Nico fouled a Monaco player to give them a free kick before the penalty incident. The player was not going to get through our back line so I think Nico has to learn to let the player past him if he's been beaten and there's little chance of danger. He's a bit too rash at times.I don't think for a second that Gonzales had any control over what he did there, he just swung his foot high and hoped for the best, I don't even think he saw Dier ..... when any high cross is slung in the ball is there to be won, but you have to win it right, in a controlled fashion, and get the ball clear ..... Gonzales knew before he raised his boot that any misjudged contact with an opponent was almost certain to cost us, and I don't think there were many City fans or players who, after watching that incident, didn't fear the worst.
Couldn't agree more. He will be some player when he adjusts and settles. That's why Pep is happy with many players tonight.I thought reijnders had a very slow/anonymous first 25 then came into it big time. Still settling and not quite getting the rub of the green at the moment. Flashes of what's to come from him and foden - silk (and mobility)
Do I fuck tosserOnce the VAR calls the ref over for a pen decision, it is virtually always given. Do you watch many games?
Well we didn't defend and to be honest I thought we should have shut up shop at 86-87 mins. Might have got the win.Having more possession than the other team is great if they are seriously trying to win it back all the time, because you're wearing them down. Under those circumstances, it's fair to say that you are genuinely controlling the game.
Nevertheless, so many on here seem oblivious to the fact that most sides are no longer trying to win the ball back from us, but are quite content to see us move it back and forth. They aren't expending much energy, but instead are prepared to wait for the likely chances that our soft underbelly will offer up.
This is not necessarily controlling the game.
Another way to interpret tonight's stats is this - that with around only 25 minutes or so of possession, they scored twice. (Istr Al-Hilal scoring their 4 with 32 minutes or so of the ball)
Possession isn't everything. It's what you do with it. Simply having the ball, these days is as meaningless as the number of passes, or the number of touches a certain player makes.
Did we learn nothing from last season's lack of intensity, or lost leads, during the group stage?
Know your history, Pingu, and you won’t sound quite so silly.Soccer?!?
So, pretty much every overhead kick then…In soccer, a raised foot near the head is a foul called "playing in a dangerous manner" or, more colloquially, a "high boot". A referee can call this foul even if no contact is made, as the action itself is a threat to a player's safety.
For those confused by the rules
are you including yourself in that statement ?Reading the first four pages of this thread just confirms that the majority of football fans haven’t the faintest fucking clue.
It was a tongue in cheek post but given your comment it’s probably worth saying that the term association football appeared in the earliest rules for the sport written in the 1860s. 20 years or so later some Oxford uni boys abbreviated association to soccer and so coined that term. So, yeah, football not soccer you silly billy!Know your history, Pingu, and you won’t sound quite so silly.
To be fair most overhead kicks do endanger the player that takes them. If they don’t get hurt, they look idiotic whiffing or putting the ball out of the stadium!So, pretty much every overhead kick then…
Slo mo shows exactly that but VAR still thought it was a pen, bafflingHe got the fucking ball before the man. Dier headbutted his boot because he was late to the ball.
Never a penalty
BolloxIts just very poor defending from Nico and that cost us the game.
Especially galling when KDB and Gundo are still tearing it up in the CL, he needs benched and used sparingly this seasonNot withstanding how ineffective he was how the hell does Pep justify keeping Silva on the pitch in that second half I get saving Rodri and Stones but surely he isn’t letting Silva play out this game just because it’s Monaco
Oldest player on the pitch clearly past his best hopefully calling it a day soon and Pep doesn’t contemplate subbing him
I don't know your age, but if you're English, your grandad wouldn't have been clutching at pearls hearing it called "soccer." As late as the latter part of the 1970s it still wasn't unusual to hear it. You may even remember, or perhaps not, "Soccer Saturday" in the 1990's.Soccer?!?
Ball was there to be won , what was he supposed to do ? He got the ball and didn’t touch that **** . clear as fuck on var screen but yeah cash app ref had to do his job worthyStupid decision for Nico to throw his leg that high in the box.
There's always a chance we are gonna concede a penalty there.