Club Brugge (H) - CL - Post-Match Thread

Another team came to sit deep and play on the counter but City' were much more "City like" than against Palace. Bruge's equaliser took the wind out of our sails for a while and we were always more vulnerable to counters than we should have been, but last night we attacked the space behind the deep back line and were playing the clever balls through the channels and we had lads in the box waiting to profit. Foden and, obviously, Cancelo were excellent in exploiting this space and three of our goals were typical City goals - lethal strikes from 3 yards, the kind of goal Raheem used to score by the bucket full, the ones that drove the scousers mad. Finally a word for John Stones who reminded us all that he also adds to the team by his ability to run into and through midfield and then distributes the ball well.
 
ancoats said:
grealish out wide on the left seems pointless unless its something pep wants to work gaps around the box. also if you play that wide you need somebody to run off you or play a quick one two. but grealish was just trying to beat the fullback and the first centre back as the cover and did find it hard

its funny that we miss david silva so much and he was great at linking people up and controlling the game.
the balance of this city team is all over the place and pep's setup and the false 9 really is a puzzle to watch.
the truth is any of the front 5 can be anywhere on the pitch and stops the other team man marking

grealish needs to find a little trick if he can ? playing out wide you need that bit of something else to stop them doubling up on you when you cut back ? the reverse flick is a good trick with your foot and sends both the defenders the wrong way and your in
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The most often used pass of Grealish is the 4 oclock pass. Unfortunately it is useless
 
Nice to see Sterling get a goal at last. Gundogan looks off it at the moment, probably not fully fit after his injury.
 
bennyboy said:
Loads of strangers in South level 3.
Easy to spot as they were all moving about after sitting in the wrong row.
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i spoke to a few as i did v leipzig
managed to ask a group in the lift going up to ss3 ,how much they had paid
a student villa fan laughed and said £12
less than my ticket on the cup scheme.
 
Has anyone mentioned how good the ref was last night? I was fully expecting to be down to 9 men by half time. I thought he was actually half decent after the shower we usually get AND how poor he has been to us in the past.
 
Fred_Quimby said:
Has anyone mentioned how good the ref was last night? I was fully expecting to be down to 9 men by half time. I thought he was actually half decent after the shower we usually get AND how poor he has been to us in the past.
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Apart from blowing the whistle bang on 45:00 when we were attacking their area (despite 2 goals which should have been at least a minute of ET), the non-foul on Bernie which should have been a booking for them, the cheap foul gainst us that that followed breaking up a promising attack, and the numerous times (too many to be a coincidence) he blocked our passing lanes?

Subtle interventions in isolation, but these are the things that can and do change the outcome of games.
 
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