Bayern v City post match thread

[MSP]

Another typical City moment:

Finishing the group with 15 points and not topping it is new record. It was 13 before.

 

[CatMan]

Why have Plzen qualified after losing away 3-2 to CSKA but winning 2-1 at home.

Head to Head would men CSKA having scored 4 to Plzen's 3 mean it should have been them!

Perhaps Pellers was correct and Sky have it wrong.

 

[ifiwasarichfan]

An absolutely wonderful, jaw dropping night to be a supporter of this fantastic Football Club.

Some wonderful, individual performances from Zabaleta, Fenrnandinho, Milner, Dzeko, Silva and my man of the match Demichelis.

Kolorov and Lescott got roasted in that first twenty minutes and then stood up to be counted like the experienced, seasoned Internationals they are. The much maligned Garcia did not put a foot wrong in the second half.

This Bayern side may be the best I have ever seen at playing that final, threatening ball into an opponents penalty area so its no wonder they have won so many games.

Well done City !

 

[Stretfordian_Blue]

Why have Plzen qualified after losing away 3-2 to CSKA but winning 2-1 at home.

Head to Head would men CSKA having scored 4 to Plzen's 3 mean it should have been them!

Perhaps Pellers was correct and Sky have it wrong.

It's on away goals.

 

[MillionDollarDream]

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[1]
1.higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
2.superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
3.higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
4.higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
5.If, after applying criteria 1) to 4) to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1) to 4) are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6) to 8) apply;
6.superior goal difference from all group matches played;
7.higher number of goals scored from all group matches played;
8.higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

I know we're all getting our knickers in a twist about the possibility of 4-2 and topping the group.

But doesn't the above mean that it goes on goal difference after equal points??? So in that case 4-2 would not have been enlighten and MP was right?

NVM had a look again and all we need was 1 more goal as they only scored 3 against at home. I was truly confused at first

 

[TheMaineRoad]

Why have Plzen qualified after losing away 3-2 to CSKA but winning 2-1 at home.

Head to Head would men CSKA having scored 4 to Plzen's 3 mean it should have been them!

Perhaps Pellers was correct and Sky have it wrong.

2 away goals for Plzen, 1 for CSKA.

 

[citytill1die84]

Don't give a fuck if Pellerz got it wrong tonight I'm buzzing because I like everyone of you didn't see that at 2-0. We have to beat the best to win the competition anyway so let's start early we've sent out a big message tonight and the confidence the players will receive from this is huge. If we can beat a near full strength Bayern team with a much weaker City team we can beat anyone not saying we'll win it but if we can go to Bayern and win why can't we go to Madrid, Barcelona, or Paris and beat them?

We've just beat the best team in the world on their own turf enjoy it I know I am.

 

[jaiguruKun]

People who are saying that it doesn't matter who we play in the last 16 are wrong! It would have meant not only would we have played a lesser team but also pretty much guaranteed that one of the bigger teams would also have been knocked out as Bayern would then have been drawn against one of the other first placed teams.

I simply cannot believe that Pelle, for all his experience did not understand the rules which let's be honest are extremely easy to understand. I can only think that they never even believed that they would ever be in a position to go through so had not even thought of what was required before the game. I am surprised that when what he said became clear someone did not tell him his mistake.

 

[paphos-mcfc]

Classic rag media (win over Shakhtar > win over Bayern apparently), but nothing can demean our win tonight!

At least The Times did us a service:

Fucking sickening that is. Let them Celebrate. Deluded Bastids.

 

[Eric Wirral]

Why have Plzen qualified after losing away 3-2 to CSKA but winning 2-1 at home.

Head to Head would men CSKA having scored 4 to Plzen's 3 mean it should have been them!

Perhaps Pellers was correct and Sky have it wrong.

4-4 so goes on away goals. Which is why we would have topped the group by scoring 4 away from home.