Silva and Nasri?
he should have played Fernandinho. Dropped Yaya and used him at home to Stoke. Tonight was always going to be frenetic.
Not to cause an arguement. But had Pellegrini played Fernandinho again, expected him to do all the midfield work again and he got an injury and missed both Real games, would you have slated him? Arguably Stoke at home will be harder.
Whilst Delph was a shambles at left wing, the players own individual performances and professionalism were frankly abysmal.
Six months ago we could and would and probably should have put that down to the manager. Now though with 6 max 7 games to go, these players should be busting a gut to earn their spot in the semi final.
Whilst we can all point fingers at the manager and what we'd do differently. I'd have personally played Delph and Fernando and Ihneacho and De Bruyne interchanging between left and central.
However one things for sure, we should all expect a much better performance from our players. Newcastle had players out of position, injuries but they despite an obvious lack of quality were battling for their Premiership lives.
Did it look like City players were battling for their spot in a Champions league semi final? To secure top 4? Not to me.
Pellegrini is not perfect, hence him being sacked, but yet again many fans are blaming him for the actions of the players.
One fan even mentions full squad and reverting to type. Once again asides from a left footed midfielder being asked to play a little wider and more advanced every single player was in their preferred position. The players let us down last night.