Bayern Munich (Friendly) | Post Match Thread

[SWPISHOME]

The officiating, especially for a friendly, was shocking. He was letting tackles fly in (especially on Grealish) that would have been scrutinised for possible sending off in league matches, with barely any consequences.

Same could be said for the Club America match (again, especially for Grealish).

Luckily we don’t have another there otherwise we could have ended up with a few injured based on the “protection” being given to our players.

Agreed. Pavard was at Grealish from minute one fouling him, The tackle in the second half just outside the box looked like Pavard had had enough and took hil out with the ball already long gone.

Another happened on Palmer I think it was Theo Hernandez that cleaned him out, For some reason that phase of play stopped and the ref done nothing it went onto another stopped phase of play then he decided to book him.

It seemed to me that they struggled with the rules in general of the game and as you said letting tackles fly in which was no need for in a friendly.

 

[Protein Junkie]

City one nil up after 12 mins - scorer Haaland.
Think the Prem needs to get used to that one.

 

[balotellishaircut]

Absolutely Knackered this morning, but buzzing i've seen our new number 9 in action for us.
£10 bet on him scoring a brace at 11/2 was an inch from coming in as well

Gosh there tight odds, what price was Haaland first goal scorer ?

 

[deano ou812]

I know we say this every season and then have eight games with 35 shots on goal and win 1-0, but I reckon this year will actually see us put ten past one of the lower league sides like Fulham, Forrest, or United.

Hmmm wonder what price you’d get from the bookies for City hitting double figures in a game this season..

 

[hertsblue]

Token report on bbc website now.
Managed to highlight how much Haaland cost us and how he needs to improve according to Pep in the first few sentences.
No mentioned of possession stats or how we absolutely battered the German rags for 80 mins.
Par for the course bbc. Well done.

Or another sell out crowd for us ( they mention It in all red top teams inc the Arsenal v Chelsea friendly)

 

[SebastianBlue]

Hmmm wonder what price you’d get from the bookies for City hitting double figures in a game this season..

Against United?

1/20

 

[Jack74]

Decent performance that , impressive

 

[Kippax77]

Gosh there tight odds, what price was Haaland first goal scorer ?

A lot shorter.
The 11/2 was enhanced from 7/2 as well, so max stake was £10

 

[andyhinch]

Against United?

1/20

Surprised they’d take the bet ;-)

 

[Asa's left peg]

When the 'tackling' turned into real kicking later on, I liked it when Rodri started to channel his inner Ferna, and properly took one out. He'd been quietly good all game but thought it was time to act as they thought we were a soft touch. It's one of the things we will miss from Ferna.

 

[mikeyk07]

Got 4/1 with W.Hill. Will be backing him every game ! With Alvarez last goalscorer

 

[Impeccable One]

No Stones

No Laporte

No Foden

No Gudogan

NO PROBLEM

 

[Norwegian_Blue]

Strictly speaking, it should be Håland. Just showing off, and heading for a fall if there happen to be any Norwegian blues looking in ( there is @Norwegian_Blue for a start!) but I think it's a more closed sound than “ah!”, more like “aw!” That's what I heard when I was in Norway, anyway. Right or wrong?

You are correct in it sounding like "aw". Or to use a word, awe.

 

[MillisleBlue]

Lads just touched down at Ringway a couple of minutes ago on a Delta 767. Welcome back to the Champions...

 

[manimanc]

City team just landed back at Ringway.

 

[SebastianBlue]

City team just landed back at Ringway.
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Can’t believe the government rejected my proposal for Bluemoon to handle track and trace.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

It's even scarier what he's going to provide off the ball, No doubt he will have centre backs worried and he will keep both centre backs occupied...The spaces he's going to create for Foden, Grealish, Mahrez and especially the midfielder runners like KDB and Gundogan arriving late in the box.

We've got an absolute gem on our hands.

Yer right, SWP. I'm convinced he's a definite upgrade on Giorgios!

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

City team just landed back at Ringway.
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Hope they have ended up at the right terminal, and no fuckin' bus for a sight seeing trip round the tarmac!

 

[andyhinch]

You are correct in it sounding like "aw". Or to use a word, awe.

Whoreland ? Sounds like an adult theme park ;-)

 

[DMA's]

And no Foden, Stones and Gundogan last night, either. What's not to be optimistic about come the new season. All we need is Cucurella, and the job's a good 'un.

Don’t forget Laporte as well! What a squad we have