Going off something I heard last night, I don't know if he knew but I don't think anyone at all thought we'd go to Bayern and win having rested key players so why would they discuss it, winning the group was not the objective when going into this match but rather to rest players and not take any risks with a massive game this weekend. Yes we might get easier opposition in the next round but in this competition no team is EASY. If you want to win it, you have to be prepared to take on any team and beat them no matter what damn round it is. So I think us getting Barcelona next is the best possible thing for this club because we will beat them and show the rest of the teams left that we are going to be the most dangerous team in the competition.
As for Pellegrini, his team was 2-0 down last night and came back to win at the home of the European Champions, against a team that won 7-0 at the weekend who even had in terms of key players a miles better team than us. So for anyone to say he is clueless or amateur is just completely insulting for someone who has just given us the best result in our recent European history. It is also insulting of Sky to suggest that bringing Aguero on would of won the game, it wouldn't nor is there any guarantee it would!!!! That is how you should play in Europe, 1 striker and the Beast is more than capable of getting us goals. We would of butchered our midfield which wasn't exactly composed of our best players and who knows that might of cost us the points in the first place. I don't care about winning groups, we went to Bayern to get the best possible result, even scoring was a bonus and we managed to come away with a win.... I do not care really if Pellegrini knew, the fact is we got a win and considering our recent away record it could really set us up in that department, not to mention this sets us up for the biggest game of the season in the entire league on Saturday.
The manager took the decision to not put Aguero on because he didn't want to risk him with such a big game this weekend, whether he knew or not about the goal difference is TOTALLY IRRELEVANT because it was not a priority. I'm pretty sure he'd of got worst flack if he'd put Aguero on and Aguero went on to break his leg in the last 5 minutes.......................................................................................
Please lads, show some respect for what was a fantastic result for us. Who cares about the goal difference it is now irrelevant and even winning that game at all was always going to be a bonus, ignore the hype and get on with it!