Pep is seriously ruining this sport. Especially a lot of people familiar with his brand of football (City fans included) take what they see for granted. They shouldn't. Nobody around is capable of doing what he does. Guardiola is reinventing total football, basically all 11 players are responding to multiple roles, interchanging etc, throughout the 90'. This is education at PhD level...
His tactical decisions immediately following Joao's red guaranteed that the numerical imbalance would never be a factor during the game. As much as they wanted to, Fulham were forced to merely defend for their lives, hold on to the draw. You can bet your ass that Marco Silva was dreaming about reading his name in the headlines tomorrow. Once again however, he and his team will leave the pitch defeated...
Other than that, how many minutes have already passed since England's final whistle? I am still fuming. Still taking big breaths. Any chance the club will ever react to this reality? That **** (VAR last season at OT, denying Gaby a clear penalty, if I am not mistaken VAR also in the recent Arsenal - Liverpool match) came at the Etihad to do a job, as his colleague did at Anfield a few weeks ago. I strongly disagree with the OP, it has nothing to do with incompetence. You see, they need competition for their product. Anybody but City will do. So Liverpool will be forced to lose at the Emirates (Klopp definitely fucking up tactically is a completely different matter), but will get all the calls vs City. We were happy to get 1 foul out of 5 there: The Anfield rules, you see -and the ref had even warned our staff before the match. The team remains unprotected...
Nevertheless this team is here to stay. This team means business. Get that clear through your fucking heads. Crystal clear. And try harder next time. Shame on you, you fucking cunts...
PS. As always, those boys out there are prepared to die on the pitch for the cause. Their work ethic and determination made City fans cry, once again. 10 vs 11 for like an hour, they beat both Fulham as well as England. Not for the first time, of course -and it definitely won't be the last. Proud of them, privileged to be their supporter, truly an honor. I would feel embarrassed to choose someone as MOM, they all deserve it. MOM is the TEAM itself...