Was at the game and have to admit, the atmosphere was pretty flat.
I put that down partially to the fact that the team were awful first half. But the main reason was the amount of tourists - which I’m not complaining about as without them, the ground wouldn’t be full; they just don’t know any of the chants and therefore, don’t join in when there’s an attempt to get them going.
The only chant that seemed to take hold was “come on City” as they were able to follow that one.
Commented to my lad that the club need to take note of Tuesday’s atmosphere; there needs to be a delicate balance between the loyal supporters who get behind the team no matter what, and the casual supporter who generates money for them.
Whilst a flat atmosphere at UCL group games may be endured every now and again, if they continue to price loyal supporters out in favour of casual supporters for PL games, they run the risk of that being the case on those games as well.