Liverpool (h) - CL QF post match thread

Well, time to lift our heads and move onto the Prem....still cant believe how many people blaming the ref for us getting beat and very few talking about the fact Ota gave them the most wonderful gift for one of their goals...that did more damage than any disallowed goal. That was one of the worse bits of defending I've seen from this team all season. Over 2 legs Liverpool were better and for all those saying "if" that 2nd goal had been allowed and "if" those offsides were not given, things would have been different......noone can guarantee that.....too many ifs and buts...defensive errors and lots of missed chances are as much to blame as any bad calls from the ref. We need to stop blaming everyone else and look at ourselves...We(team) need to wake up fast and face some of the issues we can control...stop the errors at the back and start hitting the target alot more often.

Not trying to disrespect anyones views/opinions but about time we took responsibility that we have just not been good enough over 90minutes to win any of the 3 biggest games of the season so far...

Come on City!!!!
 
tonea2003 said:
if the officiated correctly to the laws of the game, i firmly believe your statement would be different
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Yes the score may have been different we might even have beaten an average Liverpool side but you cannot deny that the defending at times was shambolic.

In the knowledge that Pep was one day going to join us I watched his 3 semi finals with Bayern and nothing I saw gave me confidence that he would bring home the CL for us.

Week in, week out we play attacking football of the highest quality that over 38 games will usually see us crowned champions.

But in the CL there will always be a Madrid or a Bayern waiting and unless we learn to defend properly we will be vulnerable to defeat.
 
It will get lost because of the two results but our first half performances against united and Liverpool deserved so much more, we absolutely destroyed them both in the first half but we either weren't clinical enough or were the victims of poor refereeing. I for one am proud of the way we went for it and on another day, both results could have been very different.
 
Benarbia said:
Amazing first half. Capitulated in the 2nd. Mentality at times is weaker than a house of cards
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Agree about the first half - it was dizzyingly fast and I don’t think I’ve seen a game where the ball has been moved so quickly and consistently. Big shout out to the ball boys for their help.

I’m not so sure about the reason for the second half dip.

Maybe it was just that I was in the South Stand (in the first half we were attacking that end) but the formation seemed to change as soon as we came out for the second half.

In the first half Fern seemed to be clearly in midfield but in the second he was in a back 4.
This seemed to lose us control in the middle as Dave was getting tired and KdB was having to drop even deeper.

For me it didn’t look like a mentality issue but instead a formation switch compounded by exhaustion.
 
David 'El Mago' Silva said:
It will get lost because of the two results but our first half performances against united and Liverpool deserved so much more, we absolutely destroyed them both in the first half but we either weren't clinical enough or were the victims of poor refereeing. I for one am proud of the way we went for it and on another day, both results could have been very different.
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100% agree. Thanks for posting this
 
Manchester1894 said:
If you have BT sport. Cancel it immediately! FA cup and UCL final free to air or go to the pub!
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So that's the Rags and Scousers in each final then?
Who writes these scripts....

If Liverpool win it Chelsea are automatically in it next season..
There's a bet Liverpool rag final in each comp both win...
 
David 'El Mago' Silva said:
It will get lost because of the two results but our first half performances against united and Liverpool deserved so much more, we absolutely destroyed them both in the first half but we either weren't clinical enough or were the victims of poor refereeing. I for one am proud of the way we went for it and on another day, both results could have been very different.
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There are four things for me which determine the outcome of a game of football - your performance, your opponents performance, referees applying the Laws of the Game impartially, or not, and a fair share of the rub of the green and the bounce of the ball. The only thing that has shone through over the last three games is our performances!
 
Bayblue said:
Agree about the first half - it was dizzyingly fast and I don’t think I’ve seen a game where the ball has been moved so quickly and consistently. Big shout out to the ball boys for their help.

I’m not so sure about the reason for the second half dip.

Maybe it was just that I was in the South Stand (in the first half we were attacking that end) but the formation seemed to change as soon as we came out for the second half.

In the first half Fern seemed to be clearly in midfield but in the second he was in a back 4.
This seemed to lose us control in the middle as Dave was getting tired and KdB was having to drop even deeper.

