Real Madrid (A) Post Match Thread

tolmie's hairdoo said:
A striker who wasn't a striker.

Outscoring Liverpool without a striker to speak of, winning titles in the process, suggests the lack of a striker is marginal gains at best and revisionism when it's required.

We scored five goals against Real Madrid.

We needed to score six just to take it to penalties.

That would suggest a mentality and a defensive problem, not a lack of goals in the team!
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Exactly this . We were outgunned by Monaco with a on top of his game kun in the team..

we are a team of bottlers with defenders and a keeper who are rolls Royce’s when we are coasting them turn into builders vans when under the cosh.
 
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Roachy said:
One of the poorest examples of game management I've seen, especially from a top team. We fell apart and that is the sickener. Getting beat 3-1 over the course of the match in a different fashion would be disappointing but hey ho. To be in that position and crumble is quite honestly a complete joke.
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For 89 minutes the game management was perfect with no Madrid shots on target. Also withstanding some shocking refereeing decisions. Loosing Walker & Debruyne was a big loss & once they got the goal the momentum was with Madrid, we just struggled to keep hold of the ball.
 
shemnel said:
Just watched back the game from 86:00 to the end about 4 times. My god.

Courtois makes a great save with his studs and then there's a horrendous corner to put Madrid on the attack on about 89:30. The defending from then is non-existent, it's going to be horrendous viewing for the players. There are multiple times to bring it down and slow everything down. We dont. we panic to the extreme and this is pre Madrid scoring the first. The ball is at Eddie's feet on 90:01 after conceding and somehow making a mess of kick off, and Madrid are careering down our right flank on 90:30 again. There is zero control, zero shape. If you can take it I would watch it again.

gutted today.
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You sicko watching that again.seriously I really couldn’t
 
STAND PROUD AND FUCK THE REST

let the united fans laugh and put silly post up on social media, it gives them something to shout about because their club are in a right mess ? Thursday night football again for them

stand proud
 
Like most the overwhelming feeling of regret is burning a hole into my soul this morning.

As is the common theme in this thread we didn’t have the legs in extra time and this probably was the difference. Ending with a midfield of rodri, gundo and fernandinho didn’t give us the drive we needed.

However let’s not go over the top, we were the better team over best legs and still got to the last 4, while playing in the final last year. Also top of the league and it’s in our hands.

Now, think how good that is and now imagine having Haaland and Alvarez added to the mix who are killers in the box.

Pep is a genius and I can’t wait to see what style we go for next season, i imagine a slight step away from the complete control and we are more dynamic in the transitions.

Obviously Dinho is going and I wouldn’t be surprised if Gundo and Sterling left, this is the time to bed some of our younger gems in and really rebuild. Pep always says you need fresh players who have that drive and hunger.

It’s still been an incredible ride and let’s absolutely smash the ball out the park over the next 4 days!

Come on city, Chelsea and Real Madrid!
 
Ashleymcduff said:
Exactly this . We were outgunned by Monaco with a on top of his game kun in the team..

we are a team of bottlers with defenders and a keeper who are rolls Royce’s when we are coasting them turn into builders vans when user they cosh.
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I dont see us as a team of bottles we beat the dippers by winning our last 14 games or so a few seasons ago.

This happens in football we have won the league with Aguerooooooooo now we are on the receiving end, that's football
 
mardon85 said:
Can someone explain to me why they don't just pause time when the ball goes out of play?
It'll stop all this time wasting shite.
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football would irrevocably change. it would become a far slower game and if it did retain some pace, more subs would be introduced to facilitate that. It would change the entire complexion of the game. I suppose you could introduce stopping the clock for any injury or 'injury' perhaps? but not other out of play stuff like corners, throw ins and the like.
 
Burtonblue said:
Easy answer
I trust Ake more than Laporte
Ake has never let us down, is quicker and has great positional awareness whereas Laporte has been half the player he was since that nasty knee injury a few years ago
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I posted something similar about Ake in a MOTM thread after some game or other. He reads the game very well, for me he is quietly efficient and gets the job done without any of the histrionics you sometimes get with Laporte.
 
razman said:
Thing which is troubling that at level scores - we only to score 1 goal in 30 minutes

It seemed the players or most of them forgot that - totally deflated
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I'm not making excuses but their heads were scrambled with what happened in the final few minutes of normal time and before the players had chance to regain their composure, they got the penalty. It was very disappointing to see us crumble like that - especially after looking like being in total control and the team most likely to score again - but these moments can happen even to the best teams. And let's face it - although I think Real Madrid have more than ridden their luck in not just this tie but in previous rounds, when they do get their act together they're still as good as anyone.
 
