Great spirit tonight, fantastic win & great to see Sergio get his mojo back. He made a complete arse, fresh air shot of a simple tap in, early doors, which was typical of his recent form, but if he'd had the same chance 80 mins in, it would be in the back of the net, no problem at all. He even passed to Sane rather than going for a hat trick. Fantastic to see. Hopefully that's him sorted now, as we need him.
I don't think we were anywhere near our best tonight. Monaco were great & would cause us problems on any occasion, but some of the positions we got into, & fucked up the final pass, we could have had ten. The return of Sergio turned the game when we threatened to chuck it away.
All of their goals, whilst great finishes, were due to individual defending of the absolute worst kind, which has been our problem all season. Fuck all to do with back 3s or the tactic of 'passing the ball out' just utter shite play. Watched a recording of the game & it confirmed that Otamendi was fucking diabolical. Dunney recons he's a lost cause with basically no idea how to defend.
To win under such circumstances is fantastic.
City are a high profile, top European club now & the only one in that bracket, who wouldn't get that penalty. Put Aguero in any rag, scouse, Barca, Real, Bayern, Milan, Juve etc shirt & he gets that pen 1000 times out of 1000. It's a fucking joke the way these people are reffing our games.
