QF 1st Leg Post Match Thread

[mancity1]

That's the only positive I'm taking away. Our best performance this season come against Liverpool when we had no choice but to go for it. Will have to hope for a performance like that next week.

But a better scoreline of course.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

Hmmm, we looked largely comfortable but they had a threat.
We didn't look particularly threatening ourselves - but eeked out a few half chances.
I'm not too disappointed with the result - more with the performance, but even then...

...it resets the 'win clock', taking the pressure off from that perspective.
It will focus their minds (incl Pep) that nothing, NOTHING can be taken for granted,
and we are certainly capable of winning all our games until the end of the season from this point onwards.

I think Pep will be feeling the same.

 

[mdj0520]

FFS the hysteria on here.

That being said, gundogan should be taking our penalties if he's on the pitch.

 

[CityPar]

Pep cocked this up plain and simple. And I'm not convinced we'll have the legs to turn it round. If we're brutally honest we've had 3 easy Cup campaigns so far so I'd EXPECT us to win them. The minute we come up against a half decent side with a little nous and we're playing at half pace we lose. We need to get back on track against Palace to remind people who we really are and show tonight was a blip. I just worry we're running out of steam as the intensity in our play has been missing for a few weeks. Yes we've won games but we've not been challenged. As soon as the challenge is there we're struggling. To say I'm feeling flat right now is an understatement......

 

[mancityscot]

why are we consistently making things difficult for ourselves in this competition

 

[Benarbia’s Backheel]

Got to expect them to get a goal at our place, meaning realistically we need to score three. This isn’t a given.

Delph isn’t at the required standard.
Mahrez slows everything down and takes 10 too many touches before playing a ball which never seems to go to one of our men.
Spurs’ players must have got such a lift when they saw them on the starting lineup.

Poor play Pep, I hope you make amends in the 2nd leg

 

[deano ou812]

When he went off and seen Moura getting ready I thought to myself 'Ah ffs'...
Makes them more dangerous on counter attacks next week. Kane is their target man he slows their game up and he's sh*t at doing it. Pity Delph didn't do a number on Son instead.

Yip,they will be far more dangerous and more pace up top,Kane injury actually suits them in my opinion..

 

[Mon Autre]

Pep 1000000% to blame. Piss poor team, bizarre lack of substitutions.

Bizarre lack of substitutions has been a running theme this season. Palace at home with stones in midfield looked like a mistake within 10 mins but we did nothing. Schalke away we didn't change anything until otamendi's sending off forced us to. I just don't get it.

 

[Stevieatlasblue]

What a ground and what an atmosphere. I'm jealous.. very poor by city's standards tonight but next week we have the chance to turn it back round. Team selection was maybe to give some players a much needed rest perhaps. Up the blues. Never give up on this amazing team.

 

[Sergio<3]

Nothing more frustrating than Mr offside Gabriel Jesus coming on and being caught offside within 10seconds, and to think some people think he's going to fill Agueros boots when he eventually leaves