Bayern v City post match thread

[totalfootball]

My favorite headline: "Battling City shatter Bayern air of invincibility"

 

[carlos tevez is a blue]

Just back. Fucking rough. Shakes and everyfing innit. Milner was superb. Kolarov was beyond superb. Ferni's world class. Garcia really quite decent if you tell him just to sit beside the center backs. Sadly we should sell Richards, being a massive blue and all that doesn't hide the fact he's a perma crock. Want to see a Argie or Spaingie replace him.

Best game in a long while. Should tell him he's captain, even if he isn't, when he plays.

He's been class this season in fairness, remember the panic on here before the derby and Valencia was going to rip him a new one? he seems to have found a yard of pace and a set of balls.

 

[Farzyy]

I dont understand all the fuss, especially on SKySports about what Pelle said. Remember English isnt his first language...and if he had brought Aguero on its still not certain that he would score.

 

[WickyWain]

Is this a new record amount of pages on a post match thread that we've won?

 

[Henry Chinaski]

One special mention has to go to Geoff Stelling.

What a snide this guy is. He was loving it right after the Pellegrini interview.

Genuinely despise the man

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Just back. Fucking rough. Shakes and everyfing innit. Milner was superb. Kolarov was beyond superb. Ferni's world class. Garcia really quite decent if you tell him just to sit beside the center backs. Sadly we should sell Richards, being a massive blue and all that doesn't hide the fact he's a perma crock. Want to see a Argie or Spaingie replace him.

Best game in a long while. Should tell him he's captain, even if he isn't, when he plays.

He's been class this season in fairness, remember the panic on here before the derby and Valencia was going to rip him a new one? he seems to have found a yard of pace and a set of balls.

Oh aye, I agree. Just thought he looked extra solid at the back last night,

 

[cleavers]

One special mention has to go to Geoff Stelling.

What a snide this guy is. He was loving it right after the Pellegrini interview.

Genuinely despise the man

You are correct.

 

[Maldeika]

Not at all sure about that.

Result: 2-4
Teams in question: City and Bayern, both on 15pts
a) 3pts each from the two head-to-head games
b) Both have 0 goal difference from the two head-to-head games
c) Both have scored 5 goals in the two head-to-head games
d) City top Bayern on away goals, 4 vs 3

It is not absolutely clear what "the teams in question" means. If it means all teams in the group, then a) is redundant. Or put another way, a) is the primary criterion for deciding ALL positions in the group and the above are the criteria for deciding all positions in the group

Superbly Summarised.

In short, Pellegrini didn't understand, however we had no certainty we'd have scored another even if we'd have tried. Also it would have been horrific if Aguero had come on and got injured.

What would have been really funny though would have been if we'd have got the 4th goal and neither ourselves or Bayern realised that we would win the group.

Bayern would have been defending like fuck, just kicking the ball away whilst we'd have still been attacking like our lives depended on it. Picture the scene at Full Time when reality would have kicked in for Bayern; it would have been akin to 11 Phil 'Gormless' Jones post Sunderland; Priceless!

Tbh i think Bayern knew that we would top the group if we had won 4-2. It was evident with the worried look on their faces and them subsituting their only striker with a midfielder. That muller was also time wasting 10mins from the end.

Imagine the reaction had Negredo nicked a fourth goal. The Bayern players would be burying their heads in the ground and the crowd shell shocked. while Negredo runs back to the centre circle with the ball. " whats wrong guys? We need another goal. Hurry up and restart the games you twats"

The Bayern players knew. I do not really understand why the ManCity players did not. That there is always somebody on the pitch that does not understand the rules - yes, some footballers aren't picked for their smartness. After the Dortmund match Sahin and Großkreutz told in an interview last week that they had to ask Kehl if it is enough, too. Why I mention this - where was the communication in the team? I am pretty sure e.g. Demichelis knew it, too.

But that influenced the match a lot. Bayern started the match great - and then lost the tension. The 2:1 was not really bothering - but it got strange with the penalty after the break. In a normal match they would have just gotten back in gear and gone for the next goal - but as this result already was dangerous they did not.

The substituting Mandzukic vor Shaqiri had nothing to do with the scenario. That is a normal change at Bayern - even when the offensive is in full gear. Mandzu even often tackles near the other box. Shaq was out because of an injury for 2 months and needs match time.

 

[TheSoulhunter]

Awesome! Great! Woohoo! Oh yeah! We beat Bayern!

 

[Manc in London]

One special mention has to go to Geoff Stelling.

What a snide this guy is. He was loving it right after the Pellegrini interview.

Genuinely despise the man

I have never liked him. He has been sniping at us for years. I can only think that someone at the club personally offended him or that he masks his love of teh Rags with his support of Hartlepool.

His sniping obviously had little effect on me though as I am still grinning :)