Brighton & Hove Albion (A) | Post Match Thread

Pep Guardiola: "I was a little bit worried about how much we would drop what we have done over the last four months, after 40 hours ago we drank all the alcohol in Manchester, and the way they played was outstanding.

Pep Guardiola: "Phil [Foden] had a knock in the first half, problems in the leg. The doctor told me it was dangerous and we didn't take a risk. John [Stones] felt tight, he didn’t have anything, we didn’t want to take a risk.
 
Dribble said:
A case of after the Lord Mayor's parade, & the horrors of too much alcohol! :-/

We should've been 1-4 up after 30 minutes, so if anyone's found Haaland's shooting boots, can they return them immediately please!

With reports of the squad going out on Sunday night, & several of the squad being left in Manchester as a result, this match was always destined to be one of safety first & fulfilling a dead rubber fixture where we were only playing for pride & to keep our winning sequence going.

Haaland was off colour. Mahrez was totally ineffective & Rodri playing as CB had little control or effect on the match.

In fact Haaland should've been withdrawn on 60 minutes. I'm not in favour of us playing him seemingly just so he can break records. It wasn't his night & we needed an extra body in midfield.

Palmer was effective when he came on, then went quiet for 15 minutes, then came alive for the last 10. I thought Lewis had a good game, but with all the changes in personnel & with little riding on the match, we looked a shadow of our normal self.

I've no issues with the disallowed Haaland goal. It was a clear tug & was adjudged to be enough to put their defender off to give Haaland an unfair advantage.

At least we got a point away & gave a run out to a few of the main players to keep them ticking over. Right now I can't wait for the PL to be over so we can get ourselves together & focused for the two finals we have. Right now our mentality is gonna decide how our season ends & we've gotta get back to our rhythm.

I reckon we'll play a stronger team against Brentford, as we desperately need to get our game-face back on so the balance of our season doesn't implode.

I'm not a misery guts, but surely our squad could wait until the end of the season for a celebratory piss up? We've been here before when our PL season has been won with a few games to go, the rest of the season has fizzled out accordingly & we've found ourselves unable to raise our levels sufficiently again.

Hopefully we'll get ourselves back on it ASAP, so roll on Sunday & the end of a gruelling Premier League season.
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Motivation and hunger is still strong and players are well managed to get the right amount of football they need to stay on top of their game.

Not sure how we will line up on Sunday you could be right but we will go full strength injuries aside for the final two games and we won't die wondering.
 
Luca1894 said:
I feel sure Pep will stick with Otega for the FA Cup, gives me a mild case of the squitters, I think it will be a marginal game and Ortega"s distro could be costly.
Seeing Phil tonight it seems crazy to not start him in the finals, the only option would be Bernie in the middle for Gundo and Phil on the wing. But no Gundo ?, nice dilemma, best leave it to Pep....

Also in the finals, if Ake, Dias and Akanji are nailed on, who plays RB ? Stones or Walker ?
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Walker because of Rashford‘s pace.
 
All credit to Brighton.. jeez I was doing some window shopping with their team. A very good football side and a very good manager too. Our champions in blue another amazing effort I salute you the very best on planet earth
 
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