Match Thread | Manchester City v. Al Hilal (CWC) 01/07/25

[pennblue]

Dias with a nice effort

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Nice effort by Ruben.

 

[RobinHood]

Better

 

[Eccles Blue]

I think I'd have been better off in the land of nod, than waking up to watch/endure this.

Don’t be daft you’d have missed the banter and making sure I behave myself!!!
Every cloud has a silver lining. ;-)

 

[citeh94]

Looking at his data in the league alone for 24/25 (26 games only) on fbref:
(stats based on keepers with >10 apps)

2nd - Goals conceded p90
1st - Clean sheets p90
!st - Assists (4 is a mad stat)
1st - Pass completion % by some distance for long ball launches (> 40 yards)
1st - Sweeping/defensive actions p90
1st - for highest positive "post shot xG"

Post-shot xG effectively assesses the difficulty of shots faced on where they actually ended up. Based on this metric he saved over 5 more goals than the his post shot xG and the best in the league.

For context allison was +9 in his best season a couple of seasons back but +3 for 24/25.

I cannot be arsed reading that

 

[pennblue]

Haaland clutching his hamstring?

 

[noseve]

STOP HIDING IN THE BACKPOST

Were you saying that when he scored 53 in a season? He lived on the back post then

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Erl looks to have pulled something there.

 

[jimharri]

Good to see the Match Thread back to its “best” in the second half

Yep. There was an impostor in it's place against Juve, but normal service has been thankfully resumed.

 

[wolviedinho]

cherki or Foden needed here to create

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Looked VERY close there.

 

[Djibrilshairdo]

Reckon their keeper has made 10 saves without diving.

 

[HypnoticBlue]

Making Cancelo look like prime Beckenbaur.

 

[samuelyeboah]

Were you saying that when he scored 53 in a season? He lived on the back post then

he was not hiding in the backpost. big difference

 

[Alexia_Ko]

Haaland is injured now

 

[Big Yaya Wilko 12]

Haaland has been fucking abysmal.

Missed 2 from 2 yards out.

Awful.

 

[I'm Blue]

Thank fuck he’s gone off.

 

[Chak19]

We should've had 10 by now, fucking waste.

 

[Berti No Show]

Still no subs?

 

[HypnoticBlue]

Thank fuck he’s off,