Match Thread | Real Madrid vs. Manchester City (11/03/26)

[AlexGrimaldo]

Embarassing

 

[decmancity]

Everyone needs to calm down a bit, writing us out of the competition already.

We've created loads of chances, there's an hour left. Just calm it down, reset, go again and we can still win this.

Created a load of chances FC, except we have people like Doku and Savinho on the pitch in the areas to try and finish them. Brilliant.

 

[stan bowles]

Sorry but we're being schooled here. 3 players Haaland, Semenyo and Savinho are contributing nothing.

 

[Greenandblue]

Not one poster on here would have picked that team selection. We're not managers....but we watch a lot of football

 

[Kinkys Left Foot]

What the fuck is O'Reilly doing, both goals his mistakes and failing to mark properly. Valverde is running rings around him. Concede again and were out.

 

[Blu1]

Crazy from pep this.

 

[BlueMerlin]

Bloody commentators having a love fest over Real Madrid.

 

[SamTheGuru]

Safe to say this formation isn’t working.

We are rotating and swivelling between a back 3, 4 and 5. O'Reilly appears to have a free left back role which is bizarre.

 

[Bluemoonadam]

Weak.

Your right there we certainly do look weak.

 

[madloaf]

Oh yeah, this isn't over. Every chance we get back into it, but why tie one hand behind your back before starting?

 

[Gorbachev]

Best right back in the PL been left on the bench and the man responsible for solidifying the midfield since Christmas in O'Reilly has been put out at left back when Ait Nouri has been dynamite there in recent weeks.

 

[hertsblue]

All on Pep again. Over thinking it and putting a awful 11 out that he hasnt before.
No proper lb or rb, weak and slow in midfield with only Rodri up to this level and far to many attacking players who are just not delivering.
We were never going to win it anyhow with our squad and a striker who cannot buy a goal in 2026

 

[Zenmanc]

Nico should be in midfield not left back

Naive move for Pep to assume he could just slot back in vs Real fucking Madrid after not playing that role for months

 

[pbueno16]

I just don’t understand why we’ve not continued with the Rodri-O’Reilly -Bernardo midfield. Ait Nouri’s fit so what are we saving him for?

 

[Blue and true]

O Reilly being cruelly exposed as a left back unfortunately. His positioning has been awful, almost Trent like.

He isn't a left back. He's a brilliant midfielder and that's where he should be fucking playing tonight, proper piss take.

 

[xgorton]

TNT Love in for Madrid.

 

[MCFC1993]

The 2 in midfield isn't working.

 

[waspish]

Our team is passive let’s take our time let’s control the game but other top teams play with such intent!

 

[gh_mcfc]

Saviniho - the prosecutor rests your honour

 

[Mancity1980]

Classic Pep CL gamble

Yeah. He does some strange things in this competition. The final against Chelsea is a case in point. I’m sure we would have more than one CL if he just stuck to what we do best, I don’t see other managers changing things like Pep does.