Galatasaray (H) | CL | Post-Match Thread

[makinghistory]

Doesn´t matter much now ,should have been in top 8 comfortably long time ago, this team won´t win that cl title anyway. What on earth has happened to our pressing?

The lack of pressing could be to do with squad fitness or lack of it. Conserving energy etc... ?

 

[blue whippet]

Played well the first half, 2 nice goals - good quick attacking pay and two lovely assists by Doku. Had we continued with that same direct approach we could have had a few more. I liked the set up and the approach for that first 45 mins. Things changed when Doku went off and we struggled in the midfield and started to pass back and sideways a lot, Pep was getting a bit frustrated on the sidelines.
They were quite poor and the defence marshalled them well. Osimhen looks the shadow of the player who scored for fun in Napoli, Khus did a great job against him.
Hope Doku is ok, we really need him at the weekend.
Don't want to play Madrid in the next round.

 

[bluemc]

Just Guehi, Dias, Rodri and Semenyo to add to the team then! Gonzalez back as well and maybe even Stones helps out towards the end of the season

You're getting carried away there!

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Summed up our group campaign, with nobody quite sure if we were going for a 3rd or 4th (which might have put us up the table) and half the crowd too busy checking the other scores

 

[wayne71]

Average display against a poor team, thought Doku and Nunes did well, Fodens fallen off a cliff very worryingly.

Anyway onwards and upwards.

 

[pepguardiola'smoustache]

To the lurking rags on here trying to piss on our chips...

We are still in with a chance of any of all 4

What about your lot?

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

BBC's Shamoon - Damning with faint praise
Man City beat Galatasaray to sneak into top eight

Daft twat, once we scored we weren’t out of top eight all night and at one stage we were fourth.

 

[dadnlad]

Thought the idea was all games finish around the same time what happened at Madrid game for there to still playing

cough cough unfortunatly failed

 

[dadnlad]

zeiglar city all but played a poor side tonight from turkey lol

 

[Phil1]

Oh i will if we get 6 points from our next 2 league games.

I somehow doubt that.

You cheering up, not the 6 points..

 

[Phil1]

Watch it back second half we went to press on the corner of their box and they nearly ended up scoring because haaland was stood behind his man not pressing and that was there out ball….

Yeah, there were issues tonight but Haaland was pretty low down the list however hard you try and push it.

 

[chaddblue]

Got the job done in the end but another poor second half, another damaging injury, a pathetic number of empty seats.. and the crushing inevitability that we’ll play Madrid again, means I’m not exactly cracking open the champagne yet

 

[steviemc]

Fordy there were two worse than Phil imho, but I agree Phill has fell off a cliff of late .

Going to Mazzo's (Italiana) in Royton, Oldham recently wasn't probably a good move after the recent drugs bust. He might still be coming down.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Daft twat, once we scored we weren’t out of top eight all night and at one stage we were fourth.

He must be sucking lemons typing his report out

 

[Tevez City]

My 2nd Game in Manchester ( 1st with my son)

First 1 was 2012 , City vs Arsenal when Lescott scored :)

Glad for the 3 points

Nice weather

Direct Qualification

& COME ON CITY

 

[Bill Walker]

The lack of pressing could be to do with squad fitness or lack of it. Conserving energy etc... ?

Exactly this, we're playing so many games. It has to be managed correctly.

 

[mayo31]

To the lurking munichs on here trying to piss on our chips...

We are still in with a chance of any of all 4

What about your lot?

Edited

 

[Roy Batty]

Full of Eastern promise. Well until Doku went off.

 

[chaddblue]

Going to Mazzo's (Italiana) in Royton, Oldham recently wasn't probably a good move after the recent drugs bust. He might still be coming down.

What would you say if I told you that Rico Lewis was eating in there too on Christmas Eve

 

[DiscoSteve]

Holy fuck, benficas keeper just scored in the 98th minute to get them into the playoffs and keep us in the top 8!!!!

point of order - we didn't actually need Benfica to win by two clear goals for us to stay in top 8, just win.