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0-0 at maybe 75 minutes and 4-0 f/t. I think Yaya Toure scored a worldie that night.
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Greatest night games at the Etihad
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ChicagoBlue
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I’d go:Hamburg
Rags 1-0
Liverpool 2-1
Gotta be loads more
1) Hamburg
2) Dippers
3) Rags
…in that order.
Close thread.
Sad part is that in the Hamburg game we weren’t able to get the team over the line and through a tie that we SHOULD have won.
Me and the lad we'd sat next to for a few seasons almost came to blows that night because we weren't 4 up and half time.Villa in the pouring rain in title run in of 2014
Hamburg was the first proper European match that fans got behind, amazing what happens when they do cheap tickets.
The fa youth cup final against Chelsea was a decent night from what I remember.
Napoli for the first champions League game was really exciting and the stadium was a mix on anxiety and excitement
United in 2012 was fucking brilliant
The Wednesday stoke game in 2011 after beating them in the FA cup final on the Saturday was such a party atmosphere after winning the first trophy.
Left the UK in 2016 and missed all of the pep stuff, but these are the ones that stick in my mind.
My top three...
City 2 Liverpool 1
The greatest night game at the Etihad also happens to be the greatest game of football ever played in Premier League history.
The intensity, standard of play (from both teams), the last ditch goal line clearance, the execution of Aguero's goal... it was all sublime.
If it hadn't been for Johnny Boulders nutmegging Salah, Liverpool would have been champions, invincibles and quite possibly centurions. They were that good - but we were that bit better. (Come to think of it, we performed a public service that year!).
It was a fitting adornment to the greatest ever title race.
City 4 Arsenal 1
Quite simply the best performance from an English football team against anyone anywhere at any time.
Someone on Twitter described it as like watching a fight between a bear and a man in a bear suit. :-D
None of the great teams of the past, not Liverpool in the 70s & 80s, no Arsenal side in history and as sure as shit no United side ever came close to the level of football City played last Wednesday night.
It will be very fucking hard but I only hope we can keep it going at something approaching that level to the end of the season.
City 1 United 0
People talk about the Cup Semi Final and I know what they mean but for me, this was the true changing of the guard.
Kompany rising majestically, Mancini putting that bitter twat back in his box with an iconic hand gesture, seeing (in the team they picked) just how much the Sick Swan hurt them, those smug fuckers not getting a shot on target all night.... I won't pretend it made the 35 years worthwhile but I will always be thankful that I lived to see it.
The reverse fixture was a thumping but we did them cold that night. We hammered them 1-0 and they fucking knew it.
City 2 Liverpool 1
The greatest night game at the Etihad also happens to be the greatest game of football ever played in Premier League history.
The intensity, standard of play (from both teams), the last ditch goal line clearance, the execution of Aguero's goal... it was all sublime.
If it hadn't been for Johnny Boulders nutmegging Salah, Liverpool would have been champions, invincibles and quite possibly centurions. They were that good - but we were that bit better. (Come to think of it, we performed a public service that year!).
It was a fitting adornment to the greatest ever title race.
City 4 Arsenal 1
Quite simply the best performance from an English football team against anyone anywhere at any time.
Someone on Twitter described it as like watching a fight between a bear and a man in a bear suit. :-D
None of the great teams of the past, not Liverpool in the 70s & 80s, no Arsenal side in history and as sure as shit no United side ever came close to the level of football City played last Wednesday night.
It will be very fucking hard but I only hope we can keep it going at something approaching that level to the end of the season.
City 1 United 0
People talk about the Cup Semi Final and I know what they mean but for me, this was the true changing of the guard.
Kompany rising majestically, Mancini putting that bitter twat back in his box with an iconic hand gesture, seeing (in the team they picked) just how much the Sick Swan hurt them, those smug fuckers not getting a shot on target all night.... I won't pretend it made the 35 years worthwhile but I will always be thankful that I lived to see it.
The reverse fixture was a thumping but we did them cold that night. We hammered them 1-0 and they fucking knew it.
The Napoli one was special.Me and the lad we'd sat next to for a few seasons almost came to blows that night because we weren't 4 up and half time.
Hamburg was the first proper European match that fans got behind, amazing what happens when they do cheap tickets.
The fa youth cup final against Chelsea was a decent night from what I remember.
Napoli for the first champions League game was really exciting and the stadium was a mix on anxiety and excitement
United in 2012 was fucking brilliant
The Wednesday stoke game in 2011 after beating them in the FA cup final on the Saturday was such a party atmosphere after winning the first trophy.
I
Left the UK in 2016 and missed all of the pep stuff, but these are the ones that stick in my mind.
Great Post. Totally agree.My top three...
City 2 Liverpool 1
The greatest night game at the Etihad also happens to be the greatest game of football ever played in Premier League history.
The intensity, standard of play (from both teams), the last ditch goal line clearance, the execution of Aguero's goal... it was all sublime.
If it hadn't been for Johnny Boulders nutmegging Salah, Liverpool would have been champions, invincibles and quite possibly centurions. They were that good - but we were that bit better. (Come to think of it, we performed a public service that year!).
