Leicester (A) Post Match Thread

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

That's another of those things that drives me mad: people not giving us enough credit because the opposition were apparently poor when, in fact, we are in a league where easy games are few and far between. City make opponents look worse than they are are. What City need to do to get full credit (or something approaching it) is continue to do that in the absolute slew of crucial games that are going to be faced in what remains of the season. We have so much to win or lose in the next few weeks; whatever happens we should not lose sight of the incredible job Pep and the players have done to put themselves in such an enviable position.

Leicester are one of the best teams in our division and have a very good manager, who I still think could be the guy that gets to takeover from Pep, but we made them look ordinary despite a team selection that owed a lot to rotation.

I think that, funnily enough, it was one of the TV pundits that put his finger right on the truth by saying , "they're playing the third best team in the PL and they're making them look like a lower league team". And for the first time in almost two years I went to the Guardian report, which was fairer than I expected, but the comments were still playing City bingo. This is part of the problem - if you're a rag or scouser I can understand why you don't find watching City a pleasure and so you find us boring, but if you are a football fan I find the attitude absurd - and why some of our own fans have to limp along and argue that the opposition is poor is insulting. We can all remember the joy when Pep's arrival was announced but I still find it hard to believe the quality of the team and squad he's created.

 

[Akpowell]

MASSIVE RESULT THAT

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

MASSIVE RESULT THAT

MASSIVER

 

[Chi-town blues]

Opposition manager have to plan as if they are facing two different version of city team.

 

[Citizen in Pakistan]

Top performance all around
Great to see mendy doing well and KDB back to his brilliant best.

 

[whipper]

Playing a top side like Leicester and not even getting out of 2nd gear, quality performance.

 

[Blue Llama]

Playing a top side like Leicester and not even getting out of 2nd gear, quality performance.

With 5 or 6 of the star players having a rest.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Maddison is a decent player I don’t mind him was very complementary about David silva when he left,but them couple of tackles yesterday were payback for the diving from him at the etihad back in september,and giving it out big time ..

Exactly, his fall into Mendy for his pen was disgraceful, him, Barvey Harnes and Vardy took liberties at the Etihad and the Ref bought every ridiculous dive they did. Good to see Mendy get his revenge after that debacle.

 

[spiny]

Leicester are a good side, high energy, packed midfield, tight defensively, playing on the break at pace. No plan B and City just wore them down.

They saw little of the ball and resorted to through the man challenges and pushes going too tight. The ref let too much go so the game became niggly. Maddison started to put himself about when he came on. Both Fern and Kyle left something on him as a message to behave.

Payback for the Etihad game where Leicester got away with everything. This is a different City side who exposed Leicester and their manager.

 

[Lavinda Past]

Leicester are (very easily imo) the second best footballing team in the PL. The gap in quality between City and Leicester yesterday was absolutely immense - We have the most complete squad ever seen in the PL, and probably ever in English football.

Everyone knows their job, everyone is a master of their job, and everyone does their job.

We support the greatest team on the planet, and it's one of the saddest things ever that we haven't been able to actually attend a single game.