Liverpool (H) - Post-Match Thread

[give it to gordon]

A point is a point and it's very early days. Surprised how liverpool ran out of energy second half, would have liked City to have stepped it up than. Not sure why we didnt go for it.
I think Pep is looking look term in the management of the squad, which looking how liverpool dropped off might benefit us at the back end of the season.
Agree I would like City to up the pace and go for it, but Doesnt seem to be Peps way in the pandemic.

 

[pudge]

I wouldn't mind a draw in normal circumstaces but that was certainly two points dropped

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Clever and well earned apparently. Never a foul in a million years

People are saying Walkers face even looked guilty. It did because he knew it was a banker of a penalty as Mane is the expert in winning penalties with minimal to fuck all contact. Brain dead from Kyle, but never a pen.

 

[maurizio]

Blimey. I'm disappointed with the result but you can rely on people on here to go over the top. Put the penalty away we would have won. Bit of a cautious second half but I think it's the number of games we've been playing. Kev"s knackered. Mentally we're not at the top of our game. But centre backs were excellent which is a thing we haven't had for a while. Jesus is back and scoring. Cancello is offering something different this year. We move on and hopefully other teams tire and get injuries like we've been suffering at the start of this season. It's not going to be a classic this year, no fans in the ground is affecting all teams.

 

[SidJames]

Team and Pep were more than happy with this shit draw. Too bad, they were there for taking and we did not push on in second half to put pressure on their fragile defence.

Aston Villa went at them relentlessly and scored 7.

Missing the pen is really a regular theme for us, please stay after training to practice it.

Last year this fixture was a 4-0 win for City, 2 points less this season, 1 point plus for them. And we hardly did test Allison.
When we go to Anfield I wonder they will be so soft and happy with a draw against us as we were against them.

Sterling, KDB, Torres absolute shit game they had, Walker too. They should raise their game in games like this.

Chelsea, United, Spurs all won, they might as well be very happy with this 1-1 result now.

Spurs-City after the break, dont know what to expect from Pep in a big away game (first this season) if this is what happened a big home game. Maybe another "happy" draw?
Well we lost that fixture last season, so a draw would be an improvement.

We are playing like a side looking to secure a top 6 finish.

And it is on Pep.

We should have beat them today.

 

[OB1]

He's changing our / his style mate.

He's accepted we cant rely on out scoring everyone and he's putting much more thought into the defensive element.

It's not as exciting or entertaining but I like it and I like that he's accepted it needs doing.

It borders on old fashioned going back to basics and there's nothing wrong with that.

 

[Bluemanc100]

Your hindsight management is brilliant. Come back when you have a time machine to implement it.

Why the fuck did we need a time machine? Foden was ready to come on at 80 minutes... I’ve only got a GCSE in maths but I make that a full 14 minutes before the full-time whistle...

 

[lazerblue]

Mystery how he couldn't displace any one of Gundogan/Rodri,KDB/Razza today.

You get the feeling the manager has his favorites. And this determines who plays.

Another thing is some players ae rotated regardless of form.

And others are flogged like a dead Horse.

Razza/Kdb look like they need a months rest.

"razza" should never start against the dippers again, he chokes every time without fail

 

[Deyna18]

We are still on a serious hangover from the Lyon game...No one seems to able to push on from it and it's killed us dead...Unless we get someone with some bollocks in the squad to ruffle a few feathers and lead from the front we will be lucky to finish top 6 as we look bereft of guidence all over the pitch

No disrespect and nothing personal but absolute bollocks.
No pre season, hardly any end of season breaK, two matches per week plus ridiculous internationals during a worldwide pandemic and empty stadiums. Just don't expect the norm but we will comfortably finish in the top 6 and probably top 2/3.

 

[Stoned Rose]

This was the first really big test for Dias and he passed it. He defended very well. He clearly knows where the front post is. But, also, he had excellent passing stats.

Again, it's early days but he looks like he was a bloody good choice to be a Manchester City centre back.

I'm very disappointed at the lack of recognition the lad has got on here.

It was an excellent signing and I'm over the moon with him.

What I really like is that he hardly makes any mistakes and you dont really "notice" him.

CBs who dont get noticed are not being noticed because they're reading the game brilliantly and dealing with shit without fuss.