For me it didn’t look like a mentality issue but instead a formation switch compounded by exhaustion.
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I think that a long hard season where we have basically put 100% into every game has finally caught up with us this past week. I agree that we havent been helped by some of the worst ref performances I have witnessed in this last week.

We will only get stronger through this
 
Laporte reminded me of Vonk in the 2nd half, Sane hasn't done anywhere near enough against Liverpool and made their full back look world class. The choices he makes are very poor. Jesus can't lead a line on his own, showed last night we were missing a Dzeko type of player. Otamendi has saved his mistakes for the important matches and i cant remember the last save Ederson made !!

However its been one of the greatest seasons ever and the football has been incredible, the tempo of the 1st half was incredible. Bad mistakes by our players and officials have cost us the Liverpool tie and the Rags at weekend.
Onward and upwards and lets get the league finalised and we can all relax with a double (imagine that 10 years ago ????)
 
Red in Portugal said:
I will admit I am a Liverpool fan, an imposter on your site. I have to admit I am totally underwhelmed by the lack of support you show for your team. You have bought the best manager in the world and given him a totally unlimited budget ( I know many of you have had to endure abuse from your despicable neighbours for many years, I have always rated the city supporters rather than the glory hunters next door) Personally what liverpool have done with almost no budget is far superior but I know you will keep buying players until you reach your dream. Please do me one huge favour, dont become your next door neighbours, they honestly believe their own hype and think they deserve everything because they are Manchester United, If and When you make it to the top, try and retain a little more class. The way Pep reorganised yor team tonight was a masterstroke and very nearly worked (it definitely had me worried) but just buying the best players in the world doesnt make the best team as we proved tonight. We have just thrashed the best team in the world over two legs (and yes your second goal should have been allowed, you were robbed, but it doesnt make any difference at the end of the day)
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We haven’t yet teached the stage of signing the best in the world. Vinnie £7m) David (£24m), Sergio (£36m), Raheem (£49m), Kevin (54m), Leroy (£37m) etc were all young when we signed ‘em. Vinnie, David and Kevin have since become recognised as among the world’s best. Leroy is heading that way. City have yet to join the £70m, £80m, £90m investment on players club. That is still to come.
 
TRUE BLUE NO1 said:
Well, time to lift our heads and move onto the Prem....still cant believe how many people blaming the ref for us getting beat and very few talking about the fact Ota gave them the most wonderful gift for one of their goals...that did more damage than any disallowed goal. That was one of the worse bits of defending I've seen from this team all season. Over 2 legs Liverpool were better and for all those saying "if" that 2nd goal had been allowed and "if" those offsides were not given, things would have been different......noone can guarantee that.....too many ifs and buts...defensive errors and lots of missed chances are as much to blame as any bad calls from the ref. We need to stop blaming everyone else and look at ourselves...We(team) need to wake up fast and face some of the issues we can control...stop the errors at the back and start hitting the target alot more often.

Not trying to disrespect anyones views/opinions but about time we took responsibility that we have just not been good enough over 90minutes to win any of the 3 biggest games of the season so far...

Come on City!!!!
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Can’t argue with any of that really.
 
Red in Portugal said:
I will admit I am a Liverpool fan, an imposter on your site. I have to admit I am totally underwhelmed by the lack of support you show for your team. You have bought the best manager in the world and given him a totally unlimited budget ( I know many of you have had to endure abuse from your despicable neighbours for many years, I have always rated the city supporters rather than the glory hunters next door) Personally what liverpool have done with almost no budget is far superior but I know you will keep buying players until you reach your dream. Please do me one huge favour, dont become your next door neighbours, they honestly believe their own hype and think they deserve everything because they are Manchester United, If and When you make it to the top, try and retain a little more class. The way Pep reorganised yor team tonight was a masterstroke and very nearly worked (it definitely had me worried) but just buying the best players in the world doesnt make the best team as we proved tonight. We have just thrashed the best team in the world over two legs (and yes your second goal should have been allowed, you were robbed, but it doesnt make any difference at the end of the day)
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Ha ha joker. You there last night thought not. Your fans were shite last night didn’t sing first half. Try WBA at home you were like a library. Entitlement united ha ha look at yourselves, you have zero class as shown by the coach incident. Never thought I would say it but they were right all along about you lot. No budget mmmm a lot of spending you have done on no budget.
 
