Post Match Thread: City v Juventus

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We were unlucky because for the most part we bossed that game and had the game under control.

They produced two good moments and I can't remember much else from them. Both defences predictably were on top. Their 2nd goal just came from nothing. Great piece of skill but he had to put it onto the inside of the post to score. If he tried that 10 times again, I bet he couldn't do it again.

Juve will get better as the season goes on and they bed in.
 
People are confusing 'controlling the game' with Juventus allowing us to pass it in front their entire 11.
 
Considering the opposition, that was one of our most composed CL performances until the moment of the first goal and in that moment we made 2 basic errors. We gave one of the best midfielders in the world time to get his head up and pick a pass into the box whilst at the same time trying to hold a defensive line on the edge of the box. If we can't get a midfielder to close Pogba down in time the defence has to be on the backfoot, so there's no space behind.

They didn't do that once and that's the difference.
 
Demosthenes said:
People are confusing 'controlling the game' with Juventus allowing us to pass it in front their entire 11.
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They were perfectly happy to let us pass it around...slowly.

But at 1-0 Sterling had a great chance and hit it to the exact place he shouldn't.

Then they punished us.
 
PSG performs much better than City in CL for whatever reason, PSG doesn't seem to have this inferiority complex.
 
B\connellblue said:
There are a few observations on tonights performance. Some have been mentioned already like Navas who should have been sold in the summer. Bony is I'm afraid to say is useless or at least he is in our side. Controversially I believe part of our problem is Sagna who because he has defended so well this season is hard to drop but he doesn't give us anything like the threat Zabs does, more often than not he slows the play down. Kolorov isn't disciplined enough to be in a successful champions league side ( in all honesty he is a liability most of the time). and finally whats with the powderpuff shooting ?put your foot through the ball for fuck sake, Fern could show some of them how it's done.
0 marks for pellers tonight as well for being far to slow to ring the changes.
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Bony has hardly played and you expect him to produce just like that. How is the comment about Navas relevant to tonight's game?

Juve were finalists yet most people I heard thought City were the better team so we can't be that bad. At this level, games turn on details, and we Juve produced two moments of high quality

Bony this, Navas that is just miles off
 
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Yet some people in the match day thread thought he played well. Every time him and Nasri received the ball all forward momentum stopped. They should have been off at half time with De Bruyne and Navas coming on. We had nobody giving us width tonight and that is what Navas gives us.
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I thought Ya Ya played ok. I didn't think it was a bad performance; Juventus nearly won the comp last year. We could have scored 4 and both their goals were impossible to defend.

I don't think the result will harm us
 
Fuck that never again. Not because of the game but because of the shite I'm surrounded with on these awful European nights. On my left a few foreigners supporting Juve, on the right the same thing.... Behind me about 15 in a row of them and a couple directly in front of me too. I was in 102 and have to say that I wish I never went today.

The two in front of me constantly stood on their seats leaving me looking at their rear sides for the majority of the game. Asked them kindly on a few occasions to stop it but did they? Did they fucks! All those bastards started cheering when they scored, one started cheering "go home city!!" This is our home you wanker think it's you who should fuck off! So fucking angry. This isn't the city I love and tbh I'm happy with my seat only for the domestic games now. Assholes.
 
Sell Bony this winter please. I miss you Edin Dzeko.

Nasri was awful against Crystal Palace and Pelle start him tonight. You don't start Nasri if you have Silva, we needed Navas because our squad missed dynamic players, because like always our pressing is shit.
 
pogrom92 said:
This!
Nasri should not have started, he slows things down and runs in circles.
Silva off form today.
Toure actually tried, but Juve midfield outpaced him and never slowed down.
After what happened last year in CL, we might still qualify for the group stage, but we have not made a step forward in Europe yet.

Bright spot is our PL form, so looking forward to West Ham.
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At the moment we are 3rd in the group - How do you think we can finish second ? - then qualify for the next round.?.
We might beat Borussia but not Seville.
 
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