Bournemouth (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

[pepguardiola'smoustache]

May i just say what a pleasure it is to read a comprehensively positive postmatch thread for a change.

 

[HowleyBlue]

 

[cleavers]

Just wondering if today’s great performance is “on Pep”?

More Iraola I think ;-)

 

[borassic]

Yes. Mail quote:

"Anthony Taylor and the VAR Paul Tierney allowed the goal to stand and Guardiola later heavily criticised the refereeing fraternity – suggesting they have been predisposed to award decisions against City throughout his time in England.

‘An unbelievable goal for the official,’ Guardiola said after David Brooks hooked the City goalkeeper’s arm before letting go from the set piece.

‘I'm one decade here and we know each other quite well. I'm so pleased what we achieved with Man City despite everything. It has been so good. So good.’"

The difference between the decisions not given for us and given for Villa last week was mental

 

[asahartford1]

Best we've played for a while.

Great tempo. On another day Haaland gets his Hat trick.

Savinho just do one.

English is my first language, but what do you mean by ,

"Savinho just do one"

I get you are not being complimentary.

 

[ysmsa]

Scored some very good goals.

Open play Arse, remember that?

 

[Trojan63]

Cherki so direct to Haaland and that’s all it needs - not 14 or 15 sideways and backwards passes then losing possession

 

[Harvster]

Entertaining game, lots of our boys played really well. You’ve got to like Bournemouth though, Iraola doing really well again after so many summer departures, great to see David Brooks back playing so well

 

[cleavers]

Gonzalez really growing into his role.

Looked uncannily like Busquets today. Kept the ball moving and some excellent passes. Was always available for the ball and when defending was in the right spaces to cut off the passing lanes

He was superb, but many where, some won't get picked out like Bernardo, and Foden, but their workrate was immense. A brilliant team performance really.

 

[ysmsa]

Refreshing lack of shithousery, bus-parking and mobbing the officals. Was uncomfortable right to the end, no mugs Bournemouth.

They did sit down quite a lot tbf which I found strange because it disrupted them more than us.

 

[ysmsa]

Unfortunately that will never change but we don’t seem to have as many early leavers these days

Stayed till the final whistle as usual but it's late on a Sunday, people just want to get home.

Plus it's the obligatory toilet visit on the way out.

 

[Pam]

That passage of play just before he went off. Great pass by Foden from the full back position. His strength to hold off their defender and turn him. Great pass to Savinho on the right……you can guess the rest!

He is a machine!!

You underestimate him.

 

[Cuban heels]

Thank fuck we’ve stopped playing Chess footy !
This was epic stuff

 

[shemnel]

Great performance in the main, really tricky opposition who came to play football.

Haaland was a monster in the first half, every lay off worked and his breaking from deep was horrible for their defence.

Cherki bright, oreilly good, Foden knitting it up a la David Silva, Nunes very good against a very decent Semenyo and Gonzalez good too.

It was all about the response after losing a bit timidly to Villa, so this result was excellent.

Oh, and their goal was definitely a foul.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

It was Steven Warnock, ex dipper!

He was so biased against us from the off and sounded fucking gutted when Erling scored. He gave us grudging praise but only cos he couldn't deny what he was seeing.

Oh and Lee Dixon can fucking do one too!

I don’t recall hearing him before. It was as one-sided as Baldy’s first-half refereeing performance. Appalling.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Thank fuck we’ve stopped playing Chess footy !
This was epic stuff

Well, they played a suicidally high line, and don’t play it well — were we offside even once? I counted a dozen breaks we had. I don’t think we’ll see those kinds of opportunities against many others.

 

[Marvin.]

Cherki so direct to Haaland and that’s all it needs - not 14 or 15 sideways and backwards passes then losing possession

There are still some people who like to characterise City in this way but almost everyone who plays City parks the bus. Bournemouth to their credit did not.

 

[johnnytapia]

Fuck me. We won 3-1. I used to love reading in the Pink of any and all victories. You cunts not celebrating- fuck off and then fuck off a bit more.

 

[Fordyboy46]

Definitely more like the city of old today, Cherki a huge difference in our attacking threat. Also big shouts to both full backs who were excellent. And nothing else to add about big Erl, the best we've ever seen

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Cherki so direct to Haaland and that’s all it needs - not 14 or 15 sideways and backwards passes then losing possession

So refreshing to see a player who's first instinct is can I play the big man in.