mosssideblue said:
He has played only 5 times and whilst we all want him back I would say we have done remarkably well this season.
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the team lacks balance and only walker can hold the right wing and get up and down and we have been asking to much of sane on the left without mendy or a proper leftback. it can be great that's what am trying to say if we had the same on the left like we have on the right then its going to be even better. but we just don't have a leftback and using cover players just puts square pegs in round holes and its been the downfall of pep this season in europe and other cups

other teams are starting to use video of city games this season to use and hurt city we are very much one sided and down the left is the key with most of our attacking moves coming from that side. so they have blocked off that route and city and pep don't really have that leftback going past sane that takes the other defence unit over and moves the centre backs. teams are now doubling up on the left knowing sane is being asked to do it on his own and that is what balance is in the team
 
Red in Portugal said:
I will admit I am a Liverpool fan, an imposter on your site. I have to admit I am totally underwhelmed by the lack of support you show for your team. You have bought the best manager in the world and given him a totally unlimited budget ( I know many of you have had to endure abuse from your despicable neighbours for many years, I have always rated the city supporters rather than the glory hunters next door) Personally what liverpool have done with almost no budget is far superior but I know you will keep buying players until you reach your dream. Please do me one huge favour, dont become your next door neighbours, they honestly believe their own hype and think they deserve everything because they are Manchester United, If and When you make it to the top, try and retain a little more class. The way Pep reorganised yor team tonight was a masterstroke and very nearly worked (it definitely had me worried) but just buying the best players in the world doesnt make the best team as we proved tonight. We have just thrashed the best team in the world over two legs (and yes your second goal should have been allowed, you were robbed, but it doesnt make any difference at the end of the day)
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I hope this **** was banned
 
I think the stat of only 3 shots on target shows why Pep wanted Mbappe, Sanchez or Mahrez.

For all the possession we have we should be scoring much more than we do.
 
Red in Portugal said:
I will admit I am a Liverpool fan, an imposter on your site. I have to admit I am totally underwhelmed by the lack of support you show for your team. You have bought the best manager in the world and given him a totally unlimited budget ( I know many of you have had to endure abuse from your despicable neighbours for many years, I have always rated the city supporters rather than the glory hunters next door) Personally what liverpool have done with almost no budget is far superior but I know you will keep buying players until you reach your dream. Please do me one huge favour, dont become your next door neighbours, they honestly believe their own hype and think they deserve everything because they are Manchester United, If and When you make it to the top, try and retain a little more class. The way Pep reorganised yor team tonight was a masterstroke and very nearly worked (it definitely had me worried) but just buying the best players in the world doesnt make the best team as we proved tonight. We have just thrashed the best team in the world over two legs (and yes your second goal should have been allowed, you were robbed, but it doesnt make any difference at the end of the day)
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Yet over the season on the cold winter nights city of been performing while your team have been losing 1-0 to Swansea because they don't like the cold and can't perform over a full season, You beat us over two legs, but the referee helped you so much. Not against RM they wont

You won't win anything this year, city will and have. That will be the taste you are left with after this season, another trophyless season.
 
ancoats said:
we can see where pep and this young team is going and its still a working progress mendy been a big loss this season the balance of the team is clearly not right without him. also we need another striker and holding midfield player and another leftback. but we have to remember this is a very young team and still needs to learn about big games

winning the league will do this squad a world of good and add the league cup and you can see the base of a great team and winning silverware breeds success and getting the taste of blood you want more and more and believe in the manager project. so we have hit a brick wall and hand on heart it was coming and the big games have took its toll in this squad and we can see what needs to be worked on. but boy what a season and some great football being played and it can only get better and better with it being a very young squad
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Great post with a good perspective....
 
Guardiola has probably forgot more about football than i know but can someone tell me why the fuck 2 of our most experienced players in Vinny and Aguero didn't start?
I took one look at the line-ups before ko and went straight to bookies to back the mickeys.
 
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