Bayern Munich (A) | Post Match Thread

[wolviedinho]

Well that was exhausting.

It just goes to show the level city play most weeks and how superior we are to nearly every other team that it takes the great Bayern to make us sweat for an hour.

No negatives here. It looked hard at times for the players and they suffered but showed another side which is resilience. Dug deep and got us through. These moments will be needed again against a good real team who unlike Bayern will take their chances.

Ake is a blow but hopefully we can manage over the next week especially against Arsenal. We will need the squad against Sheffield on Saturday to get through.

Onwards we go. 1 step closer to lifting the champions league and an unthinkable treble is not done just yet.

Phew…and breathe.

 

[the blue panther]

I wonder what a combined city Bayern team would look like.

City

 

[Mancity1980]

Gomez will appear and play a hero's role don't worry

Gulp!

 

[Lord Blue]

To be fair to you, they’re about eight typos in @burning blue soul ’s reply, as well. ;-)

I got away with a there their earlier too

 

[HarrytheBlue]

Monumental performance against a team of serious speedsters and technicians. The bottle Haaland showed - incredible - loved the way he rifled it in.

 

[Gus Fring]

Over the moon with that, really professional performance only shame was not getting a clean sheet in both ties (think we can forgive that now though) hopefully Ake injury not too serious and just a precaution.

On a side I hope to never see that fuck Cancelo in a City shirt again, was on the fence with the booing last week and maybe that’s what caused it but to so visibly celebrate the Haaland miss he can fuck off, aside from that he’s shown nothing over the two legs anyway to make me think he’s got a future here.

On to Saturday now.

CTID

 

[Pollocks OG]

Gutted we didn't hold on for the win, and Ake injury is a worry.

Dias stepped up second half and we showed plenty of smarts.

Thought Rodders, Kev and Gundo were well off it tonight?

C'mon City!

You know what though mate, how very 'Madrid-esque' were we tonight.

I said to a mate how typical Reals win at the Bridge was last night, let Chelsea have all the ball, all the chances, all the hope. Then sucker punched them and killed the tie. Without even playing that well.

I recall the Barca tie early in Peps reign where they stuffed us 4-0. Messi hat trick and he barely touched the ball. Winning via pedigree.

Feel like we've slipped up into that group of teams in Europe now that have the experience to find a way. We owe them stuffy fuckers some revenge in the semi.

 

[don84]

“See, this is how you properly stimulate your spinal chakra.”

Goretzka was the one who disturbed Haaland by walking out infront of him, picking the pitch just when he was about to take the penalty.
It looks like Haaland remembered that gesture which probably baffled his mind.

 

[Ste1969]

As Cheesy would say ' ''isn't it great to be a blue''

 

[Clembo]

Top Top Performance, if Haaland scores the pen that the first half would of been perfect.

I get we always want to dominate games, out score the opponent, have all of the ball, but we've seen year after year that's not what wins this competition, it's performances like these, real have been doing them for years.

We played against probably the best team in Europe this season other than us, 100+ goals, 8/8 in the competition before they met us (in a group that contains one of the other semi finalists) and we only conceded a goal because of a horrible pen rule/call.

They were always going to have some chances, that's just what happens against this level of opponent, it's about ensuring they don't have a lot of them, or the chances are hard, which I think for the most part we did do.