City v Bristol City 1st leg post match

[TueartsOHK]

As good as Bristol played I always find it surprising when pundits and commentators completely ignore the fact that we put out a half strength team - only Stones would be a first choice back 4, we had a left back who was playing out of position, a midfielder who has lost all mobility, our second choice keeper and we played most of the game without a striker. We would never field a team like this against Premiership opposition so why make the comparison?
Having said that any team we put out should be capable of beating Bristol and in the end that was the case.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

horrible 2nd leg now, they can easily steal it. Pep's worst selection since 2016.

 

[cleavers]

Having 26 shots but only 6 on target sums it up really

Easy to say this, but how many blocks did they get in ? They defended very well, bodies on the line.

Some shite posted on this thread tonight because people didn't get their expected 4-0 win, and some stupid comments about our own players, I'm not going to try and counter them, because I know how I feel, and I thought most did us proud. For me, I thought we played pretty well, not our best obviously, but its a makeshift team, and against a tough side, we kept going right to the end (again), and took the victory we (just) deserved.

We rarely draw, and hardly ever lose (33 domestic games now without defeat), and I'm confident we won't lose down there.

 

[SuperKevinHorlock]

Poor performance but still deserved the win, going to be tough second leg but we cannot play as bad as tonight.

 

[Len Rum]

If we're absolutely honest we stole that one.

We were way below our best with a lot of below par performances, but that is a ludicrous statement.

 

[Ban-jani]

Ratings

Bravo: 6
Danilo: 4
Mangala: 1
Stones: 4
Zinchenko: 6
Toure: 5
KDB: 8
Gundogan: 4
Bernardo: 5
Sane: 1
Sterling: 6

 

[cleavers]

horrible 2nd leg now, they can easily steal it.

We haven't lost for 33 games domestically, so I'd hardly say they could "easily steal it". Nobody else has found the answer.

 

[blueinsa]

horrible 2nd leg now, they can easily steal it. Pep's worst selection since 2016.

Was wondering when you would show.....

 

[rnblade]

Bristol deserve some credit for actually playing better than some PL teams that came here. Sane is turning into Navas, Yaya is sadly a liability along with Mangala.
Gundy needs to step up and be a play maker or is he still suffering mentally from his injury?
Kun was a saviour tonight. We STILL cannot seem to put away our chances. It looks like we will need a few of the big hitters for the return game. They proved they’re not shit.
An extra game the Main first team players do not need.

 

[Uwe`s Grandad]

Easy to say this, but how many blocks did they get in ? They defended very well, bodies on the line.

Some shite posted on this thread tonight because people didn't get their expected 4-0 win, and some stupid comments about our own players, I'm not going to try and counter them, because I know how I feel, and I thought most did us proud. For me, I thought we played pretty well, not our best obviously, but its a makeshift team, and against a tough side, we kept going right to the end (again), and took the victory we (just) deserved.

We rarely draw, and hardly ever lose (33 domestic games now without defeat), and I'm confident we won't lose down there.

Well said