Match Thread | Man City vs Brighton (31/08/19)

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Shame about Laporte, he was playing excellently till that. Anyway moments of class give us a 2 - 0 HT score.
The commentator on my feed keeps going on about Brighton getting at us and they have played quite well,
but Ederson had only 1 save to make. Another 3 this half and that's one score for my Super 6 ;-)

 

[Tricky_Trev]

what happened to laporte and why is brighton matching city on ball possession?

Because they build from the back better than most teams in this league and we lack fitness and energy at the moment. So often we don’t get close to their build up. Lucky for us they have nothing up top to make any use of it.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Fernandinho, Stones, Otamendi and Walker will all play CB before the kids.

I think the other Eric may get a look in a bit more with this Eric’s injury, but you are right that those four will play most matches.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

I swear the NBC commentator has been calling their manager Brian Potter for the whole game. Maybe I just misheard it.

 

[kalouk]

I'm going to go with my blind optimism and believe everything is going to be fine with Laporte.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

I’d hate to see walker at cb in a back 4.

Me too but why couldn’t we play a three?

 

[TikiTaka]

Great start of the season getting our absolute best defender injured. What a joke.
Neither Otamendi or Stones has his quality.
Fernandinho is a good option but he is not a central defender.

 

[Fordyboy46]

Seeing as we never get any luck with injuries I'm expecting a very serious one to Aymeric, probably the same as Leroy. Unbelievable bad luck.

 

[razman]

Laporte taken to hospital as per commentator

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Laporte on his way to the hospital. :(