Obviously gutted, its taken me until now to come on here because I knew what was coming. Minor things which if done differently may have helped, De Bruyne was poor last night, but even so you just cant bring him off in a game like this, he and Foden are two players who can take a game by the scruff of the neck and win it on their own.

Walker was terrific, but when he had to come off, Ake should have come on to replace him not Zin. We needed defenders on the pitch at that point not more quasi midfielders. Ake on at left back and the cross for the second goal doesn't happen.

Zinchenko was a better choice than Fernandinho when Rodri, who was knackered, came off. Brilliant though Fern has been his legs are truly gone :(

I'm aware of the irony in this in that Zin and Gundog were instrumental in the goal, but that doesn't change my view overall
 
blue whippet said:
I posted something similar about Ake in a MOTM thread after some game or other. He reads the game very well, for me he is quietly efficient and gets the job done without any of the histrionics you sometimes get with Laporte.
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Keep saying it, but Ake is the best out and out defender we have at the club bar none
 
mardon85 said:
Can someone explain to me why they don't just pause time when the ball goes out of play?
It'll stop all this time wasting shite.
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it would be like american football where it takes 4+ hours for a 1 hour game.
what they should do is link the ref's watch to the stadium clock, player falls down injured, refs stops watch, all can see it. same when the ref warns teams about time wasting, just stop the watch, make a point of showing you are stopping time (Mike Dean would be excellent at training refs in a flambouyant gesture)
 
Bluebeemer said:
Good point. Surely, independent of the referee, the game clock should be administered to take account of stoppages for whatever reason: player injury, ball out of play, etc. The technology is there and it would be accurate.
However, as all fans, we like more time when our team is losing and less when we are ahead!
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If they stopped the clock every time the ball went out of play games would last 2 hours, or they would have to cut the official time to 60 mins.

But they could employ the timekeeping systems used in both codes of rugby. There’s an official timekeeper and the ref raises his hands to stop the clock if the game is paused for more than a few seconds. It wouldn’t stop players stealing a couple of seconds but it would take away the incentive for players to have extensive “injury” breaks.

And it’s more exciting to see the official clock wind time to full time
 
hihosilva said:
For 89 minutes the game management was perfect with no Madrid shots on target. Also withstanding some shocking refereeing decisions. Loosing Walker & Debruyne was a big loss & once they got the goal the momentum was with Madrid, we just struggled to keep hold of the ball.
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That is my point really. We clearly didn't help ourselves those last few minutes, baffling really because we've done it before. There were a couple of contributing factors, ref, subs, etc.but there was enough nous out there to get the job done.
 
We have played some of our players into the ground, some great players, crap recruitment.
 
hihosilva said:
For 89 minutes the game management was perfect with no Madrid shots on target. Also withstanding some shocking refereeing decisions. Loosing Walker & Debruyne was a big loss & once they got the goal the momentum was with Madrid, we just struggled to keep hold of the ball.
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Yep walker and KDB going off did change the game ?
We are short in both full backs and papering over the crack with cover players is not ideal

please, Manchester city give pep 22 players that in the team for the right reasons and not being asked to paper over the cracks ? 2 strikers, 2 left backs, 2 right backs, When you look at it that way, we are very short in the squad and the answer speaks for itself
 
ancoats said:
We need to learn that lesson of the DARK ARTS (cheating) Madrid used in extra time
faking injury and rolling about going off like you are done then running back on only to go down again ?
I think we played about 5 minutes of football after they scored the winner, and city should take note,
we should have done the same in normal time.

Also the referee play his part in it, pointing at his watch and adding 6 minutes injury time in normal play
then did nothing in extra time and only added 3 minutes and blew early ?
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Extra time non event ...we were done...just shouldn't have bottled it
 
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