Champions League Final | Post-Match Thread

[Damanino]

I swear if this had been a Carabao cup final we would have started with our best possible line up, everyone in their best position when on form.

If we could just trick Pep into thinking that CL is actuallly the Carabao cup lol.

FA cup and CL Pep likes to experiment more, Carabao semis and finals are always highest priority lol.

 

[Zinchilla]

People ranting about Sterling, he didn't pick himself.

Spot on, no better or worse than the others. Not his fault his selection is seen as the sacrifice for our normal system - which I’ll never understand why we didn’t play.

 

[Dribble]

Spot on. I’d like to think Guardiola will hold his hands up and admit that he has let everyone at the club down tonight. It’s a shame because he has done so well with managing the team. Perhaps that was the problem, he doesn’t know what his best team is In the big games. Wish he’d consult with the fans because we certainly know what the best team is.

I know its just a game of football but still this will take a while to get over. I feel sick to my stomach. We may never get to a final again.

Of course Pep knew what our best team was! It's the one that blew away Dortmund & PSG, & stopped Haaland, Mbappé & Neymar. Will someone please explain to me why we changed that winning formula for a CL Final? :-(

 

[smallsteve]

Time to have a whisky move on and start again

You mean a second Whisky? It’s going to be a long night and so I would line them up if I was you!

 

[Citycity76]

Eyebrows were raised when he decided against utilising either of his outstanding holding midfield men Rodri and Fernandinho in favour of an all-out attacking line-up.

It produced a confused, muddled performance with the likes of Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin de Bruyne seemingly uncertain of their roles.

And with Raheem Sterling having a disappointing night on the left flank as he was dominated by Reece James before being substituted, City rarely carried the threat that has made them the prime force in the Premier League this season.

 

[Silvaguerro]

Have you considered following tennis?

Did you mean if gundogun has. Not sure he'd be much better at that either. Too slow, too lazy and you can't pass sideways and backwards in tennis - unless the rules have changed recently?

 

[Chippy_boy]

But He didn't. FFS was fucking horrific. Sterling did turn up in the first half, he was in and around them.

He's been "in and around them" all season. But not in and around scoring or assisting.

 

[jamesha]

Got to give a lot of credit to Tuchel. Chelsea have some excellent players and he has organised them well. I thought in the quarters that Chelsea were the last team we would want to play in the final and they proved that tonight. Disappointed but not even close the the worst that I have felt as a blue (losing 6-0 against Derby still the nadir for me).
Some of the matchday posters should be banned end of.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

So the last 4 years despite being the best side in England, we've lost to Liverpool, Spurs and Chelsea in the CL

And we sometimes lose to them in the premier league as well
Lost to Spurs and Chelsea this year.

 

[madloaf]

can we put this to bed ?? sterling is not a striker but has worked on his game to fit into this side
lets stop fanning about and get 2 strikers that are born and bread strikers

You'll get no argument from me on this!