Dortmund (H) - CL QF | Post-Match Thread

[mancity2012_eamo]

That was exhausting.
Frustrating how slow we were at times but looking at it objectively Pep knew that they were capable of scoring like they did at anytime and had us play conservatively as a result.

He made the correct substitution at an early enough time and honestly if Phil had his shooting boots on we could have been 3-0 up when they scored.

Gundo and Rodri are a worry at this level for midfield. Too slow, but when we get Gundo into their box he delivers.

We were well worth our win. Not nearly as bad as some were saying in the match day forum, but we will really need to be sharper going forward. Need to cut out the concentration lapses as well as improve our finishing.

But that was a high quality game between two teams that knew what they were about.

 

[borassic]

Don't see how that was a poor performance. It was a Champions League Quarter Final ffs, we wont blow every team away.

Wasn't at our total best, granted, but we kept plugging away and apart from a moment of magic from a well organised side, we looked fairly comfortable.

Foden second half was fantastic and that goal will be huge. Sets us up brilliantly for the second leg.

Keep it going City!

I think it’s fair to say some players made unusual and unforced errors

 

[SidJames]

Didn't enjoy a minute of that other than the goals. Got there in the end, but we looked maybe overly cautious, which perhaps is a lesson learned from previous CL campaigns. Looked good towards the end of the half though. If we can play even slightly better in the second leg, we'll go through.

Me neither.

If we were nervous.

The players Getting fucked over in the quarters for 3 seasons must have played a part in everyone heads tonight.

I think even Pep was reluctant to change thing late on, just hoping for 1-0

I am really happy.

 

[The1nvisibleMan]

walker was great what game did you watch

Didn’t track the runner on the goal and far too frequently played underhit balls or just played backwards

 

[chesterbells]

Once again we produce a shit performance in a quarter final against a far inferior team, this time we managed to just get the win but this tie is far from over when it should have been dead and buried.

I honestly don’t think they were “far inferior” mate

 

[David Kloppesh]

verrrry nervy.

Rodri had a bad game tonite, cancelo ineffective, gundo invisible until the assist. I think Ginger Kev was the best player on the pitch, Phil was really good as well. I thought Sterling should have had the last 15 mins instead of Riad.

mental block shit.

Dortmund were OKish.
I expected tactical domination since dortmund manager was some random guy, but they sliced through us with ease at times.

It's gonna be tough the second leg but, you must give everything in order to win the CL.

at least we won, they have to score to progress, so it could play into our hands.

Dortmund is not a bad team.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

"Kevin, Do you have a third eye?"

*gets his knob out* “yeah, see?!”

 

[lightning Rodri]

Can see why they retired the shirt for Bellingham, what a player!

Brilliant player, Pep has to be impressed, like he was by Bernardo or Auour in the past. Actually I thought he was the best midfielder after Kevin

 

[Bozzie]

Wow, that was hard work. Strangely, the players who were rested against Leicester (Phil aside) looked the most leggy. Missed some chances which, on balance, makes the result a fair one, but Dortmund were excellently organised in defence, particularly given that we were on one of our 'go slow' days and, for the most part, made life fairly easy for them. We looked better when Jesus came on and, for me, we missed Sterling, the assist for Kevin aside Mahrez offered very little. One things for sure, we'll need to be right on our game next week for the second leg but 2-1's preferable to 1-1.

 

[CmonCity92]

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