It was a fitting adornment to the greatest ever title race.
City 4 Arsenal 1
Quite simply the best performance from an English football team against anyone anywhere at any time.
Someone on Twitter described it as like watching a fight between a bear and a man in a bear suit. :-D
None of the great teams of the past, not Liverpool in the 70s & 80s, no Arsenal side in history and as sure as shit no United side ever came close to the level of football City played last Wednesday night.
It will be very fucking hard but I only hope we can keep it going at something approaching that level to the end of the season.
City 1 United 0
People talk about the Cup Semi Final and I know what they mean but for me, this was the true changing of the guard.
Kompany rising majestically, Mancini putting that bitter twat back in his box with an iconic hand gesture, seeing (in the team they picked) just how much the Sick Swan hurt them, those smug fuckers not getting a shot on target all night.... I won't pretend it made the 35 years worthwhile but I will always be thankful that I lived to see it.
The reverse fixture was a thumping but we did them cold that night. We hammered them 1-0 and they fucking knew it.
That Liverpool game was just insane. Every single element of football was shown to perfection that night from both teams to be fair. I've been watching football since 1986 and I've never seen anything like it, (not even the Liverpool side of 1986-89 which up until recently I thought was the best football I've ever seen by a British side). It was an incredible game to witness, I was on the edge of my seat the whole 90 mins.
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The Napoli one was special.
I was at the Napoli one and honestly thought the atmosphere was really flat. It perked up a little when Kolarov scored but before then I didn't think it was up to much at all, anxiety or nerves or whatever it was.
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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0-0 at maybe 75 minutes and 4-0 f/t. I think Yaya Toure scored a worldie that night.
I'm sure he did. I didn't even cheer. I just gaped and thought, “I don't believe what I just saw”. Stadium was still a third empty about ten minutes in because apparently there'd been some big problem on Mancunian way.
That was definitely one of the great night matches.
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That quote is brilliant!My top three...
City 2 Liverpool 1
The greatest night game at the Etihad also happens to be the greatest game of football ever played in Premier League history.
The intensity, standard of play (from both teams), the last ditch goal line clearance, the execution of Aguero's goal... it was all sublime.
If it hadn't been for Johnny Boulders nutmegging Salah, Liverpool would have been champions, invincibles and quite possibly centurions. They were that good - but we were that bit better. (Come to think of it, we performed a public service that year!).
It was a fitting adornment to the greatest ever title race.
City 4 Arsenal 1
Quite simply the best performance from an English football team against anyone anywhere at any time.
Someone on Twitter described it as like watching a fight between a bear and a man in a bear suit. :-D
None of the great teams of the past, not Liverpool in the 70s & 80s, no Arsenal side in history and as sure as shit no United side ever came close to the level of football City played last Wednesday night.
It will be very fucking hard but I only hope we can keep it going at something approaching that level to the end of the season.
City 1 United 0
People talk about the Cup Semi Final and I know what they mean but for me, this was the true changing of the guard.
Kompany rising majestically, Mancini putting that bitter twat back in his box with an iconic hand gesture, seeing (in the team they picked) just how much the Sick Swan hurt them, those smug fuckers not getting a shot on target all night.... I won't pretend it made the 35 years worthwhile but I will always be thankful that I lived to see it.
The reverse fixture was a thumping but we did them cold that night. We hammered them 1-0 and they fucking knew it.
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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My top three...
City 2 Liverpool 1
The greatest night game at the Etihad also happens to be the greatest game of football ever played in Premier League history.
The intensity, standard of play (from both teams), the last ditch goal line clearance, the execution of Aguero's goal... it was all sublime.
If it hadn't been for Johnny Boulders nutmegging Salah, Liverpool would have been champions, invincibles and quite possibly centurions. They were that good - but we were that bit better. (Come to think of it, we performed a public service that year!).
It was a fitting adornment to the greatest ever title race.
City 4 Arsenal 1
Quite simply the best performance from an English football team against anyone anywhere at any time.
Someone on Twitter described it as like watching a fight between a bear and a man in a bear suit. :-D
None of the great teams of the past, not Liverpool in the 70s & 80s, no Arsenal side in history and as sure as shit no United side ever came close to the level of football City played last Wednesday night.
It will be very fucking hard but I only hope we can keep it going at something approaching that level to the end of the season.
City 1 United 0
People talk about the Cup Semi Final and I know what they mean but for me, this was the true changing of the guard.
Kompany rising majestically, Mancini putting that bitter twat back in his box with an iconic hand gesture, seeing (in the team they picked) just how much the Sick Swan hurt them, those smug fuckers not getting a shot on target all night.... I won't pretend it made the 35 years worthwhile but I will always be thankful that I lived to see it.
The reverse fixture was a thumping but we did them cold that night. We hammered them 1-0 and they fucking knew it.
Three very, very good calls.
And as a trip down memory lane, me on the Kippax watching Fenerbahce looking thoroughly unterrified of us on a balmy evening in our one and only appearance in the European Cup (not counting the away leg) until very recent times. God but we looked like new boys on their first day at school…