Weekend team fair enough, but the whole left hand side was wrong. Ake rusty, Mendy rusty/not good enough, Zinchenko out of position, and Sterling out of form. Still should have won, but it's no surprise we looked out of sorts.
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Luke The Blue
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Because games don’t tend to be won early. It’s a dream scenario that happens much less frequently in reality than our fans seem to think. Plus we only get 3 subs so would only be able to rest 3 players. We wanted to rest 7 and to not have to use them at all.
When we are playing a team like Leeds though Trev at home who we know will attack us, we know ourselves we will get chances with Kevin and Foden in that lineup we could of easily scored a couple that first half imo. Again Imo I don't think we needed that many changes at the same time.
Anyways I hope its payed off the rest and we destroy Dortmund
Pisses me off. He might be sligthly onside, but why the fuck wouldn’t they check a dubious 90th minute winner? If it happened against the rags it would 100% be disallowedI was thinking the same.
Eccles Blue
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We're Man City we fight to the end. The Boys in Blue never give in and they won't give in over the next few weeks either. There's even a 'banner' (or whatever those things are hiding all our seats) saying WE FIGHT TO THE END.
Don't despair, just keep the faith. (Sorry to be a Pollyanna but it's City lads and lassies, it's City our heroes). :-)
Don't despair, just keep the faith. (Sorry to be a Pollyanna but it's City lads and lassies, it's City our heroes). :-)
Yes there was a bit of selective VAR officiating throughout the game, though they (eventually) got the Cooper decision rightI was thinking the same.
eyalluvitt
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Must give the away team a boost when they see our big players rested . And Bielsas team talk will be all about “they are so arrogant they think they can beat you with their ballboys and benchwarmers”
Plays By Sense Of Smell
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Sterling was pony today in every way.
The front 4 were too static too many times. When they did occasionally move about/make runs, windows began to open.
Torres finished his chance well, but otherwise was invisible.
Cancelo was a bit to errant too often (balls in and twice for the first goal).
Mendy was meh.
Zinch had quite a good game, as did Fern and Stones apart from the last minute sucker punch when we were chasing the 3.
Ake was ok.
Bernie was a bit quiet but had a few good moments.
For an almost full second string, didn't think we were that bad - we still had control and the usual potential for a goal throughout.
Don't feel angry, think Pep was right on re: prepping for Weds.
The front 4 were too static too many times. When they did occasionally move about/make runs, windows began to open.
Torres finished his chance well, but otherwise was invisible.
Cancelo was a bit to errant too often (balls in and twice for the first goal).
Mendy was meh.
Zinch had quite a good game, as did Fern and Stones apart from the last minute sucker punch when we were chasing the 3.
Ake was ok.
Bernie was a bit quiet but had a few good moments.
For an almost full second string, didn't think we were that bad - we still had control and the usual potential for a goal throughout.
Don't feel angry, think Pep was right on re: prepping for Weds.
Spot onWeekend team fair enough, but the whole left hand side was wrong. Ake rusty, Mendy rusty/not good enough, Zinchenko out of position, and Sterling out of form. Still should have won, but it's no surprise we looked out of sorts.
Metalartin
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Well spotted, maybe there was one and Zinchenko is playing him on?... That looks very close though. I would like to see the lines drawn on that. If they didn't do a check that says it all about this league, they'd have spent ages checking that if City did it against one of the media darlings.Their winning goal. How was this never checked? (Leeds player top right)
Tricky_Trev
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So by that logic a team can only deserve to win... if they win. I think that’s ridiculous. We deserved to win. Pep put out a team that rested 7 key players yet still dominated, only conceded 2 shots all game, had 29 shots, and the expected goals on all those chances was around 2.3 - 0.2. We would win that game playing that same team and that same football over 90 times out of 100. It was a team that deserved to win the game, but didn’t. And I can live with that, it’s the nature of sport.We got what we deserved, because we couldn’t finish our chances.
We’ve made changes like that many times and secured the points, enabling us to progress on all fronts in a season when everyone else has been unable to find consistency due to the schedule. It’s our competitive advantage. We have gained far more points from such changes, from keeping the squad fresh, focused and pulling in the same direction, than the 3 points we lost today.