Real Madrid (A) | Post Match Thread

[Wellsblue21]

We need a winger like vinicius, preferrably an RW. Did you see the way vinicius was attracting so many of our players and creating space? That profile of winger would be so benefical for us.

Trouble is there’s no many Vinicius Jrs out there

And did you see his off the ball work?

Pep wouldn’t stand for it

 

[Bluearmy]

these sort of things would never be shown in any capacity years ago sadly anything goes these days,
we would all do the same if it was madrid against the scum as we did when real played the dippers, i have no problem with that, its that gormless talentless **** joke humphreys sniggering in the background trying to wind up city fans posting this.

He works for a national broadcaster not a fan of a rival club

 

[coolcity]

Great result - we showed a lot of character after undeservingly going a goal down. To score when we did shows the belief in the team.
The heat must have helped them more than us and the crowd and stadium are always intimidating.

One thing that continues to put me off this competition is the shit officiating. Madrid going down at every opportunity- the ref bottles it or ignores the big decisions (Kroos ?). They seem to blow for every slight contact but never give cards out until much later in the game.

Seems to be the same whatever team we play in Europe though. What makes me laugh is watching the PL matches, the commentary team will often say something like "if that was a European match it would be a yellow/red card" after an incident or a couple of fouls, but in practice that's not what we actually see.

 

[Inter Me Nan]

Good result but Haalanrd needs to do more next week, he was terrible tonight

Watch our goal again, his movement leaves space for Kev to shoot.

 

[BlueMojito]

Before the game I'd have gladly settled for a draw. Great result. Now we need to push on and finish the job at home. We'll make more noise than they did!

 

[Leeky]

Is it the same “Ref” next week?

Thank fuck no, back to the shite Portuguese league for this inept fuckwit

 

[Mancity1980]

‘average performance’ does not recognise that they have just as good players as us.

Vinicius is probably the best player on either team. they have a ton of players who can smash it from distance which was their main threat.

And their defenders played Haaland to perfection.

Main concern is tiredness - they are nowhere in their league and can rest 8 or 9 at the weekend. we cant rest rodri, gundog, de bruyne and bernie at the weekend, maybe only one of them. they all looked exhausted in that heat.

Arsenal were getting 7-8 day rests between games during that poor run whilst we were knocking it out if the park playing midweek, weekend, midweek.

 

[cleavers]

An indication of how it was for me, 1 glass of red first half, none at half time, 1 sip second half, plenty since ;)

 

[BLS]

They allowed us to play at walking pace, control the ball and not flog ourselves. Ideal and what we wanted. The bench will be fresh for Everton for 5 or 6 changes and key players will be fresh again for those cunts next Wednesday.
We've learned not to play transitional football against these and game manage much better. Seems some of our fans don't understand you're not going to boss these on their own turf for 90 minutes and not get caught overcommitting. Apparently that means we were poor which is utter horseshit.
We kept them to potshots and set pieces with not a lot of posession in their own back yard.
Our tempo will be a lot higher at home and it's advantage us. That's what that performance bought us tonight. Difficult to win it in 90 minutes but you can certainly lose it.
I'm delighted with that even though the performance was functional.

"Oh I say old boy well said"

 

[LIBlue]

This team would have given up in previous years, something different this time. A good result here , keep it close go for it at home. We are playing madrid you flappers calm down

 

[The perfect fumble]

 

[dobingsdobber]

From my history of posts on here, anyone can see that I rather eschew the use of vulgar language, especially in printed form.

But the WUMs, bots and supporters of other teams who spread their poison on here, especially in the match day thread whenever we play, can fuck the fucking fuck right off, the fucking wastes of space that these fuckers are..

Well said John,nice to see you letting off a bit of steam for a change.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Haha , no , not at all , but he’s stepped into midfield and owned it with top drawer performances week in week out , and noticeably against two of the best teams in Europe , I’ll defy you to name a better player this season, name one if you can.

Thank you @flb I’ve already voted for him as my player of the season!

 

[Nellies left peg]

1-1 away to the European champions is a good result. Anybody who thinks it isn't is a fucking clown who doesn't understand football or a rag or dipper. Just fuck off.

Even if some of the lads were not at their best tonight it’s a team game and we should appreciate the collective effort to gain a good result at the most successful team in European history. We should gain a lot of confidence for next week and hopefully our crowd will be up for it like the Arsenal game

 

[coolcity]

That was on Humphrys personal twitter account. I would rather he is professionaL on the telly and carries on being a **** in his personal stuff.

I was thinking more about the reaction from Ferdinand.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Thank fuck no, back to the shite Portuguese league for this inept fuckwit

I thought the ref was ok. Lenient towards Carvajal and Rodri, didn't buy their daft penalty shouts after we equalised.

 

[madloaf]

An indication of how it was for me, 1 glass of red first half, none at half time, 1 sip seconf half, plenty since ;)

4 beers first half, 1 2nd half, nice big glass of water before bed!

 

[eversince 76]

Ref didn’t have a good game at all. Think we can do better but Real are no mugs. Especially in the CL.
We have a small advantage. And I wouldn’t mind if the game goes like the home game last year. It will cost me another 10 years but than again being a City game it’s amazing I’m still alive.

CL is about results. Not if you play good or having a better game than the opponent. You win the league by those standards. Not necessarily the CL.

In the end I rather be in our position than theirs.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

I get you but it's a British football presentation and I think it's disgusting for a European competition. It's so obvious he (and the rest) want us to fail, they should be fired.

Any idea why pep didn’t make a sub? Last time we played real they did the exact same thing. Started with Kroos and modric then brought on the youngsters to run at tired legs.

We finished the game strongly and Pep wanted to save Phil and Mahrez for Everton. He learned his lesson at Real last season. We were much more composed tonight. Last year was entertaining but we threw the game away by attacking too much.

 

[HellasLEAF]

I couldn't watch the game today. Us Canadians over the pond here usually working those hours. Still I try to finagle my way out in the aft to see big City matches. I have seen the light highlights. Extended are up next.

Seeing it finish 1 - 1 it's a good result really. All to do now at home can't ask for more Real Madrid are elite level competition here could be a final really. Walk into the Etihad and get the job done don't need a big scoreline to advance just win the game.