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homerdog said:
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Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport football news reporter at Etihad Stadium

Wowwww! City win it in injury-time.

Plenty of fans missed that winner, they'd already left to beat the traffic.

Fuck off you rag loving ****.
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You should have read his report from Goodison on Saturday!
 
Villa were trying to sneak a result whereas City (despite knowing that a draw wouldn't be a disaster) were going full throttle towards the end

That's the biggest difference, because despite all our issues, City still have a deep resolve to win.

The best example is November 2022 when we beat Fulham with the last kick of the game, but then lost to Brentford in similar fashion

Other teams would have drawn both games and subsequently been a point worse off.
 
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bobbyowenquiff said:
Agree 100 pc. Villa were over-cautious and that made it easier for us. A total contrast to the match at Villa Park.
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They were probably the best team we have faced this season in the away game , looked a top top side, massive credit to injury hit City for last night
 
waspish said:
He is setting a base for next season when we have Rodri back and a few new players who will take time under pep as usual! The treble season we wasn't great till after Christmas when we became a machine and winning games! This base with bringing the attacking players on later when team are getting tired after watching us keep the ball for 70 mins is good management good football.. am looking at our games now differently for the first time under pep and it's took me this long! Control possession will blunt even the best teams and when confident is high you can play this football quicker which opens up teams more!
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As I say, that doesn't mean it is the only way. Discounting last night because I thought we played well and on the offensive, we don't solely have to give a game up for 70/80 mins and hope fresh legs make that difference. Everton as a performance was crap. We walked away with a great win and people will say what was the issue. The issue is that example is few and far between this season, the flip side has been United, Forest etc amongst others where that gameplan hasn't worked. An open game like Chelsea at home for example resulted in a comfortable win too but we haven't gone back to that style, being direct when you could argue the result was positive. I hope if the long term plan is that controlling element (despite the evolvement of other teams) that it is done with purpose.
 
Rashford ran Man City ragged last night apparently.

The expert opinion of Danny Murphy on Talksport.
 
IronsideKozuch said:
it was a foul but the way you describing Ruben Dias is atrocious. He has many more merits than you've described. Do you know that he's been here since 2020 and has practically always been a starting eleven player?

Hes been definitely a top player for us, not some douchebag who helped us 1 season
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Anyone who is scuttling Maya Jama deserves enormous respect
 
Marvin. said:
I noticed for the first time that there are yellow for hire bikes under the Nexen Bridge and 2 young people in front of me hired them. Once you get the bike to the main road, I imagine that it works well but for me I enjoy the walk.

On the way back to town I could hear Villa fans complaining about their performance. I expected so much more from Villa. It was like the Newcastle game where a visiting club has been on great form, and then failed to show up against us.
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We need those type of teams in the next games.
 
Villa are an excellent side with very good players all over the pitch: City are not the team they have been for the last ten years. Literally! This is true but was startlingly, joyously irrelevant last night. City were without Rodri, Haaland and Stones which would rip the heart out of any team but Ederson, Akanji and Ake couldn't play. Thus 6 of the eleven who won the treble only two years ago, in 23 were injured: Bernado and KdB are supposed to be too old and so the "experts" opinion was that Villa would be too "dynamic" for City to cope with. Not outrageous but simply miles from the truth in the event.

It was not a vintage City performance and some of our passing was sloppy but I really admired our will to win, our sheer determination not to lose. The style of old was not there but the attitude and application were admirable. And fittingly the winner came at the very last gasp engineered by a superb cross behind the Villa back line from a player often criticised for his final ball and hit home by a lad playing out of position and often lambasted for being caught out of position. Not last night! When it really mattered, like the rest of the team, they really stood up to be counted.
 
paulchapo said:
Villa, horrible team and even worse fans, the only decent thing about that vile club is the manager. I hope Palace do them over on Saturday.
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My mates a Walsall fan and Villa are hated in the Midlands.

He also says Brum City kick the shit out of them when they meet and thinks that why they are all gob shites.
 
Tbilisi said:
My mates a Walsall fan and Villa are hated in the Midlands.

He also says Brum City kick the shit out of them when they meet and thinks that why they are all gob shites.
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They're a bitter bunch of cunts Villa fans. Dine off that European Cup win and think they're the biggest club in the world even though most of their success was in black and white. You'd think they sold Villa Park out through thick and thin the way they talk. Truth is they've had a lot of success but had plenty of dark days too and a lot of fans didn't turn up, like with most clubs. If they accepted things as they were rather than being so bitter about our success they'd be more tolerable.

When your greatest ever PL player is Gabby Agbonlahor you need to wind your necks in.
 
Cannot see it mentioned here but that was a real six pointer. By winning, we are 4pts clear of Villa. If they had snatched the win instead, they would have been 2pts ahead of City, hence the six pointer. Brilliant result. No idea whom Pep will select for the semi final but maybe he should keep the same eleven for the final if we meet Villa again.
 
lionheart said:
Cannot see it mentioned here but that was a real six pointer. By winning, we are 4pts clear of Villa. If they had snatched the win instead, they would have been 2pts ahead of City, hence the six pointer. Brilliant result. No idea whom Pep will select for the semi final but maybe he should keep the same eleven for the final if we meet Villa again.
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It was a massive 3 points when you consider Chelsea have to play forest and Newcastle. 3 more wins will do it actually think 2 will do tho.
 
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