14 | Nico Gonzalez - 2025/26

[super_city_si]

Only player to come out of that with any credibility. Had a decent enough game with the deck stacked against him in a 1 man midfield battle.

Only player Who made one touch passes. Everyone else needed way too many. He’s really finding his feet.

 

[sh249]

Made a decent fist of an impossible task.
Looked absolutely gassed though second half.

 

[Gabriel]

Fine in possession but he needs the recovery pace behind him as the gap between defence and midfield was too great. That he stayed on for the entirety shows how desperately short we are in that area.

 

[surprisedbygrass]

I'm in SS3 so hard to judge the disconnect between midfield and defence but it felt like he had far too much space to cover with Lewis and Reijnders missing in action . It was an open invitation to Leverkusen every time . He's a good player but not a miracle worker . And , I agree , we don't have a plan B as Rodri remains a fragile possibility ....

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Him and John Stones the best of the night for us, he really does need some help in midfield

 

[Tranquilizer]

He has absolutely ZERO help in midfield. Lewis and Reijnders offered nothing. City needs to sign different midfield profiles because Nico is struggling alone. He needs top athlete alongside him.

 

[dadnlad]

He looked fucked. Not sure the pressing system with Bobb next to him was a good idea. Shame we can't rest him

he just had 2 weeks holiday

 

[Ajm1985]

he just had 2 weeks holiday

He had 2 days between Newcastle & Leverkusen, but, regardless, he still looked fucked. As would be expected when he was a 1 man midfield

 

[cleavers]

Nico was hung out to dry in that first half by Pep last night. It was obvious after about 10 minutes that he was having to do the whole midfield, and Pep is up and down on the bench waving his arms about.

Message to Pep, if it's not fucking working, do something about it, everyone could see that Bobb, Reijnders, and Lewis were out of their depth after 10 minutes, and that was with Leverkusen doing nothing of note themselves.

 

[dadnlad]

He had 2 days between Newcastle & Leverkusen, but, regardless, he still looked fucked. As would be expected when he was a 1 man midfield

must of been run ragged playing for spain oh hang on hard work on beach

 

[Ajm1985]

must of been run ragged playing for spain oh hang on hard work on beach

Right, not sure what you are not getting but you clearly want to persist with stating he didn't play in the international break. Great stuff. Good insight.

 

[thomas1307]

looks to be the best player in this midfield atm

 

[Alexia_Ko]

he must have January 1st marked on his calendar. He needs help in our midfield urgently

 

[pbueno16]

Shades of how much we relied on Rodri to hold our midfield together. I pray for his fitness because we're fucked without him.

Should've gone for another 6 or 8 over the summer instead of relying on 2 who were just recovering from surgery.

 

[AlthamBlue]

Doing the job of at least two players at the minute and still looks mint.

 

[madloaf]

Doing the job of at least two players at the minute and still looks mint.

Agreed, i think he's playing really well.

 

[mcfcallo]

We’d be in the same pit we were last winter without him at the moment.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Feel sorry for the lad doing the work of two players.

 

[Dialog]

I genuinely can’t express how grateful I am for Nico. It’s painfully obvious that without him, we’d be in a world of trouble right now. He’s one of the pillars of this team, carrying an unbelievable workload, and yet he’s not going to get the rest he desperately needs. We’re repeating the same mistake we made with Rodders — running a key player into the ground because we refuse to reinforce properly.

The next transfer window cannot be a cosmetic fix. We urgently need real physical profiles, players who bring strength, intensity, and presence, the exact qualities our soft underbelly has been crying out for. Until we address that, we’re going to keep leaning on Nico far more than is sustainable.

 

[skillman]

On his own in there today.