FC Basel V Manchester City - Post-Match Thread

Excellent result, which should make the second leg a formality. But a few things to point out:

Gundogan was excellent. His work rate and desire in this game was incomparable to recent domestic performances. He has been coasting through games ever since returning from his last short injury. We always knew that there was an exceptional player in him. We've seen it before, especially in the Champions League. He needs to put the same effort into league games.

Sergio continues his excellent recent form, which is going to be vital for us going forward as we progress into the later stages of the cup competitions. It's clear that Pep was extremely happy with his performance. Fingers crossed this will further boost his confidence as we approach the league cup final.

Bernardo continues to improve day by day. It's going to take some time before we see the best from him, but his performances now are deserving of starting games. He keeps the ball almost as well as Silva.

Defensively we were all over the place at times. Whilst we didn't concede, Basel had two or three golden chances that they really should have converted. They also had a penalty claim wrongfully dismissed. I put most of this down to reintroducing Kompany and Delph after extended absences. I still feel that we'll struggle defensively in this competition when we face the other elite clubs. The main issue is that we don't have a second defensive midfielder that we can play alongside Fernandinho to see out games.
 
Homar said:
Excellent result, which should make the second leg a formality. But a few things to point out:

Gundogan was excellent. His work rate and desire in this game was incomparable to recent domestic performances. He has been coasting through games ever since returning from his last short injury. We always knew that there was an exceptional player in him. We've seen it before, especially in the Champions League. He needs to put the same effort into league games.

Sergio continues his excellent recent form, which is going to be vital for us going forward as we progress into the later stages of the cup competitions. It's clear that Pep was extremely happy with his performance. Fingers crossed this will further boost his confidence as we approach the league cup final.

Bernardo continues to improve day by day. It's going to take some time before we see the best from him, but his performances now are deserving of starting games. He keeps the ball almost as well as Silva.

Defensively we were all over the place at times. Whilst we didn't concede, Basel had two or three golden chances that they really should have converted. They also had a penalty claim wrongfully dismissed. I put most of this down to reintroducing Kompany and Delph after extended absences. I still feel that we'll struggle defensively in this competition when we face the other elite clubs. The main issue is that we don't have a second defensive midfielder that we can play alongside Fernandinho to see out games.
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Danilo could definitely be used as a second defensive midfielder...
 
CityInWashingtonState said:
Happy yes - but @SebastianBlue has a point - long balls into our defense caused us more trouble than we'd have liked and Basel might well have scored. Otter's challenge might well have been called for a penalty on another day or by a different ref. On the other end, we were ruthlessly clinical, and Basel's keeper could have at least done much better against Silva's goal; in other circumstances, we might well have gone into half time tied or, with very bad luck, even trailing.

In short, 3-0 at halftime was flattering - 1-0 or 2-1 might have been a better reflection of our overall play to that point.
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Homar said:
Excellent result, which should make the second leg a formality. But a few things to point out:

Gundogan was excellent. His work rate and desire in this game was incomparable to recent domestic performances. He has been coasting through games ever since returning from his last short injury. We always knew that there was an exceptional player in him. We've seen it before, especially in the Champions League. He needs to put the same effort into league games.

Sergio continues his excellent recent form, which is going to be vital for us going forward as we progress into the later stages of the cup competitions. It's clear that Pep was extremely happy with his performance. Fingers crossed this will further boost his confidence as we approach the league cup final.

Bernardo continues to improve day by day. It's going to take some time before we see the best from him, but his performances now are deserving of starting games. He keeps the ball almost as well as Silva.

Defensively we were all over the place at times. Whilst we didn't concede, Basel had two or three golden chances that they really should have converted. They also had a penalty claim wrongfully dismissed. I put most of this down to reintroducing Kompany and Delph after extended absences. I still feel that we'll struggle defensively in this competition when we face the other elite clubs. The main issue is that we don't have a second defensive midfielder that we can play alongside Fernandinho to see out games.
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Godspeed. ;-)
 
The Colonel said:
No he wasn’t, he was talking about the retu

no he wasn’t. He was specifically talking about the return leg when asked about taking it easier. He mentioned that for example a 2-2 draw or 3-2 defeat doesn’t set the right tone for the next match. Completely in the context of this discuss.
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Did you sit through the interview whistling with your eyes closed and your fingers in your ears and then just make up what you wanted to hear. Fuck me, you couldn’t have misunderstood Vinny’s sentiments more if you’d tried.
 
BJL_City said:
the only person who has to turn 360 yards is Dave when he's up for some rumpy-pumpy.
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Not sure even 360 yards is a safe enough distance...

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