Vincent Kompany

[shed88us]

Apart from his long balls I was delighted with him.

I am quite envious of his long balls

 

[Petetheblu]

Some very poor distribution tonight from Vinny, giving the ball straight back to them. However he grew into a beast after the sending off.

eh wasnt the game i watched?

Don't get me wrong he was awesome at times, but his long balls are poor 80% of the time and tonight we just needed to keep the ball and stop trying to pass a long ball up to a lone striker who has 3 players trying to mark him out of the game.

 

[FCBarca]

Demichelis will get the blame but Kompany is at fault for failing to maintain the offside trap that initiated the chain of events leading to the pk & red card

 

[andrewmswift]

Demichelis will get the blame but Kompany is at fault for failing to maintain the offside trap that initiated the chain of events leading to the pk & red card

that's taken before the pass. messi is already marginally offside there, so he was clearly off when the ball was played. jog on

 

[Deleted member 58678]

Demichelis will get the blame but Kompany is at fault for failing to maintain the offside trap that initiated the chain of events leading to the pk & red card

What you don't see from that still is that Dimichelis was aimlessly wandering forward just before that pic and Messi was running in line with wherever Kompany was so wherever Kompany would have been stood, Messi would have been in line with him., Zaba was out of position and Clichy was legging it back. It is just pure coincidence that the other three are in a line just at the moment of that still.

 

[FCBarca]

In real time you can see Kompany running back while his defensive line stayed high - that's failing to hold your position...He effectively played Leo on...Plus, the 3rd goal that was incorrectly ruled offside was Vincent's fault as well

I thought he showed some terrific skills on the ball as well as speed but his positioning was ultimately poor - he's implicated in two major scoring chances, I think that makes it a bad night for him

 

[jimharri]

Demichelis will get the blame but Kompany is at fault for failing to maintain the offside trap that initiated the chain of events leading to the pk & red card

that's taken before the pass. messi is already marginally offside there, so he was clearly off when the ball was played. jog on

He was onside.

 

[lostmyhouseski]

after the final whistle other players were doing doing the normal greetings/shirt exchanges etc..some grinning. However Vinnie looked absolutely guttered- I love how much how loves our club

 

[jimharri]

after the final whistle other players were doing doing the normal greetings/shirt exchanges etc..some grinning. However Vinnie looked absolutely guttered- I love how much how loves our club

Breaking news; City captain going into roof repair business!

 

[Gaz76]

In real time you can see Kompany running back while his defensive line stayed high - that's failing to hold your position...He effectively played Leo on...Plus, the 3rd goal that was incorrectly ruled offside was Vincent's fault as well

I thought he showed some terrific skills on the ball as well as speed but his positioning was ultimately poor - he's implicated in two major scoring chances, I think that makes it a bad night for him

So are you implying that kompany is not the best defender in the world??

 

[Petetheblu]

In real time you can see Kompany running back while his defensive line stayed high - that's failing to hold your position...He effectively played Leo on...Plus, the 3rd goal that was incorrectly ruled offside was Vincent's fault as well

I thought he showed some terrific skills on the ball as well as speed but his positioning was ultimately poor - he's implicated in two major scoring chances, I think that makes it a bad night for him

So are you implying that kompany is not the best defender in the world??

I didn't read that gaz, he just analysed from none city point of view. Personally I think he's got a lot right.

 

[boloyev]

Its ridiculous how much hate Demichelis is getting for the Messi pen.. Kompany is 80% at fault for that.. a mistake that you shouldn't be seeing in a top10 team in England, don't get me started in Europe.. He slept on a simple offside trap, the tie is over because of Vincent Kompany.

 

[Marvin]

Its ridiculous how much hate Demichelis is getting for the Messi pen.. Kompany is 80% at fault for that.. a mistake that you shouldn't be seeing in a top10 team in England, don't get me started in Europe.. He slept on a simple offside trap, the tie is over because of Vincent Kompany.

Yet Kompany was magnificent for 90 mins and Demichelis was pretty good as well

Football can be very unforgiving at this level. That ref was awful. His part in that goal can not be overlooked

 

[mmc]

Best defender city have ever had but he was incredibly deep for the penalty, made his cb partner look a dick. Obviously in the long run demichelis has to go but Kompany made a mess of that first barca goal.

 

[Marvin]

Not watching it again

But I will remember Kompany's performance in this game for a long time. Messi was almost non-existent and we had 10 men for 35 minutes

 

[wythenshaweblue£££]

The greatest..

 

[Chris in London]

Its ridiculous how much hate Demichelis is getting for the Messi pen.. Kompany is 80% at fault for that.. a mistake that you shouldn't be seeing in a top10 team in England, don't get me started in Europe.. He slept on a simple offside trap, the tie is over because of Vincent Kompany.

No it isn't.

I would agree that VK switched off and didn't hold the line as we broke with the ball. But then Barca got the right end of three marginal calls in the space of 10 seconds, any one of which would have meant the tie was still alive.

I think VK would hold his hand up to that one, and for most of the evening head one of the best players in the world - the 'perfect 10' - in his pocket.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Not watching it again

But I will remember Kompany's performance in this game for a long time. Messi was almost non-existent and we had 10 men for 35 minutes

Good point Marvin.

 

[momo88]

Its ridiculous how much hate Demichelis is getting for the Messi pen.. Kompany is 80% at fault for that.. a mistake that you shouldn't be seeing in a top10 team in England, don't get me started in Europe.. He slept on a simple offside trap, the tie is over because of Vincent Kompany.

Yes he is at fault not only Demichelis but i found strange is that after all this shit money spent more than 700 m€ to get Demichelis or Lescott as CB :) this summer should be used to offload some players and bring in better

and I don't know why after the game he is saying "..... the barca were for the taking ..." at the end of the day they are back with 2 goals away !

 

[mcmanus]

Not watching it again

But I will remember Kompany's performance in this game for a long time. Messi was almost non-existent and we had 10 men for 35 minutes

Good point Marvin.

Damn straight.

Wouldn't swap Vinny for any other defender in the entire world. Plus he married a local girl.