Match Thread | Burnley vs. Manchester City (22/04/26)

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Playing with fire here. 1 is not enough.

The defending is atrocious and Burnley should be level at least.

Improvement needed. Nico needs on in midfield. We have zero control.

It’s more the confidence in the fbs pushing on; they doubt the cover and nouri occupies the space doku normally thrives in, the goal highlights it…..

Making this harder than it needs to be

 

[dubblue]

What people need to understand is that it’s only in our hands if we win by 3 goals here at a minimum. We have the more difficult fixtures and Arsenal have this shower at home. A narrow win will actually encourage Arsenal, they’ll sense an opportunity to take control and put it in THEIR hands due to the fixture list.

Yep I think we need to run this 4-0 to give us a cushion as Arsenal will batter Burnley in a few weeks.

 

[daztrueblue91]

Reminds me a little bit of the Spurs away game where the home atmosphere was subdued. We need to be careful that history doesn’t repeat itself.

 

[Dax777]

We've been poor. But Burnley is a poor team so we've been lucky.

 

[dctid]

Lazy and pedestrian- need a proper half time chat from Pep because there is something here for the dingles otherwise

 

[CΛL]

Against Burnley, Manchester City had the game in their hands and simply didn’t kill it. At this stage of the season, that’s not just careless — it’s dangerous.

Alright droid

 

[Blu1]

Oreilly positions have been poor he’s not happy playing this role

 

[Gabriel]

Guehi been poor

They targeted him twice in the opening five minutes- straight through him, and that was clearly a deliberate ploy to unsettle him.
They clearly sense a weakness in that pocket between Guehi and Ait—Nouri, with O’Reilly caught too far infield to support. Most of their danger has come from balls curled round from that area.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Micah Richards is a fucking moron.

 

[Beanhead]

Is Micah simple?

There is a case for it.

 

[bg1968]

again with goal diff being a factor a 1-0 is not so far from dropped points when you consider what's left for both teams. we'd basically have to rely on arsenal to drop points again. i am not confident they are not outscoring us.

Do you mean the Goons outscoring us ? The team that hasnt created a goal from open play for weeks.
Give over.

 

[Ghostofmerlin]

We probably should have had at least one more goal, but unlucky on some situations. Unfortunately, we really need to put the screws to them and get some goal differential built up. Arsenal has an easier schedule to finish so need to take all we can.

 

[Blue Til Death]

Nice early goal second half and we will go on to thrash these family fuckers..!!

 

[paulchapo]

We need a Pep style Chelsea rollicking and a similar second half showing.

 

[Partington_blue]

What the hell is going on here. Messing about. Giving the ball away. Giving chances away. No control. Need the 2nd goal ASAP as we all know what will happen. A daft foul, penalty, ward prowse free klick, stupid corner.

Get it sorted city

 

[Dax777]

Do think we could easily be 3 up here and we’d have nothing to worry about, created a lot of chances and don’t think the lineup was a mistake.

1-0 at HT though means we should get Nico Gonzales on, I don’t think we’d create any less against these lot with that change. Would be a mistake to not make that change at HT imo.

Or 3 -2 up as weve given up a few unusual chances too

 

[Ajm1985]

Rewatching their chances and I do think Khus's positioning was god awful for a lot of it. His recovery pace got him back to make blocks/the shots harder but the opportunity shouldn't be there. Still, love him

 

[Enzo's Mascara]

Need to get the job done and stop fkin about. Nunes is already on the beach.

 

[jimharri]

Absolute fucking shite

Were you around in the 90s? If you think that this is "absolute fucking shite", Christ knows what you'd have made of that era.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Arsenal haven’t been showering anything at home for months now. Forgotten how to create from open play.

Could easily have scored 4 away at the Etihad on Sunday though. Theyve got the ability to smash their remaining opponents and we have to play like that's a given.