Atletico (A) - Post-Match Thread

Manc in London said:
He was awful for us. His performance in the home game against Spurs in 2012 (3-2) was one of the worst centre half performances I have witnessed at City in the last 15 years.
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He was raw. You could tell that he had a bit about him.
my expectation was to get a great centre half as he matured.

I’m not sure if the over aggressive nature could be coached out of him.
anyway, John Stones would always be ahead of him
That’s where we are now.
 
Is it just me or did anyone else get a flashback of Joleon Lescott heading it back to Djibril Cisse last night when the ball skimmed of Fernandinho head? Was quite similar just a hopeful ball put in and Ferny just couldn't get their with a header and went into the path of the Atletico player, Ake done incredibly well on the cover! Talk about heart in mouth moment.
 
Fordyboy46 said:
Mate, knowing our luck with injuries they will both probably be ruled out for the season
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There is only about 6 weeks left of the season so if kdb has done some muscular damage to his leg like is being reported his season may indeed be over.

The amount of pain Walker was in I’d be very surprised if we see him again this season. Looked very nasty.

Playing Real Madrid with no full backs against Vinicius jr and no kdb is far from ideal.
 
Mike D said:
UEFA have to take action after now they cannot ignore this. Savic and Filipe should get a long ban like Walker did. The antics in the tunnel where the police got involved cannot go unpunished.
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I think you may be over reacting mate. What athletico did last night was nowhere near as despicable as a team say, for instance, coming out after the half time break a minute late.
 
SWPISHOME said:
Is it just me or did anyone else get a flashback of Joleon Lescott heading it back to Djibril Cisse last night when the ball skimmed of Fernandinho head? Was quite similar just a hopeful ball put in and Ferny just couldn't get their with a header and went into the path of the Atletico player, Ake done incredibly well on the cover! Talk about heart in mouth moment.
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I was convinced that was our moment of slipping up. That’s a brilliant comparison, too.

Thankfully though they were too shit to score.
 
Fordyboy46 said:
I don't understand why we panicked so badly in that 2nd half, our first half composure went out of the window and we resorted to aimless long balls up the pitch then invited wave after wave of attacks from Atletico.
Maybe we were intimidated by them I don't know but it's the first time in ages I've seen us rattled like that
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Mental and physical fatigue. This was the third game of a very intense week.
 
DMA's said:
There is only about 6 weeks left of the season so if kdb has done some muscular damage to his leg like is being reported his season may indeed be over.

The amount of pain Walker was in I’d be very surprised if we see him again this season. Looked very nasty.

Playing Real Madrid with no full backs against Vinicius jr and no kdb is far from ideal.
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I've done my ankle numerous times playing football had to stop playing because I've ankles like Harry Kane! The one good thing is he gave it a go to try and continue playing, More than likely of it was serious damage you wouldn't even attempt to give it a go again because you literally couldn't walk on it. Hopefully it's one of those painful ones at the time, No doubt he will have swelling and bruising but few days rest and the medical team sorting him out hopefully he'll be available for Brighton. Fingers crossed.
 
Did anyone notice as we came out for the start of the second half that KDB face was bright red, looked to be really angry or Frustrated. I thought at the time that Pep may have had a go at him at half time but in hindsight maybe he had his knock then and knew he would have to try and run it off or his game was over.

On the other hand he may have looked flushed as Gingers normally do in Spain.
 
SWPISHOME said:
I've done my ankle numerous times playing football had to stop playing because I've ankles like Harry Kane! The one good thing is he gave it a go to try and continue playing, More than likely of it was serious damage you wouldn't even attempt to give it a go again because you literally couldn't walk on it. Hopefully it's one of those painful ones at the time, No doubt he will have swelling and bruising but few days rest and the medical team sorting him out hopefully he'll be available for Brighton. Fingers crossed.
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Hope your right mate. Walker is so important to us
 
Bobby the blue said:
You have no issues with the way Madrid play. Are you kidding mate. That’s not football in the slightest and if city played like that over the two legs I’d be embarrassed.
What those pricks resorted to last night was way beyond anything that should be seen in an elite football match.

And to compare Fernandinho to that mob and what they get up to is far removed from reality as it gets.
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Its there way and they are good at it, i would not want to watch it every week, but 60K do because that way has made them successful. They I imagine had to play like that to compete with Real and Barca and it helped them beat them to titles. I didnt like how Wimbledon played, but it made them successful, just because we play football in what is considered the right way it does not give us the right to tell others to play like us.

Peak Fernandinho would be perfect for Atleti, but because he plays for us we overlook his mastery of the dark arts. That is hypocritical because we enjoy the way he plays.
 
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