KdB was a non factor. Good thing he didn't cost us a goal with careless passes out of defence like before in the CL. Some lovely touches but crap crossing. Could only remember one good pass into the box which yaya missed. Other than that he was contained very well by Rojo, whom I had always never rated but he played well for them yesterday. He was Their motm. Ours was probably otamendi.
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The Derby Post Match Thread
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Yes he will miss crystal place match.OK - I have read up to 59 pages - so I am going to ask a serious question . ? As it was Ferny 1 who was booked - Was it his 5th yellow card of the season?
If so will we lose him for 1 match.?.
Also I like Danny Murphy on MOTD. - talks sense. and also said that Rags claim for a penalty was ludicrous - Herrera collided with Sterling and made a meal of it.
PS. Milner getting praise for his cross to Benteke but how about Kolorov's cross in the last minute - superb - Oto just missed turning it into a goal.
Neville also agreed it was just tangling of legs in the commentary. Nothing in it.
Kola's cross was a beauty indeed.
buckshot
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A draw against an inferior team cannot be described as "great". Great is defined as: notable;remarkable;exceptionally outstanding. If yesterday's result was truly great then United would have to be the better team. As even a neutral knows that City is the better team even without Silva and Aguero there is no way to consider a draw against them great.Yes it was great, great in a gritty, tactical, well managed, excellent point without Dave and Sergio kind of a way
I do think that, in the grand scheme of things, a draw was all that was needed to keep pushing towards the title though. United absolutely had to win and they couldn't do it. City played it safe and got the point they needed. But at the level City are at right now, nothing less than a win can be considered great in any domestic competition.
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I think that's the sort of performance we should be putting in when playing away against top European opposition.
We looked very solid at the back at the expense of our usual attacking game.
I think the manager's hand was forced by Silva and Kun's absence, but I don't mind seeing us play that way v quality teams.
We looked very solid at the back at the expense of our usual attacking game.
I think the manager's hand was forced by Silva and Kun's absence, but I don't mind seeing us play that way v quality teams.
prestonibbo_mcfc
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Happy not to lose. Disappointed to have to wait all weekend for such a shite game.
Uncle Wally One Ball
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We were playing United thoughI think that's the sort of performance we should be putting in when playing away against top European opposition.
We looked very solid at the back at the expense of our usual attacking game.
I think the manager's hand was forced by Silva and Kun's absence, but I don't mind seeing us play that way v quality teams.
Millwallawayveteran1988
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We were playing United though
There was maybe a bit too much respect for them. The 4-2 last year probably didn't help our way of thinking. Still a 0-0 away at a rival at this time of year is no big deal.
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The dictionary you swallowed is making you take things a bit too literally. However for a manager who is often panned on here as being too gung ho to play so much more defensively and pragmatically made me feel fucking great, still doesA draw against an inferior team cannot be described as "great". Great is defined as: notable;remarkable;exceptionally outstanding. If yesterday's result was truly great then United would have to be the better team. As even a neutral knows that City is the better team even without Silva and Aguero there is no way to consider a draw against them great.
I do think that, in the grand scheme of things, a draw was all that was needed to keep pushing towards the title though. United absolutely had to win and they couldn't do it. City played it safe and got the point they needed. But at the level City are at right now, nothing less than a win can be considered great in any domestic competition.
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We were without most of our possession players and if LVG's Utd is good at anything it's keeping the ball (at least in safe areas). Without Silva and/or Nasri we couldn't camp outside their box like we have done in recent years so it would have been stupid management from Pellegrini to do anything other than what he did.
With just Aguero yesterday we probably would have grabbed a couple on the break so we weren't as effective in what we wanted to do as we could be.
Even with a full strength team this is how we should be setting up against Barca, Bayern, Real home and away.
With just Aguero yesterday we probably would have grabbed a couple on the break so we weren't as effective in what we wanted to do as we could be.
Even with a full strength team this is how we should be setting up against Barca, Bayern, Real home and away.
Millwallawayveteran1988
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We were without most of our possession players and if LVG's Utd is good at anything it's keeping the ball (at least in safe areas). Without Silva and/or Nasri we couldn't camp outside their box like we have done in recent years so it would have been stupid management from Pellegrini to do anything other than what he did.
With just Aguero yesterday we probably would have grabbed a couple on the break so we weren't as effective in what we wanted to do as we could be.
Even with a full strength team this is how we should be setting up against Barca, Bayern, Real home and away.
Maybe away but not at home. We didn't look like scoring at all yesterday. Sometimes you have to take the odd risk. Somewhere in between the usual gung-ho European performance and yesterday's performance would be good.