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[Gesario]

Nothing is impossible, but I feel we leak to many goals to overturn a 3.0 defeat, It would need a nightmare performance from Real Madrid and a homer of a referee for City to go through

The penalty save could prove critical

 

[Gray]

We were lucky to get away with just a three goal deficit , it could easily have been five or six , incredulous that Pep could get it so wrong , and to not even acknowledge this after the game , still havent got a clue what he was trying to do or his tactics and it didnt look like the players knew either.
Cherki Marmoush Art Nouri and Nunes have been in good form recently and all of them sat on their arses on the bench , just a very strange selection and set up , hope its out of Pep's system and we play our strongest eleven and tactics against West Ham , we dont win that game then the Goons can book the open top bus.

Pep does some weird things at times, when I saw the line up I expected a loss.

 

[dadnlad]

a homer of a referee for City to go through

were in trouble darren england cant ref english team ;)

 

[paulchapo]

Spot on Paul but you’ll be accused of being negative instead of being a realist,we’d love nothing more than to smash these fuckers 3-0 up and late into injury time and a forth for us of course we can dream but it’s highly improbable..

You have to be realistic pulling back a 3-0 defecit against anybody is difficult, against a team with the quality of Madrid it's almost impossible. I will be delighted to be proven wrong but sadly i doubt it.

 

[ancoats]

The penalty save could prove critical

Sometimes you can take inspiration from failure. Yes, the penalty save could inspire a fight back in the 2nd leg, but it's going to need one hell of a night and the sort of night that everybody will talk about for years to come

Magic happens at the Etihad and we have produced it on many occasions, so you never know
I will say that Madrid are not the all-mighty team of yesteryear

 

[Digsy's Dinner]

A goal in the first ten minutes for us would get the place rocking and then who knows? Anything can happen at the Etihad.

 

[Digsy's Dinner]

A goal in the first ten minutes for us would get the place rocking and then who knows? Anything can happen at the Etihad.

Nunes, Ait-Nouri, Cherki are three names who have to be on the team sheet imo, as opposed to the first leg.

 

[DD]

IBS or something similar

I've got IBS. You get a flare every now and again.

I suspect you mean IBD, which is something entirely different; i.e. ulcerative colitis or Crohn's Disease. They are an entirely different kettle of fish, and UC is what Darren Fletcher suffers with.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Sometimes you can take inspiration from failure. Yes, the penalty save could inspire a fight back in the 2nd leg, but it's going to need one hell of a night and the sort of night that everybody will talk about for years to come

Magic happens at the Etihad and we have produced it on many occasions, so you never know
I will say that Madrid are not the all-mighty team of yesteryear

Unfortunately neither are we.

 

[broadwayblue]

Turns out that letting Pep cook sometimes means watching him burn the entire kitchen down.

All I can say is "Woof." Either way, we roll on.

 

[malg]

Let's face it, they fucking have our number don't they?

 

[eyalluvitt]

Let's face it, they fucking have our number don't they?

Even with seven regulars out, sadly

 

[big gaz]

Men vs boys. Pep had a terrible game with his line up and formation and with his unwillingness to change things as we were getting torn apart.
Haaland can go for me. Absolute no show from him.
All of them looked outclassed. Doku's decision making was shite. Pep has probably fucked O'Reilly's confidence a good bit for leaving him out to dry at LB. Nunes dropped ? Why ? They eased off totally after the missed penalty. Good luck selling tickets for the 2nd leg City. You can blame it on Pep when there's tons of empty seats.

Come on Stan Doku zipped 3 great crosses across the 6 yard box that non of our great scorers could be arse getting on the end of. After that he was marked by 2 players, last night was not on Doku mate :-)

 

[BlueMonkey79]

Nothing is impossible, but I feel we leak to many goals to overturn a 3.0 defeat, It would need a nightmare performance from Real Madrid and a homer of a referee for City to go through

It would be typical City to score 2 first half goals, get the 3rd in the Second half, only for Madrid to nick one in the closing stages.

 

[big gaz]

Haaland should be ashamed of himself tonight. Walking pace for most of the game. Doesn't fancy the battle Vs Rudiger and won't embarrass himself by racing 1 v1 against Huijsen. If your focal point doesn't want to play the whole system fails as it's built around him. He just never made the runs or competed.

He'll be fit for the world cup though ;-)

 

[skillman]

Nothing is impossible, but I feel we leak to many goals to overturn a 3.0 defeat, It would need a nightmare performance from Real Madrid and a homer of a referee for City to go through

Agreed, unfortunately. We have to score a minimum 3 without them getting another 1 of their own.

We could've carried on playing last night for another week and wouldn't have got 3.

 

[big gaz]

That means extra time a few days before Wembley

No thanks. I’d rather lose

Or win 4 zip in normal time ?

 

[citeh94]

Rodri scored a header from a corner against Forest so just wondering where you get a figure of 140 from ?

Do remember that now. Don’t believe everything you see online then folks. Whether it’s 140 or not, last night our corners were quite dismal, and we never ever look threatening from them.

 

[HarrytheBlue]

He won the PL at Chelsea.
Ancelotti has won the title in the 5 top European leagues and also won 5 champions leagues .
Very difficult for Pep to emulate that

Chelsea fans moaned about his style of play. He won the Prem/FA Cup double with a top top side but was still sacked. He's not a visionary like Pep and last time I looked, Pep had won more trophies in a shorter space of time. Pep is the greatest coach who ever lived albeit yesterday wasn't his finest hour.

 

[HarrytheBlue]

What rumours

Crohns.