perfection, so by the time Stones met the header, the keeper had a clear sight of the ball which flashed past him.

Wolves were up in arms! I'd have been pissed if it'd happened to us, BUT you can clearly see the keeper had 2-3 seconds unimpeded to set himself, but he couldn't stop the winner.

It's tough away games like this that make Champions. My MoTM is Stones. I thought he had an indifferent start to the match, but once he settled down he was a rock who came up with the vital winning goal!

Roll on Sparta Prague!!
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Top work
 
Unbelieveable he outcry about the Bernardo offside. Its like children or something, my god they hurt. Even Henry Winter was crying. Lets get this straight, without the anti City feeling that runs through our media everyone knows that is a goal and should be given. Its not even a conversation.


Stones actually had a bit of a poor game for me, Gaurdiol was brilliant, Bernardo good, Kovacic, Lewis, gundog.. things just didnt come off for them. Doku and Savinho needed taking off, no quality when it was needed.

I thought we outplayed Wolves, we had no luck with our chances and that played into their confidence and our losing impetus as the 2nd half went on. Any other day I think we would have won that handsomely. But what a statement win. We deserved it.
 
burning blue soul said:
He has specific attributes that we must play to, and that the opposing team must not prepare well enough for.
It is difficult for Erl when he is in a packed low low blocking defence constantly.
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I agree but with his height and power i would like to see him attacking the ball alot more
 
manimanc said:
I couldn't give a fuck if we played shit, really shit or absolutely shit.
The table says we're top, the records show we got 3pts.
Don't pundits and comms usually say if the red cartel teams win in the last minute it's the sign of champions?

Not today. We was straight to jail, do not pass go or collect 200 quid. The state of the football media is a joke. And big meeks is just a sky sports media whore, stop reading the script and tell us what you really feel.

Super fuckin city.
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I honestly don’t think he is reading a script. And tells us what he really feels. He is no blue be sure of that
 
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