Man of the Match Man United PL (A)

[bearcityblu]

Hard to choose anyone today but went for Mahrez, we seemed to show a bit more urgency when he came on. Still we could have played for another 90 mins and still not scored. All good and well passing the ball well and having lots of possession but pointless if you don't do it quickly and open up defences. Goals win games and Utd out thought us today.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

We spurn more chances in a game than some teams have all fuckin' season, but yer can't win owt with a team that can't defend. In the past few seasons we had Vinny, we miss Laporte, but we would outscore any team, but if yer miss chance after chance, and cock up at the back, it's a fuckin' pantomime! I'm not going for Eddie. For the 'offside' goal I go for Sergio!

Oh, and since May 2011 Mike Dean has been an FC!

 

[cleavers]

Hard to choose anyone today but went for Mahrez, we seemed to show a bit more urgency when he came on. Still we could have played for another 90 mins and still not scored.

It wasn't just Mahrez to be fair, Jesus started working for the team, and Foden inside worked far better that Bernardo did, so those two subs improved us, and in that last 35 minutes we should have got something from the game, two brain farts and a wrongly given free kick cost us the game.

I did enjoy their lap of honour at the end though....

 

[BlueAnorak]

Cancelo?! Fuck me

Yes that's how bad we were.

 

[Alcatraz]

Hopefully not with Otamendi behind him and Sterling in front, he got help from neither today, ooh and I'd prefer he just sticks to being the FB because that was the issue today, he was never there.

Well, if nothing else it finally proved Zinchenko is not a full back....no pace , can’t tackle , misplaced his passes, hit the first man with his crosses.....totally suited to playing against a fast winger.
Mind you, the fella on the other side is not much better.....
Wa were up against pacy forwards playing on the counter...why our fastest defender wasn’t playing is beyond me

 

[cleavers]

Well, if nothing else it finally proved Zinchenko is not a full back....no pace , can’t tackle , misplaced his passes, hit the first man with his crosses.....totally suited to playing against a fast winger.

We knew that already, but he didn't play FB, and that's the issue really.

 

[blueballs84]

None, we didn't have a single player that got out of 2nd gear.

 

[Akpowell]

No idea!!

 

[tommybooth]

There is only one deano, who today is a brown bag of money richer.

 

[Leveblue]

Can I vote for the AA man in the half time Red Dwarf advert on Sky. That's the bit I enjoyed the most

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Well, if nothing else it finally proved Zinchenko is not a full back....no pace , can’t tackle , misplaced his passes, hit the first man with his crosses.....totally suited to playing against a fast winger.
Mind you, the fella on the other side is not much better.....
Wa were up against pacy forwards playing on the counter...why our fastest defender wasn’t playing is beyond me

The only thing that pacy wingers have is pace. Few of 'em can do the Bernardo, Mahrez stuff. They outrun a slower defender and have a pot shot at the keeper. The only way to play pacy wingers is to have pacy FB's and then the pacy winger has no advantage!

 

[BigCityBoy]

Not the end of my world. United are now doing what they used to accuse us of and celebrating winning their most important game...they too were dreadful and played like a team in the bottom three with 5 defenders, 4 midfielders and on the break when they got the chance. It works sadly but boy is it dull dull dull...I thought Maureen had left and taken the bus with him???

Wait till someone does it to them and then they will have no idea what to do!

I am also glad that it will mean they keep Ole for next season...another wasted one!

 

[Q'wayne Heath]

I've chosen Phil Foden for Man of the match. In the first half the few chances he got to touch the ball he did okay although he didn't have good passing options which cause isolation in his gameplay.

This was crystal clear in the first-half statistics which we had one shot at goal the lowest since Pep started his reign in Manchester.

After Pep substitutions Foden game improved drastically because he was moved to attacking midfield to make way for Mahrez on the wing.

The pace of the game improved and quicker combination passing occurred. Which led to opportunities in the final third.

It was evident Ederson was having one of the worst days of his Man City Career. I'm in agreement with the notion that Sterling should get a period of rest in the coming days.

When I heard Pep prematch press conference statements that the game wasn't that important and we need quality players for two finals.

Then I knew he wasn't going to use the best team available.

Question; has Pep forgotten that Garcia plays centre back?

Foden and Garcia should start the remaining games in this season to identify if they are ready for continuous first-team games.

This action will help Foden to get into the Euro team.