Post Match Thread: City vs Everton

[stony]

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Like a scene from Monty Python........Aggrevated violence with inflatable bananas, Run away..............

 

[Ajm1985]

I thought Otamendi was our worst player. At fault for their first. It's not like him to take ball and man.
He is still far too rash, most come off and in all honesty, I was a rash centre half in my day and I love his tackling. But that totally needless foul he gave away in perfect Bains delivery range two minutes from time when we were down to 10 men was totally unacceptable. He really should know better.

If he calms his rashness, and doesn't chase the ball all over we really could have a gem.

I thought, other than 2 breakaways we defended well last night.

The two times we caught them offside in the final minutes just shows that we do and Pellegrini does know about defending. Couple that with being very good at defending set pieces, despite having just Demichellis who's 6ft plus in the second half. Shows we can defend. We are just vulnerable to the counter. Like most teams.

Spot on. Otamendi goes to ground in every scenario, the majority work but occasionally it makes him look like a tit and is dangerous. Most of our issues stem from not having adequate midfield cover to stop counters, and last night exemplified that. With 3 mids, we needed 1 to be disciplined and stay back.

 

[flb]

Calm down lar

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Spot on. Otamendi goes to ground in every scenario, the majority work but occasionally it makes him look like a tit and is dangerous. Most of our issues stem from not having adequate midfield cover to stop counters, and last night exemplified that. With 3 mids, we needed 1 to be disciplined and stay back.

Otamendi probably goes to ground too many times but he won so many tackles last night. He was outstanding for most of the game!

 

[Ajm1985]

Otamendi probably goes to ground too many times but he won so many tackles last night. He was outstanding for most of the game!

And once he directly led to a goal and another a free kick in a dangerous position when we were down to 10. As a defender his mistakes will cost us. He is mostly excellent, just needs a calmer head sometimes

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

And once he directly led to a goal and another a free kick in a dangerous position when we were down to 10. As a defender his mistakes will cost us. He is mostly excellent, just needs a calmer head sometimes

I wasn't thrilled with that free kick he gave away with 3 mins to go. It seems that's just the way he plays.

 

[moon]

Was that just after Navas was hacked down or De Bryune fouled both ignored

 

[Ajm1985]

I wasn't thrilled with that free kick he gave away with 3 mins to go. It seems that's just the way he plays.

Oddly enough i was less surprised by that than him 'taking a knee' for Barkley's goal.

 

[kiam06]

I think we'd have scored 4 or 5 if needed last night we completely bossed the game after their goal.

All this ball in/out garbage is embarrassing and desperate.