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If Stones is available, having played well alongside Khusanov against Newcastle, and yet he still chose Aké, it's incomprehensible. Aké is only average in the air, unlike Stones who is good in that area, especially against Arsenal and their set pieces.

1/2 Arsenal - Barça Bayern - PSG Final Bayern Munich vs. Arsenal Bayern Munich are the European champions, so logically they are the best team in the world.

Sooner or later, he was going to get a red card, and I wouldn't be surprised if he gets sent off again before the end of the season; he's already come close to being sent off several times, notably against Newcastle where he deliberately went into Burn when he already had a yellow card and the...

He's the only one besides Doku who can do that for us: dribble, unbalance, eliminate defenders, whether it's with Doku's dribbling on the left or with Cherki's dribbling and passing on the right and through the middle. He has such personality and courage on the ball; you never see him hide...

What I mean is that most successful teams have at least one complete winger, someone who can unbalance a defense and be clinical in front of goal. Kvara had already showcased his qualities at Napoli (dribbling and finishing) when they won the Scudetto alongside Osimhen and Olisse at Crystal...

One of his biggest flaws is that he's technically gifted, very skillful with the ball, capable of beating one, then two players, but always with one too many dribbles that lead to losing possession. This is the point he absolutely must eliminate: his over-enthusiasm when dribbling.

Kvartskhellia, Luis Diaz, and Olisee, to name just these three recruited by Bayern Munich and PSG in the last 18 months, are capable of dribbling, beating defenders, creating chances, and scoring. They've taken the attacks of both PSG and Bayern to another level. During the same period, we...

Going from Aguero, Mahrez, and G. Jesus to Haaland, Semenyo, and Marmoush is, technically, a dizzying drop. In the summer, a choice will have to be made between him and Marmoush; I think the latter is the most likely to leave, given that he still commands a good market value. We absolutely...

I criticize it because there's disappointment, but if we analyze things deeply, no defender can thrive if our defense remains so exposed. We're constantly defending in a panic because we're defending by retreating, because there's no protection.

He seems to be getting slower and slower; he tries to mask it by retrieving the ball from the net or gesturing with his hands, and I don't know what he's whispering in his teammates' ears during corners... Luckily he didn't score. That sequence with little Brahim Diaz making him fall on his...

However, it worked rather well against Newcastle St James Park in the Carabao Cup, even though they were helped by Nico Gonzalez, I found us solid defensively.

When he sees Bayern Munich thrash this weak Real Madrid team, he'll understand what modern football is all about, and what it means to play with two hard-working, defensive midfielders (Pavlovic and Kimmich). He's completely out of his depth with his midfield of Rodri and his darling Bernardo...

Guehi's defense is pathetic, yet he came on as a fresh substitute.

I hope he brings on Nico Gonzalez for Reijnders and Marmoush for Haaland, plays a 4-2-3 formation, and makes other changes in the 60th minute. We'll have to run if we don't want to get thrashed at home.

It was a completely stupid move. I didn't want him to play; I felt that these kinds of matches weren't for him anymore. What a shame...

I hope the same scenario will happen to us.

Because Bernardo doesn't have Nico Gonzalez's defensive instincts, who wins aerial and ground duels; because several matches have shown us that the Rodri-Bernardo midfield combination doesn't work when possession is lost; because we need to block Real Madrid's quick transitions, and Rodri at 70%...

We need to break this negative spiral, so a win and a convincing performance, even if it doesn't lead to qualification, will be very welcome to regain confidence for Sunday's final and the rest of City's season. I would have preferred Stones instead of Dias and Nico Gonzalez instead of...