Think it helped being a single tier with a low roof. That was definitely the loudest I've heard our away support for years (I know we've not been to many in 18 months)Couldn’t do this one but our end sounded great on TV, a marked contrast to Spurs
I would love Pep to set up defensively again instead of attacking them and giving them space on the counter. Then, we will see how their manager handles the world's bestest attackers to get a result against an organised defense.I did wonder what the game would be like if both sides had the same tactic as Leicester.
Probably like the home derby last season: "The Manchester rivals looked every inch the seventh and eighth best teams in the Premier League over the course of a cagey affair, with each side managing a shot apiece on target in either half. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hailed Manchester United's display in Saturday's derby as the best of his tenure against Manchester City, despite a tedious 0-0 draw at Old Trafford."
The TV company I watched it on (had Leon Osman on comms) held the camera on our end in the second half when we were singing “We’re Not Really Here” and the commentator (I forget who it was) said “the City fans have been in fine voice today and are making a huge noise in the away end as their team take this corner”.Couldn’t do this one but our end sounded great on TV, a marked contrast to Spurs
This clip doesn't do the loudness justice,but it was an amazing passionate day,UTBThe TV company I watched it on (had Leon Osman on comms) held the camera on our end in the second half when we were singing “We’re Not Really Here” and the commentator (I forget who it was) said “the City fans have been in fine voice today and are making a huge noise in the away end as their team take this corner”.
At Spurs it was awful, it was like both the team and the fans weren’t ready for that game!
I didn't do Spurs but was there on Saturday. Honestly, I don't think I can ever remember an atmosphere as good and as constant as that at an away game and I've seen us play on well over 100 grounds! After about 20 minutes I thought that there was no way we would keep it up much longer as it always tails off at some point, especially when the nerves start to kick in with some fans if we haven't scored, but it just went on and on. It helped that it's a good stadium for atmosphere and those wooden boards at the back of the stand were great for banging on to get songs going but even so you still need people to join in and sing and everyone was bang at it for the duration.The TV company I watched it on (had Leon Osman on comms) held the camera on our end in the second half when we were singing “We’re Not Really Here” and the commentator (I forget who it was) said “the City fans have been in fine voice today and are making a huge noise in the away end as their team take this corner”.
At Spurs it was awful, it was like both the team and the fans weren’t ready for that game!
As this team evolves the defending improves - the Dias effect. For sure, apart from his individual brilliance, Dias keeps us in a 'hard to break down' formation when teams lob it over our midfield and attack us. Obvious comment I know.The offside call was very tight and he still seems quite rapid and brilliant in those situations. Leicester are a very good team and I think they are still very dangerous - our defending has improved rather than them getting worse imo.
it was,i thought he was being sarcastic !
Pep (or whoever is deemed to be 'the leader' on the pitch) should be addressing that so it happens for the whole team. The players probably just don't think at the time. No reason the subs can't do it either to make them important whether they actually get on the field of play or not (thinking of the youngsters and possibly Carson)Thought the atmosphere was fantastic - the fans were amazing - sang for the 90 mins - not had such a cracking atmosphere away for a long time...little bugbear - at the whistle, not all the team come over - honourable exceptions for Grealish, Fernandinho, Bernardo (and even Phil) - but some very quick to head to the showers, despite such vocal and loud support...
Seem to get more tourists in for the London games, in my experience, which makes for a poor atmosphere.The TV company I watched it on (had Leon Osman on comms) held the camera on our end in the second half when we were singing “We’re Not Really Here” and the commentator (I forget who it was) said “the City fans have been in fine voice today and are making a huge noise in the away end as their team take this corner”.
At Spurs it was awful, it was like both the team and the fans weren’t ready for that game!
Kane not playing well just now. Because he's not that good, just bad spell, seen his arse about transfer? . Not a big fan personally
Encouraged by the fact that we didn't just cave against Leicester after not scoring in the first hour. Since the start of the 19-20 season I've lost count of how many away games we've had where we've crumbled and run out of ideas simply because we've not put our first few chances away. It even happened at Spurs a few weeks ago. It was getting to the point where we basically had to score in the first half if we wanted to stand a chance of coming away with three points.
