City v Shakhtar Post Match

[Phil1]

I thought tonight was one of those occasions when our lesser talented players all performed admirably, whilst Jesus was anonymous, Aguero was trying too hard, and Silva in particular looked sluggish and subdued.
De Bruyne and Sane mixed brilliance with mediocrity, and it was probably the arrival of Sterling that gave us a bit more drive and purpose.

Well I for one am shocked you've dug Silva out. I presume you had your eyes closed in the second half.

 

[Bluep*ss]

Stones, Delph and Fernandinho were top class for us tonight too, the squad as a whole is improving, we'd have possibly drawn or lost that game last season.

One of them should change colour of his boots. Delphino and Fernandinho look like twins waching on Telly.

 

[MarsLlama]

I feel like Gundogan and Bernardo have to start against Chelsea but I can't for the life of me work out who gets dropped.

 

[CelesteItis]

Ederson is the goalie we was waiting for: accute vision, fast, calm, exquisite foot control and when he feels like kicking a long ball, he never hoofs it, does Ederson.

 

[BlueRockape]

Any highlights on TV ?

 

[goalmole]

One of them should change colour of his boots. Delphino and Fernandinho look like twins waching on Telly.

You should see Mangala and Mendy. I defy anyone to tell them apart at 30 yards.

 

[scousemanc]

That was a good game and Shaktar are a very decent team who ruffled our feathers in the 1st half. But well done City, very professional.
KDB is becoming the complete player. He is all over the pitch. He defends, tackles, passes, scores. He never runs out of energy. I have been going since the mid 60's and he's similar to Colin Bell.

 

[Bluep*ss]

How about that kick out by Eddie the Ink low across the pitch. Love the guy.

Had to laugh - guy on Telly said Ederson put a curve on the ball, to get round the Shaktar defender ,in throwing it out to Sane steaming 50 yards up the left.

 

[Bluep*ss]

Thought Shakhtar looked a really tidy team in the first half and made it a decent contest. Bodes well that we still took control of the game though and should have won by a much bigger margin in the end.

Encouraging performances all round though. Ederson was brilliant and Delph's performance should have calmed everyone's nerves about him stepping up in coming weeks. Gundogan looked class when he came on and KDB was running he show again. Stones looked really assured again too. Can't fault anyone really.

In the first half Shakhtar showed why we need to take these games seriously though and show these teams respect. Their win at Napoli ought to have been warning enough to those arguing we should rest half the team and still expect to win easily. Tonight was definitely not the kind of night to start throwing the likes of Foden into the team. Should play our strongest side against Napoli too as a win in that should allow us to concentrate on the league in the run up to Xmas.

Shaktar beat Napoli at Donetz

 

[lazerblue]

great t see gundogan back, keep him fit and its like signing a 50mil midfielder in todays market