they'll be tough, especially at their own ground. Shaktar and Napoli away are two of the toughest away grounds you could go to in Europe, a draw away to those two wouldn't be a bad result imo.The unknown after tonight is how good are Shakhtar? They've just beaten a team who had won every game this season and who Guardiola rated as one of the best 3 sides in Europe. They thrashed Nice in the CL qualifier and Nice are a good side (smashed Monaco 4-0 at the weekend). Was it a fluke or are they a side to watch. Historically they buy a lot of South Americans. I only saw their goals tonight, but they were good goals.
The best thing about Ederson is you don't notice he's playing until he does something fantastic. He seems to do the basics so well and I forgotten what it was like to not have my heart in my mouth every time the ball went in the box.
KDB is ridiculous right now not just offensively but pretty strong defensively too. I'd be interested in his tackling stats over the last two games.
If anything though the last two games shows what we can do WHEN we take our chances.
We started to lose a bit of concentration in the 2nd half (which is understandable but not a good habit to have) & the substitutions upset our rhythm a bit.I wonder what Pep will say because until we just decided to kill the game, things were a bit sloppy in midfield which he won't like, quite a few times Fernandinho tackled a City player who'd just won the ball back.
It happens mate, we've been there ourselves. Hopefully the more you play top foreign opposition, the better you'll get.Congratulations, you outclassed us.
Feyrod, thank you for your honesty.It happens mate, we've been there ourselves. Hopefully the more you play top foreign opposition, the better you'll get.