Best performance by a visiting team

[Shaelumstash]

Given there might not be a lot of football to watch soon I thought a bit of reminiscing would be in order.

One question I’ve not seen asked recently is which have been the most impressive performances you’ve seen by a visiting team at Maine Rd or the Etihad?

Apologies if praising other teams seems a bit heretical but it’s only a game after all.

Two stick out for me:
1. April 82 at Maine Rd. We got absolutely smashed by the Liverpool side with Hansen, Dalglish and Rush in it. They won 5-0 but could have been many more. Ronnie Whelan was outstanding for them.

2. October 13 at the Etihad. Pep’s Bayern beat us 3-1. We had some self inflicted wounds that night but the way the Bayern team passed and moved that night was like watching pros play amateurs. Philip Lahm did his central midfield thing and we just couldn’t get near them, especially the first half.

Both those games had such a sense of opposition dominance that I think is the same as we’ve created for other teams on our travels for the past few years - so hopefully on some other far away fan forum someone’s writing about that amazing City performance.

Pep's Bayern and Klopp's Dortmund stand out a mile as the two best teams I've ever seen at our place.

 

[quiet_riot]

All the raving over Dortmund and Napoli, but no mentions of the young Ajax side that gave us what for?

 

[johnnytapia]

Wigan

 

[jimharri]

Dortmund, should have been 10, and it would have but for an unbelievable performance from Joe Hart.

IIRC, we somehow stole a draw that night? Laughable, thinking back. We were chasing shadows all night. Was the gurner managing them back then?

 

[johnnytapia]

All the raving over Dortmund and Napoli, but no mentions of the young Ajax side that gave us what for?

That was away. Drew at home

 

[bluemc1]

Munich under Pep

 

[JGL07]

Klopp's Dortmund were relentless last night, but there's an irony that despite dominating possession,they didn't win the game, (and neither did Pep's Bayern on a couple of occasions)

Was that the match were City were battered throughout until Balotelli won and scored a last minute penalty?

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Was that the match were City were battered throughout until Balotelli won and scored a last minute penalty?

That's right, but even after the last minute equalizer, Dortmund had a couple of 1v1 chances, which Hart saved magnificently.
There was also the game when Pep's Bayern went down to 10 men before battering us for about 75 minutes.
Somehow, we were only losing 2-1 before Aguero took control.

 

[Dirty Harry]

IIRC, we somehow stole a draw that night? Laughable, thinking back. We were chasing shadows all night. Was the gurner managing them back then?

Your memory's not as bad as you think ;-)

 

[AliBobbyJ]

The Henry-Viera Arsenal team as others have said.
Monaco were very easy on the eye.