Olympiacos (A) - CL | Post-Match Thread

[moggymoz]

He was bound to be a bit rusty after playing so little football recently. Think he’ll only be a bit part player this season, but deserves a bit more respect than that.

He is one of the best players I've ever seen in a City shirt in the 40 odd years I've been following the Blues...

 

[paulchapo]

Absolutely loved Tevez, he’d have been great in this side.

He's a Pep player alright, defends from the front. He also lead by example by his sheer energy and hatred of losing. All our forwards except for Aguero are all much of the same, small and lightweight and not nasty enough.

 

[paulchapo]

Some good news the scouse fuckers are losing 2-0.

 

[city saint]

Played really well tonight. I’m hoping Phil starts the next game

he tired towards the end but he gives us so much energy

 

[AliBobbyJ]

Rafinha is a ****.

If his shorts had been any shorter you'd have found he isn't.

 

[2infinity&beyond]

Yes, god knows where we will be if we keep...comfortably winning 1-0. That would be a fucking disaster!

Seems like an incredible arrogance, presumably born through ignorance to assume we should put 4 goals minimum past a side that's conceded 7 goals all season (4 to City).

They clearly have an excellent defence. They put Arsenal out of the Europa in July, they only just missed out on beating Wolves in the next round. They drew with Spurs last season and almost upset Bayern but lost 3-2. They've played 35 games in 2020 and kept about 25 clean sheets, they know how to defend and they know how to defend against Champions League quality opposition.

So why you'd expect 4-0 to be the minimum score against them is completely beyond me.

I would expect it because they were utter shite. Even without the form over the last few years we should have panned this lot. But its not just about tonight. It a problem we have. If you disagree with me then you disagree with Pep aswell. But suppose you know best.

 

[CC1]

I'm becoming increasingly convinced a lot of people on this forum look for reasons to be unhappy and finding those reasons and bitterly complaining about them is the only reason they follow the sport at all.


Tonight we played well, it was a noticeable change from not creating anything to creating but not quite finishing some really fine chances produced by some really fine football.

Mendy had an absolutely excellent game, it was really noticeable how often he won the ball high up when Olympiakos thought they'd finally got the ball back and Pep was clapping and happily encouraging him on all game. It's amazing how whenever he plays, he is a massive part of the game, all our attacks went down that side and involved him in the first half.

It was as comfortable a 1-0 win as you will ever see, I don't think Olympiakos registered a touch in our box until stoppage time. Stones looked really solid, Fernandinho, Zinchenko and Aguero made their returns and got some minutes, Tommy Doyle got his Champions League debut, we got a nice clean sheet, KDB and Walker got a well deserved rest and we didn't get any injuries.

Now we can look forward to a couple of games against fairly prestigious opposition in Marseilles and Porto with nothing riding on them, some kids getting minutes and more rest for the first team.

8/10, could barely have been planned better, just needed a couple of those great chances to drop in the net.

Great summary.

 

[GOULDYBOBS]

The CL anthem is just not the same without the booing

I'll boo them on the sofa

 

[bluetonium]

Good and bad, not learnt a lot since Spurs. We can still dominate a game, we can still waste tens of chances.

But we won and have key players returning Burnley will be sure to whack us about a bit coming back from a European away game, we must be quicker and shrarper than them and hope the next referee agrees a foul is a foul come weekend.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Delighted with the 3 points. Should been more, but hey ho.

But just as importantly, Walker and De Bruyne were left at home for so much needed rest.