Leverkusen (H) | CL | Post Match Thread

[mattcity5]

Keeping an eye on this...

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Porto 2021 says hi.

Christ how could I forget that.

Mind you, I still find it baffling that after winning his iconic duel with Vinicius Junior at the Etihad, he should then not start Walker in the 2023 Final

 

[bluemc]

Wonder what James French the set piece coach gets paid? Came from the dippers and clearly hasn't got a clue about corners because they're shocking. Foden just floats them in ffs. Recruitment overall has been poor last few seasons and I wonder who's to blame......Pep, Txiki, Vianna? All no doubt. Savinho, Rjeinders, Phillips, Nunes not good enough, add Bobb and Lewis. Jury out on Khusanov, Gonzalez, Marmoush, Cherki. £30M spent on Reis......will we see him again. Foden can't play the number 10 role. Movement in the team is shocking with no one capable of playing balls through the lines although chicken and egg situation I guess. They've even ballsed the goalkeeping position up.......what's Ortega up to these days? Oh and there's some bloke called Ait Nouri who won a lottery ticket to play for City. We'll still be better than most but miles away from three or four seasons ago. And Pep doesn't help totally disrespecting Leverkusen last night.

We've got a set piece coach? I assumed a set piece coach was in the same "don't need one of those" category as having a PR Department.

Our corners are woeful and more often than not result in the opposition launching a counter attack.

 

[bluemc]

Who gave their goalie man of the match?

UEFA

 

[St.Pauli support]

UEFA

Tbf he was excellent. And we were poor.

 

[Gray]

Utter shite.

 

[levets]

He needs game time, too good to be stuck on the bench but that's what happens when you have Haaland in your team. Another who might leave next summer if he doesn't start more often

At home, maybe try them together, with just Doku out wide.

 

[city5189]

We can have 80% possession without looking like scoring,and yet the opposition looks threatening every time they pass the centre circle.
It's baffling,the midfield was non existence last night yet again.

 

[Ajm1985]

Keeping an eye on this...

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It was so bad. City Tactics highlighted it on BlueSky

 

[pride in battle]

Ref done fine. Our players were falling about holding their ankles under the slightest pressure rather than manning up and battling to win the game at hand. Ait Nouri, Bobb, Savinho, Lewis, Marmoush and Reijnders all guilty of it. Soft as shite.

Why were there only 2 MINUTES of extra time in the ENTIRE GAME ?
We probably wouldn't have scored if we played all night but still ?

 

[mancityscot]

Where does last night rank in terms of recent dire City performances? Admittedly its the match most fresh in the memory, but cant recall a match where we were so completely schooled by lesser opposition and didnt look like scoring in a month of sundays. It was just a bleak occasion all round, line up, performance, atmosphere. One to forget.

 

[B\connellblue]

Why were there only 2 MINUTES of extra time in the ENTIRE GAME ?
We probably wouldn't have scored if we played all night but still ?

Par for the course in the champions league.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Marmoush is crap

Bollocks, he’s a decent player who needs time, the only one who will bloody shoot when he has space.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

Why were there only 2 MINUTES of extra time in the ENTIRE GAME ?
We probably wouldn't have scored if we played all night but still ?

To be fair I don't think the ref blew for a foul all night, and nearly all the subs happened at half time. Basically two goals = 2 minutes.

 

[madloaf]

Bollocks, he’s a decent player who needs time, the only one who will bloody shoot when he has space.

And when he doesn't have space.

 

[elbearos]

In training i bet Trafford walks across and saves the second one

 

[mexico1970]

Bollocks, he’s a decent player who needs time, the only one who will bloody shoot when he has space.

Got to be honest mate, it seems a lot of our players need way too much time. Who could possibly have thought that when players earn as much as they do now at top clubs they lose the eagerness.

This can be said at all the top clubs really, I don't know how I would react being on hat amount of money as a young lad but IMHO this is the biggest problem in football.

Tribalism dies

The fight dies with it

 

[johnny crossan]

Oh how wise you are young one.

Think I can raise you a couple of decades at least ;-)

 

[GaudinoMotors]

 

[pride in battle]

To be fair I don't think the ref blew for a foul all night, and nearly all the subs happened at half time. Basically two goals = 2 minutes.

A few players went down injured