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

[jimharri]

Ederson
Cancelo Dias Laporte Zinchenko
Rodri
Bernardo Gundogan
Mahrez KDB Foden

We have the better players so just go for it from the start.
Please don’t over complicate it Pep.

Boulders for Eric, specially since he didn't play at the King Power at the weekend.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

I still remember the first time we played them at the Etihad and they absolutely bossed it for 90 minutes with probably the best football I had seen from a visiting side, ever. They were crazy good.

Thankfully a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then! And we are miles better and them miles worse than back then.

Their best player that night - probably the best individual performance from a visiting player from an opponent at the Etihad - now plays for us!

 

[deano ou812]

Some thinking we will smash Dortmund and have the tie near done after the first leg,I’ll just remind people that Lyon,spurs and monaco say hi,on paper we have as good a squad if not better than any team in Europe but my worry is apart from pep overthinking we also have a mental block when it gets to the knockout phase of the champions league,very tough game tonight ..

 

[Deleted member 77198]

If Walker doesn’t play tonight Cancelo needs to up his game defensively. When we needed a big defensive performance from him against United he was fucking shite. He has been good since Christmas, but I’d still go with Walker tonight.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

What's so funny? I think we"ll pick'em apart.Their defense is so slow,they won't be able to cope with our movement and passing.

saying nothing until after the game

 

[SWPISHOME]

Some thinking we will smash Dortmund and have the tie near done after the first leg,I’ll just remind people that Lyon,spurs and monaco say hi,on paper we have as good a squad if not better than any team in Europe but my worry is apart from pep overthinking we also have a mental block when it gets to the knockout phase of the champions league,very tough game tonight ..

Exactly. In my opinion Dortmund are also better than the three sides you have mentioned.
We can take nothing for granted. Even the likes of West Ham, Aston Villa and Brighton came to our place and being honest they could well of got points against us those days.
Really tough fixture.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Some thinking we will smash Dortmund and have the tie near done after the first leg,I’ll just remind people that Lyon,spurs and monaco say hi,on paper we have as good a squad if not better than any team in Europe but my worry is apart from pep overthinking we also have a mental block when it gets to the knockout phase of the champions league,very tough game tonight ..

Indeed.

We were 25 point above Liverpool when they knocked us out; 27 points above Spurs; and Lyon were 8th in France. Dortmund have looked poor defensively when I’ve seen them, but nothing that’s happened in the past matters when the teams step out tonight.

 

[malg]

Some thinking we will smash Dortmund and have the tie near done after the first leg,I’ll just remind people that Lyon,spurs and monaco say hi,on paper we have as good a squad if not better than any team in Europe but my worry is apart from pep overthinking we also have a mental block when it gets to the knockout phase of the champions league,very tough game tonight ..

Yep. Couldn't agree more.

 

[MCFC1993]

If Walker doesn’t play tonight Cancelo needs to up his game defensively. When we needed a big defensive performance from him against United he was fucking shite. He has been good since Christmas, but I’d still go with Walker tonight.

Think they'll both play, Cancelo left back, Walker right back.

 

[SWPISHOME]

Think they'll both play, Cancelo left back, Walker right back.

I hope you're right.

 

[01cravend]

Exactly. In my opinion Dortmund are also better than the three sides you have mentioned.
We can take nothing for granted. Even the likes of West Ham, Aston Villa and Brighton came to our place and being honest they could well of got points against us those days.
Really tough fixture.

Better than Lyon, on par with Spurs but that Monaco team was special.

 

[Grealish’s Shinpads]

The most important thing is to keep a clean sheet tonight. Any goals that we score are simply a bonus.

 

[Damanino]

My worry is if we go behind.

We do have a mental block for coming back and winning games after we are 1-0 down. Fucking shit United winning games for fun from being 1-0 down, they already did 10+ times imo this season while when we are behind we most often never win.

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

Dortmund are wank. 4-0 city.

 

[SWPISHOME]

Better than Lyon, on par with Spurs but that Monaco team was special.

Monaco out of the three could be yes but I wouldn't go as far as saying they are special. They had some incredible players thr obvious ones like Bernardo, Fabinho and Mbappe, Falcao done really well there too. But they also had bang average players.
Over the two legs we should of went through.

 

[northstandgiveusasong]

Such a pity no fans allowed. Can you imagine the atmosphere? Potentially as good or if not better than that fantastic night v Hamburg.

Onto tonight and as previously stated, important we don't concede and have to take our chances when presented. A nice 2-0 win to take to Germany.

 

[super_city_si]

when the team out? cant remember how early it is on euro nights? Isnt it 1:45 before KO?

 

[citizen_maine]

My worry is if we go behind.

We do have a mental block for coming back and winning games after we are 1-0 down. Fucking shit United winning games for fun from being 1-0 down, they already did 10+ times imo this season while when we are behind we most often never win.

we almost never go behind

 

[blue b4 the moon]

when the team out? cant remember how early it is on euro nights? Isnt it 1:45 before KO?

1:15 give or take.

 

[itisrising]

Sterling has to play imo. Sort of player that can give them nightmares.