Atletico (A) - Post-Match Thread

[kupest]

Just happy that Diego Costa isn't part of these right now. Shit would have hit the fan.

 

[Gingers Dad]

Two words.

Ilkay Gundogan.

Everything that was wrong with tonight stemmed from his selection in that midfield.

Just got through to a CL semi final give it a rest

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Who’s the guy in the tunnel that tried to throw a headbutt from 10 feet away? Haha

Vrsjalko or however you spell his name.

 

[paulchapo]

My favourite performance in a long time...

It showed we have that in our locker. Add a decent finisher and we nick these games. I hope we do the same on Saturday, surprise Liverpool with a rope a dope.

 

[ancoats]

Can I add Manchester city kept 2 clean sheets against the Spanish champions ? let's not forget that.
unbelievable show of strength and mental attitude by all the players and manager over the 2 legs

 

[Barcon]

Who’s the guy in the tunnel that tried to throw a headbutt from 10 feet away? Haha

He was gobbing at Walker

 

[Metalartin]

It looked to me like: City foot came forward, Madrid foot went forward and grounded against the City foot sending the player over.
In the close melee with the ball pinballing around, would have been a stretch to say it was a clear foul. One-on-one, and it could well have been.

Like I say, before that I could have sworn I saw a slight touch on the ball from the defender(Cancelo was it?), the ball clearly has a slight change of direction. It's the fact that Hoddle was sure enough to say there was no touch on the ball, he's not saying that if it's a London club. He'd say he needed a better angle or some such and then "there's not enough in it".

 

[Jesus2020]

Ake a close second.
But yeah Fern for the sheer know how and windup.

This. THE perfect sub for this game.

 

[BringBackSwales]

He’s only on the WUM, trying to get City supporters to bite and ring in.

It’s that shithouse of a radio station's whole raison d'être.

Has Jackie rung in yet? Her phone bill must be bigger than paul merson’s cocaine bill

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

But it's the referees job to get him to leave.

If a player is gonna drag his feet and try and summon up all and sundry in an attempt to have the red card rescinded the ref can't do much. It's upto Uefa now to ban him for a substantial number of games for refusing to leave the field of play! The fellah is just a typical football thug too often seen in these teams who seem to think that the LotG are a mirror of how they play and what they dole out. Savic should have gone, too.

 

[pudge]

Just happy that Diego Costa isn't part of these right now. Shit would have hit the fan.

Fucking Christ there'd have been murder

 

[HarrytheBlue]

And Rio praised that bunch of violent, cheating, hair pulling CUNTS! Our greatest ever performance if you ask me. Loved it when we gave them a taste of their own medicine in the dying minutes. Ferna was superb in those last moments. Every player beyond outstanding. That result took bottle.

 

[mike1923]

Also cannot believe that gbh on Foden early doors wasnt carded. Mahrez pass down the wing to Walker was the pass of the century, absolutely brilliant City. Well played in what was a cauldron atmosphere. Fantastic composure.

BBC have already rewritten history on that

‘after his initial foul for drawing blood from Foden’s head brought a card, his red was inevitable’ or words to that effect (read it a while ago)

 

[Kirkstall Blue]

What a game I just rewatched the last part it was tough Atletico disgusting exhibition but we got through, well done

 

[The keeper]

They got him bad though.

 

[Metalartin]

He got a touch on the ball but then clattered the man. In this day and age we got a little lucky the ref didnt give it….

Nah, not for me. That was my point, if that's City, then they are only interested if they get even the slightest touch on the ball. It wouldn't even be a small talking point after the game and they'd be dismissing it during the game to make sure it wasn't. We need to stop letting them off the hook on these double standards.

Wasn't even a pen without the touch on the ball for me, just a scramble and coming together, their player never really looked in control of the ball at any point and he was just going for the ball. Hoddle was talking shite.

Anyway, a minor annoyance which we should just ignore. City were the worthy winners of the tie by a mile.

 

[Jamshopbridge]

I mean we had 3 shots on target in about 200mins of football vs him so what's that say about us if he's so bad?

I suppose it means we're really bad going forward and we can't score for toffee and we're really shit and Savic is a really accomplished defender who isn't fucking shite and his disciplinary misdemeanours, his shite mistimed tackles, his fucking awful positioning and inability to read the game mean that we're terrible FFS

 

[Bluearmy]

Vrsjalko or however you spell his name.

He spat didn't he??

 

[BringBackSwales]

I would imagine uefa’s reaction to that shockingly inept refereeing performance will be to give him the final. Fucking Tuchel moaned about their ref last night, I thought he was fucking excellent

 

[mccity]

On a note about the game itself, how on god’s earth did Jack not actually make the pitch? We were incapable of keeping possession yet never sorted it. So much wrong with the game by us it was incredible.

Part of me thinks Pep took a big gamble with Liverpool in mind and just decided to hope we could hang in there based on Atletico's non-performances in the three halves that preceded it.