Steaua Bucharest post-match thread

MarsLlama said:
I was actually at the Etihad last night, Emptihad more like, absolutely no fans there, none of our players turned up and Pep was anonymous. Disgraceful.

If that wasn't bad enough, there was a security guy being an arsehole and trying to escort me from the premises.
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Probably just a bad night - try again this evening. I'm sure it will be better. But maybe try to sneak past that security guard - I think he's getting suspicious of you.
 
Did anyone notice what was on the shirts of the shirts of the Steaua team. I did and I thought is was a very good description of how we played yesterday City Slickers. We were very slick in our passing, this what we need to do for the rest of the season. Quick passing especially against the likes of Stoke on Saturday.
 
Another thing I noticed but thought it was just coincidence until Pep brought it up in his press conference, was the lack of defenders diving in. At one point Steaua were attacking us and trying to find their way through our massed defensive ranks when I noticed not one player jumped in or went to ground trying to stop the attack.

Pep mentioned in his press conference this was another thing he had brought into training and explained that this was the reason he went mad at Otamendi the one time he went diving to ground for the tackle. At no point did we look like we were going to give away a penalty and we looked a lot more controlled when defending than we have done at any time in the last 3 years.
 
Before the game Steaua were settled well into their season going well, top of their League, undefeated, a couple of very dangerous players (Rromanian Internationals a plenty)and a team we should be respectful of because of their pedigree in the competition, difficult to play against particularly in Romania with a good record against English teams.
After we dismantled them they were a shit Doncaster Rovers according to the press. A bit like Club Brugge were last year in the press remember!
Here see if you can spot the section referring to Brugge as shite - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34058082

BBC commentary of City game:
"It's hard to read too much tactically with regards to Pep Guardiola in this game as Manchester City won't face many worse sides all season than Steaua Bucharest."
"With all due respect to Romanian football,i very much doubt this team would avoid relegation if they played in the Premier League"
"Steaua are defending like it's the last five minutes of five-a-side and you're just thinking of getting home for a beer."
"I wonder if City will use a few kids next week. Steaua just aren't very good, surely it's a good chance to give them minutes"
"Steaua manager Laurentiu Reghecampf gives his players a team talk on the pitch afterwards. His side were shocking...."

I don't necessarily disagree with commentary facts just the unbalanced nature of the reporting.....am I being a bit touchy?
I also know the performance on Tue wont be any kind of acid test and there are tougher tasks ahead.
 
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