Goal had nothing to do with pace. O'Reilly was simply caught napping. Had he put on a sprint at any point during his 40 yard jog back he'd have been in a position to intercept or block or at the very least make the cross harder to make. akanji wasn't done by a lack of pace either he was there it was just a great ball as he had all the time in the world to make it and a well timed run and finish.A few posters on here thinks Guardiola will play Khusanov tomorrow, when he probably should have played him on Saturday when we needed pace against the very quick Palace team. Their goal came from Munoz going like the clappers down the wing, with O’Reilly caught out of position. With Khusanov at right back he might have intercepted the ball when it came across because he would have caught up with play quicker than Akanji. My thoughts, anyhow.
Stop talking sense ;)Goal had nothing to do with pace. O'Reilly was simply caught napping. Had he put on a sprint at any point during his 40 yard jog back he'd have been in a position to intercept or block or at the very least make the cross harder to make. akanji wasn't done by a lack of pace either he was there it was just a great ball as he had all the time in the world to make it and a well timed run and finish.
I agree on O'Reilly sleeping on Munoz's run, but Akanji could've been much more aggressive in stepping to the ball before Eze. Going to ground would've been overkill and could've resulted in a penalty, but at least go shoulder to shoulder with Eze and do what you can to keep him from getting onto the end of it.Goal had nothing to do with pace. O'Reilly was simply caught napping. Had he put on a sprint at any point during his 40 yard jog back he'd have been in a position to intercept or block or at the very least make the cross harder to make. akanji wasn't done by a lack of pace either he was there it was just a great ball as he had all the time in the world to make it and a well timed run and finish.
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What and Gundo, Bernardo and Kev do?Stop talking sense ;)
.....as for tomorrow, as long as Savinho, Doku, McAtee don't start, hopefully we'll be OK.
I agree on O'Reilly sleeping on Munoz's run, but Akanji could've been much more aggressive in stepping to the ball before Eze. Going to ground would've been overkill and could've resulted in a penalty, but at least go shoulder to shoulder with Eze and do what you can to keep him from getting onto the end of it.
I actually don't think Akanji was that bad either, but him and Haaland have been forced into the lineup for no damn good reason. We did create some good chances, but the finishing just wasn't there.Agree with that. Akanji's challenge looked weak to me. Otherwise, I thought he had a good game. Palace's goal — 16th minute, let's not forget — was their only real chance. I thought overall the defence did their job, including O'Reilly. The big problem was a lack of real creativity in midfield, with everybody deferring to Kev, and Kev having something of a stinker of a game (didn't stop them continuing to defer to him right to the end, though).
Can I say something that is probably total heresy? Now I have loved that Belgian — the best midfielder I've seen in sky blue along with King Col and Merlin — but his going is in fact something of a relief to me. The team has got to be rethought. It was time. That's Pep's job and he's got two years to do it.
I think it was more important to play with a DM, palace's only out ball was the long ball for Mateta, a DM would have read the long ball and put a front screen on him, he wouldn't have had a kick if Rodri was fit.A few posters on here thinks Guardiola will play Khusanov tomorrow, when he probably should have played him on Saturday when we needed pace against the very quick Palace team. Their goal came from Munoz going like the clappers down the wing, with O’Reilly caught out of position. With Khusanov at right back he might have intercepted the ball when it came across because he would have caught up with play quicker than Akanji. My thoughts, anyhow.
I thought the goal was more O’Reilly than Akanji. He should have thrown himself at that cross. He isn’t a left back.Goal had nothing to do with pace. O'Reilly was simply caught napping. Had he put on a sprint at any point during his 40 yard jog back he'd have been in a position to intercept or block or at the very least make the cross harder to make. akanji wasn't done by a lack of pace either he was there it was just a great ball as he had all the time in the world to make it and a well timed run and finish.
whilst i agree ortega may not be expected to save that shot, our keepers never save ANY of those types of shots.Look it’s simple. We win both our games, and we get a surprising third spot. I was at the game yesterday, and we were nothing like as dire as some on here are saying. (The usual post-apocalyptic posts: Pep is dead; the team is dead; God is dead). The entire ninety minutes turned on absolutely marginal decisions. I don’t remember Ortega having one serious save to make (should he have stopped the goal? No. should the defence have stopped it? Yes. We were dead level with It.)
If I’m Pep I pick exactly the same team, possibly substituting Nico for Kev. And I say, “Now go and make that wrong right.”
Got to be 10+ years since we failed to finish in the top 4. Probably 15/16 yrs?Yeh, a loss would really cement the worst season in recent times
2010.Got to be 10+ years since we failed to finish in the top 4. Probably 15/16 yrs?
2009/2010 we finished 5thGot to be 10+ years since we failed to finish in the top 4. Probably 15/16 yrs?
Win or lose it'll be 10 o'clock at night and a lot of folk with work, school etc. the next day just won't stay. They should do the honours fur KDB before the game, he deserves a full house.Can already picture KDB doing a speech to a near empty stadium cause everyone fucked off home because we’ve lost.