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

[Dodge]

The reality is they are the best side we have faced all season.

Very, very good side.

Thought we were immense.

Thought our mentality was colossal to push for the winner despite their late equaliser. Sign of a collective winning mentality.

Pep was excellent imo.

Kept wonderboy pretty quiet and changed it by bringing Jesus on at the right time and having him press their tiring back four.

I'm so proud of that performance. A proper top level performance against a very good opponent at the very top level.

Streets ahead of the Lyon debacle last year.

Post of the night by a Stockport mile...

 

[oakiecokie]

It was a comment with regard to the piss poor questions posed by the post match BT pitch side interviewer Oakie...

Ah sorry mate, ;)

 

[HarrytheBlue]

Phil's 'hand over the mouth' conversation with Haaland - what do you think they were saying ?

 

[Utter bobbins]

Shit lineup and lucky to get away with a win. Bellingham goal should have stood.

Pep if ur listening. Stop tinkering with the lineup ffs. And play a striker. And don't be afraid to drop a big name player

Made me laugh

 

[Mancity1980]

Was thrilled to see Foden not celebrate after the goal

He recognizes that the job is not done and we still have another game away.

Overall, thought we were poor today, and we were able to sneak a result, This has to be Ruben's worst game in a city shirt, Rodri looked very off today, I remember seeing a moment when he had to ball and instead of turning and starting a counter, he got pushed around and played it back.

And that is why we must buy Haaland, no one all season has rattled Dias like the young man from Norway did tonight.

 

[Rammy Blue]

Post of the night by a country mile...

What is?

 

[madloaf]

Where are all those on here who were calling for Kevin to be dropped a few weeks ago ?

Those in the know said he takes a while to comeback from injury.... And i embrace the fact that i was right for the 2nd time this season. (the first time was everytime I said VAR is bollocks)

 

[SWPISHOME]

I wonder if we’d have looked better tonight if Bernie was in the middle to give the energy, with Kev playing as the false 9, which is what I expected it to be when I saw the line up announced.

We certainly could of done with Bernardo legs in midfield. I though Dortmud had the extra edge in midfield winning the ball and passing through the lines to be fair they made it really tough for Gundogan and Rodri tonight.
Fernandinho is a must starter in the away leg I reckon.

 

[oakiecokie]

My only concern for the second leg is that pep might tinker and overthink it,we weren’t that great tonight played in patches and some players looked jaded or just off the pace,interesting that Dortmund tired last 10-15 mins ..

Hopefully not and I agreed with his team selection but for the return leg I would play Ferno ahead of Rodri.

 

[The perfect fumble]

 

[invisibleandalone]

Shit lineup and lucky to get away with a win. Bellingham goal should have stood.

Pep if ur listening. Stop tinkering with the lineup ffs. And play a striker. And don't be afraid to drop a big name player

If you've ever played football you would know that going into a tackle with your foot raised and studs directed towards a player is a foul .NO GOAL !

 

[alexmcity]

Gundo and Bernie lost a bit of form already before the internationals. They started 3 games in 6 days for Germany and Portugal respectively which didn't help. Dias is playing every 3 days since God knows when.

At least one of Gundo/Bernie plus Dias, Rodri and Kevin should be rested against Leeds. Foden is young and can recover quickly.

Think we will play much better against Bayern/PSG if we beat Dortmund. Teams like Spurs, Monaco and Lyon are more difficult for us for some reason. By contrast, we were fantastic against Real.

 

[Mancity1980]

Phil's 'hand over the mouth' conversation with Haaland - what do you think they were saying ?

Fancy breaking a few lockdown rules?...;)

 

[oakiecokie]

Pep thought he was world class so he agrees with me mr irrelevant who talks nonsense

WORLD CLASS ?? WTF !!!!

 

[Sirlaughalot]

That was incredibly nervous. Not going to lie I got so deflated after the away goal. We showed huge character to get ourselves back in front.
We weren't ourselves tonight we can be much better and we've shown that all season. But what we have is an incredible group of players that can come up with a magic moments at anytime in a game.
The tie is still in the balance the away goal for them is huge.
But we go there with something to hold onto to which is important. No doubt we can go over their and do a number on them.

Standouts obviously Phil Foden and De Bruyne...Walker was really good but he really should of been around on the cover for the goal we conceded.

I'm just happy we have a lead going to Germany.

think 2 leg is in Budapest. not that it will make much difference..
2-1 for City again.

 

[marco]

thanks to Foden they have to come at us next week and have no choice,that will be better for us

 

[oakiecokie]

Surely it would singe his bum fluff

Ooooooooooooohhhhhh Matron !!!

 

[The perfect fumble]

 

[Stoned Rose]

Haaland would break all kinds of records with Kevin behind him. Let alone all the others putting balls in!

 

[Kinkys Left Foot]

Sky doing irony with their "pride of the Premier League" advert of scousers lifting the trophy having been dicked by a shit Madrid tonight and lying 6th in the table with the worst Champions defence of the PL title ever. Bravo.