Just getting more attacking bodies into specific areas to outnumber the defenders.
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There's the greatest sense of natural justice wrapped up in that goal. Doubly enjoyable after all the time, of which Pawson was complicit, was wasted over 90mins.
ninjamonkey
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Get in there!! Huge win that. Said before I'd take a draw and was willing to settle for it during the match as it still left us in the driving seat. The just couldn't lose it so to get the victory is fantastic and in that manner was brilliant, genuinely one of the best moments of the entire season celebrating that. Have a strong dislike for Villa, they reak of budget dippers so to do that to them as sweet.
Felt like we very brilliant for yhe first 30 minutes. A city of previous tears kind of display. The intensity was there for once, villa started to play around us too easily after that though and the tempo dropped back down which was disappointing to see. We dominated the game though and controlled their big threats extremely well. If we had drew I'd have still said we played well. The experienced lads were all superb and on it and I'm absolutely buzzing for 2 of the most maligned players in the squad in Doku and Nunes to combine for the winner and show their worth to the blind.
Great win, great performance (for once) need to follow that up now. Easiest remaining fixtures on paper, so no excuses. Villa now 4 points off with 4 remaining, we'd have to be seriously shit to allow them to creep back into the mix, so realistically just Chelsea to be concerned with and they've got some incredibly tricky fixtures that they don't look like winning. Don't even have to worry about forest or newcastle after that even though I do think there's no reason we can't finish third.
Felt like we very brilliant for yhe first 30 minutes. A city of previous tears kind of display. The intensity was there for once, villa started to play around us too easily after that though and the tempo dropped back down which was disappointing to see. We dominated the game though and controlled their big threats extremely well. If we had drew I'd have still said we played well. The experienced lads were all superb and on it and I'm absolutely buzzing for 2 of the most maligned players in the squad in Doku and Nunes to combine for the winner and show their worth to the blind.
Great win, great performance (for once) need to follow that up now. Easiest remaining fixtures on paper, so no excuses. Villa now 4 points off with 4 remaining, we'd have to be seriously shit to allow them to creep back into the mix, so realistically just Chelsea to be concerned with and they've got some incredibly tricky fixtures that they don't look like winning. Don't even have to worry about forest or newcastle after that even though I do think there's no reason we can't finish third.
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Doku is usually forced to play the final ball with his weaker foot. This time he created enough space to use his right foot. Therefore more accurasy. It was a brilliant ball.
kippax123
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Always brilliant to win with a last minute goal and that's why we stay to the end. So good when we all just go crazy it makes football feel great again.
Just like the Everton game I feared the worst when I got in and saw the line up but after the near disastrous start I could sort of see the method in Pep’s madness.
Watching the two teams warm up there is a huge gulf in physicality and size between City and Villa and it would have been suicide to go toe to toe with them.
We played to contain and control them and you could say that the plan worked….we passed the ball so much better than we were doing a couple of months ago and packed the midfield….but just goes to show how vulnerable we can be after Nunes gave the ball away after a sustained period of possession and it lead to the attack for the penalty.
Still don’t get all of Pep’s decisions…Gundogan was running in treacle for most of the second half but was left on for the 95 minutes….why couldn’t he have moved McAtee into his more natural position instead of Gundogan at the end when Doku came on…still it all worked out.
On Sunday we should have a rested Foden , Nico, Doku, maybe even Grealish to go at Forest.
Let’s hope that win inspires some of the ‘stay at homes’ to change their mind for Sunday.
Watching the two teams warm up there is a huge gulf in physicality and size between City and Villa and it would have been suicide to go toe to toe with them.
We played to contain and control them and you could say that the plan worked….we passed the ball so much better than we were doing a couple of months ago and packed the midfield….but just goes to show how vulnerable we can be after Nunes gave the ball away after a sustained period of possession and it lead to the attack for the penalty.
Still don’t get all of Pep’s decisions…Gundogan was running in treacle for most of the second half but was left on for the 95 minutes….why couldn’t he have moved McAtee into his more natural position instead of Gundogan at the end when Doku came on…still it all worked out.
On Sunday we should have a rested Foden , Nico, Doku, maybe even Grealish to go at Forest.
Let’s hope that win inspires some of the ‘stay at homes’ to change their mind for Sunday.
Top win that!
Another game where everybody played well. Especially everyone worked their bollocks off. The elder statesmen in midfield Silva, De Bruyne, Kovačić and Gündoğan were everywhere.
A good lesson seemingly learnt from the away game where they out worked us and ran through us at ease. We blocked their running lanes off by creating traffic and overrunning them with numbers with that^ midfield 4 plus Nunes and O’Reilly pushing forward and Marmoush dropping in making our formation 2-7 or 2-6-1.
Nunes made a mistake for their penalty/goal, but more than made up for it with the winner. Sick of all the moaning directed at him during the game - alright he’s not Cafu, but his positional sense since that second half in Paris in January has improved ten fold, he’s a better left back than Lewis and I bet he’s barely played a dozen games there - get behind the lads when you’re there live, have your moans in the pub and on here afterwards!
Love an injury time winner, that’s why you never leave early, it’s what football is all about!
Another game where everybody played well. Especially everyone worked their bollocks off. The elder statesmen in midfield Silva, De Bruyne, Kovačić and Gündoğan were everywhere.
A good lesson seemingly learnt from the away game where they out worked us and ran through us at ease. We blocked their running lanes off by creating traffic and overrunning them with numbers with that^ midfield 4 plus Nunes and O’Reilly pushing forward and Marmoush dropping in making our formation 2-7 or 2-6-1.
Nunes made a mistake for their penalty/goal, but more than made up for it with the winner. Sick of all the moaning directed at him during the game - alright he’s not Cafu, but his positional sense since that second half in Paris in January has improved ten fold, he’s a better left back than Lewis and I bet he’s barely played a dozen games there - get behind the lads when you’re there live, have your moans in the pub and on here afterwards!
Love an injury time winner, that’s why you never leave early, it’s what football is all about!
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Fuck VAR
Dodge
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Mate, that was no tap in...very missable.
I was walking past the doors to the coop arena when there seemed a lot of activity, pray whoever it is comes through.
inchy14
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You in 326?
SWPISHOME
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It was a fabulous ball across the face of goal, Good point you've made regarding his weaker foot...
Once he went past Disasi I was really surprised Konsa held his position and didn't come out to close down Doku, That gave Doku time and space to bend it with the outside of his foot.
Fabulous wing play, Really poor from Konsa defensively.
I went from the living room to the kitchen and had no idea how the fuck I ended up there
Keepingthefaithsince1976
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Peps celebration absolutely brilliant.
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I wonder if Simple Simon the BBC Chief Football hack had made it to The Etihad in time for the Nunes goal. He was at the Swamp apparently when Villa hit the post.