Marvin said:some nice words from Pep tonight reported by Goal
"I think it is something we have to know - that we can lose," Guardiola told reporters after the match. "Opponents have good players and coaches too. It is always difficult.
"But we started very well and for the first 30 minutes we were very good. Later we had to use the ball better and use our counterattacks. Manchester City are a good team and you have to have more than just possession.
"Congratulations to Manchester City on this great victory. Sometimes you need to lose a game. In the Bundesliga we have won everything, in Manchester we won 3-1, but now we lost and have to cope with that. But we're already looking ahead to next week in Marrakech [for the Club World Cup]."
Bayern finish top of the group despite the defeat to Manuel Pellegrini's men and Guardiola believes his side should be congratulated on their performances during the group stage.
"In the first half we did not make many mistakes, but during the first 10 minutes of the second half we did not play very well. In general we are satisfied," he said. "We met a great team in the group phase; Manchester City played quite well tonight.
"I congratulate the players on their success and I hope we understand now how difficult it is to play in Europe. We did not always have the right player in the right place on the pitch. We have to work on this – that is the lesson we learned today."
afc16 said:the reaction by city fans on this thread is so ridiculous. not because you won or that it wasn't a fine achievement (because it was) - but because every time a gooner has mentioned our game against bayern last season when we beat them 2-0, almost every city fan responded with the same comments - that the win doesn't really count and can't be taken seriously as it was a meaningless game for bayen/bayern were already through/bayern didn't take the game seriously/bayern were just going through the motions etc etc.
the fact is that if we had scored 1 more goal which we almost did, we'd have gone through the knockout tie so it wasn't as meaningless as people suggest.
it's funny how when arsenal did it, numerous city fans tried to discredit the achievement using the above reasons/excuses at to why we won.
funny how those exact same reasons/excuses can be levelled against you tonight but that hasn't stopped all of you being really happy and over-joyed like you've just won the champions league.
my point - don't knock other teams achievements and their fans reactions then behave in exactly the same way when you do it.
bottom line - your totally right to be really happy as you've just beaten the best team in the world in their own back yard - exactly the same as we did last season.
normal for football fans of the team the forum is dedicated ?afc16 said:the reaction by city fans on this thread is so
afc16 said:the reaction by city fans on this thread is so ridiculous. not because you won or that it wasn't a fine achievement (because it was) - but because every time a gooner has mentioned our game against bayern last season when we beat them 2-0, almost every city fan responded with the same comments - that the win doesn't really count and can't be taken seriously as it was a meaningless game for bayen/bayern were already through/bayern didn't take the game seriously/bayern were just going through the motions etc etc.
the fact is that if we had scored 1 more goal which we almost did, we'd have gone through the knockout tie so it wasn't as meaningless as people suggest.
it's funny how when arsenal did it, numerous city fans tried to discredit the achievement using the above reasons/excuses at to why we won.
funny how those exact same reasons/excuses can be levelled against you tonight but that hasn't stopped all of you being really happy and over-joyed like you've just won the champions league.
my point - don't knock other teams achievements and their fans reactions then behave in exactly the same way when you do it.
presumably you will be posting on here on saturday regardless of the result then :)
bottom line - your totally right to be really happy as you've just beaten the best team in the world in their own back yard - exactly the same as we did last season.
saturday@2.30pm, this forum, holistic discussion.JoeMercer'sWay said:afc16 said:the reaction by city fans on this thread is so ridiculous. not because you won or that it wasn't a fine achievement (because it was) - but because every time a gooner has mentioned our game against bayern last season when we beat them 2-0, almost every city fan responded with the same comments - that the win doesn't really count and can't be taken seriously as it was a meaningless game for bayen/bayern were already through/bayern didn't take the game seriously/bayern were just going through the motions etc etc.
the fact is that if we had scored 1 more goal which we almost did, we'd have gone through the knockout tie so it wasn't as meaningless as people suggest.
it's funny how when arsenal did it, numerous city fans tried to discredit the achievement using the above reasons/excuses at to why we won.
funny how those exact same reasons/excuses can be levelled against you tonight but that hasn't stopped all of you being really happy and over-joyed like you've just won the champions league.
my point - don't knock other teams achievements and their fans reactions then behave in exactly the same way when you do it.
bottom line - your totally right to be really happy as you've just beaten the best team in the world in their own back yard - exactly the same as we did last season.
it's just banter I think mostly, especially in the light of Gooner bringing it out repeatedly as evidence for how brilliant you are and how you're better than the rest, so I think it's partly a reaction to that, and partly a reaction to the fact that we play you on Saturday so we're not going to be as kind as we were back in the early months of the season, this is a huge boost to us tonight and has got the juices flowing.
afc16 said:the reaction by city fans on this thread is so ridiculous. not because you won or that it wasn't a fine achievement (because it was) - but because every time a gooner has mentioned our game against bayern last season when we beat them 2-0, almost every city fan responded with the same comments - that the win doesn't really count and can't be taken seriously as it was a meaningless game for bayen/bayern were already through/bayern didn't take the game seriously/bayern were just going through the motions etc etc.
the fact is that if we had scored 1 more goal which we almost did, we'd have gone through the knockout tie so it wasn't as meaningless as people suggest.
it's funny how when arsenal did it, numerous city fans tried to discredit the achievement using the above reasons/excuses at to why we won.
funny how those exact same reasons/excuses can be levelled against you tonight but that hasn't stopped all of you being really happy and over-joyed like you've just won the champions league.
my point - don't knock other teams achievements and their fans reactions then behave in exactly the same way when you do it.
bottom line - your totally right to be really happy as you've just beaten the best team in the world in their own back yard - exactly the same as we did last season.
Marvin said:some nice words from Pep tonight reported by Goal
"I think it is something we have to know - that we can lose," Guardiola told reporters after the match. "Opponents have good players and coaches too. It is always difficult.
"But we started very well and for the first 30 minutes we were very good. Later we had to use the ball better and use our counterattacks. Manchester City are a good team and you have to have more than just possession.
"Congratulations to Manchester City on this great victory. Sometimes you need to lose a game. In the Bundesliga we have won everything, in Manchester we won 3-1, but now we lost and have to cope with that. But we're already looking ahead to next week in Marrakech [for the Club World Cup]."
Bayern finish top of the group despite the defeat to Manuel Pellegrini's men and Guardiola believes his side should be congratulated on their performances during the group stage.
"In the first half we did not make many mistakes, but during the first 10 minutes of the second half we did not play very well. In general we are satisfied," he said. "We met a great team in the group phase; Manchester City played quite well tonight.
"I congratulate the players on their success and I hope we understand now how difficult it is to play in Europe. We did not always have the right player in the right place on the pitch. We have to work on this – that is the lesson we learned today."