I know he has his detractors already (ahem), but I think Grealish had a lot to do with how we always kept quietly simmering and ticking over on Saturday. He draws players towards him all the time and he has this great knack of being able to keep the ball protected while progressing forwards with it at his feet. The goal came from him drawing two otherwise unoccupied Leicester plays away from Cancelo, who fired the shot in that landed at Bernardo's feet in the end.
Watch the goal back. Albrighton and Tielemans are supposed to be watching Cancelo, but they both drop five yards to protect the space that they think Grealish is going to attack, behind Castagne. Grealish never makes it obvious that he's about to drop it back to Cancelo - by the time he does pass the ball, Albrighton and Tielemans are far too deep to block the shot. Raheem, much as I love him, and Mahrez, great as I think he's been since January, aren't so sneaky with the ball.
Bernardo obviously man of the match but was also quietly impressed with how well we contained Leicester all over the pitch. We rode our luck a bit with the header against the crossbar, but have a look at their pass map - their most frequent passing sequence was between Soyuncu and Schmeichel. The connection between Vardy and his supporting midfielders is non-existent and even Tielemans can't get the ball to Maddison. Save for a brief period right after half-time, we completely shut them down.
For comparison, look at our pass map. Grealish, Bernardo, Cancelo - they're constantly moving the ball between each other, keeping the ball ticking over, making sure we move the ball frequently and at high speeds. Pep will look at this and will be, in his own words, "so so happy". Everyone is exactly where they're supposed to be and the ball is moving more than the players. That's why we never looked out of ideas and, eventually, why we kept creating chances that eventually won us the game.
I'm all for players giving their shirts but it's much better if they individually pick someone to give it to like Grealish did rather than throw it into the crowd and cause a scuffle.
Did anyone see the woman with her hand bag telling Grealish to go away when he was approaching?
I wonder what answers the thick Leicester supporting twats would give to " why were you booing Grealish". I would be intrigued
I wonder what answers the thick Leicester supporting twats would give to " why were you booing Grealish". I would be intrigued
Not a clue, I just look at the lines, lol.What does "most XGchain" mean on the graphic mate?
The most basic (if not too basic) way to describe it is by saying xGchain measures how involved you are in attacks that lead to shots over the course of a match. The higher your involvement in the attack and/or the higher the xG of the shot at the end of it, the higher your xGchain is.What does "most XGchain" mean on the graphic mate?
I wonder how the map would look if KDB was on the right instead of Jesus. (I like Jesus out wide but just wondering if having two of our best players out wide would even out the attacking patterns.)Encouraged by the fact that we didn't just cave against Leicester after not scoring in the first hour. Since the start of the 19-20 season I've lost count of how many away games we've had where we've crumbled and run out of ideas simply because we've not put our first few chances away. It even happened at Spurs a few weeks ago. It was getting to the point where we basically had to score in the first half if we wanted to stand a chance of coming away with three points.
I know he has his detractors already (ahem), but I think Grealish had a lot to do with how we always kept quietly simmering and ticking over on Saturday. He draws players towards him all the time and he has this great knack of being able to keep the ball protected while progressing forwards with it at his feet. The goal came from him drawing two otherwise unoccupied Leicester plays away from Cancelo, who fired the shot in that landed at Bernardo's feet in the end.
Watch the goal back. Albrighton and Tielemans are supposed to be watching Cancelo, but they both drop five yards to protect the space that they think Grealish is going to attack, behind Castagne. Grealish never makes it obvious that he's about to drop it back to Cancelo - by the time he does pass the ball, Albrighton and Tielemans are far too deep to block the shot. Raheem, much as I love him, and Mahrez, great as I think he's been since January, aren't so sneaky with the ball.
Bernardo obviously man of the match but was also quietly impressed with how well we contained Leicester all over the pitch. We rode our luck a bit with the header against the crossbar, but have a look at their pass map - their most frequent passing sequence was between Soyuncu and Schmeichel. The connection between Vardy and his supporting midfielders is non-existent and even Tielemans can't get the ball to Maddison. Save for a brief period right after half-time, we completely shut them down.
For comparison, look at our pass map. Grealish, Bernardo, Cancelo - they're constantly moving the ball between each other, keeping the ball ticking over, making sure we move the ball frequently and at high speeds. Pep will look at this and will be, in his own words, "so so happy". Everyone is exactly where they're supposed to be and the ball is moving more than the players. That's why we never looked out of ideas and, eventually, why we kept creating chances that eventually won us the game.