Manchester City v. Bayern Munich k/o 19.45 SS2

Darkglasses

David Silva and Sergio Aguero are both in contention for tonight, although the former is very unlikely to start.

Bayern have a few more injury doubts. Goetze is still lacking match fitness, returning only to the subs bench last week against Wolfsburg after a 3 week absence. Schweinsteiger, Javi Martinez, and Thiago Alcantara are all also uncertain to be ready.

MATCH ODDS
Man City 12/5, Bayern Munich 13/10, draw 12/5

mike65

@MCFC: TEAM NEWS: Hart, Richards, Kompany (C), Nastasic, Clichy, Toure, Fernandinho, Navas, Nasri, Aguero, Dzeko

SUBS NEWS: Pantilimon, Zabaleta, Lescott, Milner, Garcia, Silva, Negredo


Bayern Munich XI (vs Man City): Neuer; Rafinha, Boateng, Dante, Alaba; Lahm; Robben, Schweinsteiger, Kroos, Ribery; Muller.

Subs: Starke, Van Buyten, Kirchhoff, Contento, Shaqiri, Gotze, Mandzukic

Looking forward to this, so much potential on offer.

karma_

Ye know I'm actually pretty confident about this and I think we will win this.


All I have to do now is wait for this to blow back in my face.

karma_

Damn, can barely believe Zabs has been benched.

Darkglasses

Argh, no Negredo or Zaba?

Damn it.

stiffler123

Very strong Munich team. Would prefer Zabaleta and the beast to start but hopefully the other Micah and Dzeko have decent games.

SlickRic

it's hilarious.

Souness and Jamie have no idea Bayern have been playing Lahm in CM all season.

Darkglasses

SlickRic wrote: »

it's hilarious.

Souness and Jamie have no idea Bayern have been playing Lahm in CM all season.

If they spent even 5 minutes reading previews online would've got them up to speed. The lack of preparation they do is pretty desperate at times.

karma_

I'll forgive Souness for it because otherwise I think he knows his stuff, Redknapp on the other hand, well....

SlickRic

karma_ wrote: »

I'll forgive Souness for it because otherwise I think he knows his stuff, Redknapp on the other hand, well....

Souness still can't believe it.

Neville and Gareth Barry have both said he's played there this season, and he's still slightly incredulous.

Lahm for MOTM.

Darkglasses

I'm too excited. Would be pretty epic if we won this.

iMuse

1-0 Ribery, Joe hart shocking again

klose

Bullet


Oh joe hart...near post from what, 30 yards out?

Tinie

Joe hart making another big mistake for a goal. He really should have pushed that out for a corner.

Sugarlumps

Brutal keeper.

Dempsey

Hart should have saved that!

SlickRic

Hart is dodgy as fúck, and has been for a year now.

Andersonisgod

I can't get my head around how bad Hart is and how much hype he previously had around him.

super_furry

Joe Hart at fault again, a top goalkeeper really wouldn't be beaten at the near post like that. He's looking more and more like Pepe Reina in his last couple of seasons at Liverpool - once brilliant but now totally unreliable. Whether he's resting on his laurels or because he has no real competition for his place, he's looked like a liability for close to a year now.

The Harte myth exposed again

karma_

Tinie wrote: »

Joe hart making another big mistake for a goal. He really should have pushed that out for a corner.

If he's not careful he's out. already rumours this summer that we were looking a new keeper. That was a big mistake from Hart, I think he thought it was going wide and gambled.

stiffler123

FFS Joe.

klose

Wasent there word that city were looking at begovich over the summer if mancini had stayed or something along those lines.

Edit: david platt said it i think. Not a game for dodgey keeping with the likes of kroos, schweinsteiger, alaba, ribry, muller etc... all well able to hit em

Darkglasses

Basic stuff Joe, FFS.

Micah not starting well. Very indecisive

super_furry

Looks even worse in replays. Can't even blame it on a bounce or a bobble.

whiskeyman

Amazing noise from BM support... even before the goal!

karma_

FFS Hart catch the feckin thing.

Darkglasses

BM doing a terrific job stifling all our attacks...

Headshot

What ever happened to Richards pace?

kryogen

Headshot wrote: »

What ever happened to Richards pace?

Out with the duffel coats

Professional Griefer

Headshot wrote: »

What ever happened to Richards pace?

Hes been plagued by injuries hasn't he? Used to be a serious player.

Darkglasses

Could do with giving Silva a run if at all possible. Current way forward isn't working at all

karma_

kryogen wrote: »

Out with the duffel coats

Like duffle coats ever go out of fashion.

kryogen

karma_ wrote: »

Like duffle coats ever go out of fashion.

Comes and goes in fairness.

Darkglasses

FFS lads!!!

iMuse

Richards will be off at HT

Francie Barrett

Have to say I am shocked at just how awful City have been. Fernandinho has been a complete passenger, Navas has stank the place to high heaven and the full backs have been a shambles.

bad2dabone

Bayern are a machine.

daRobot

BM are such an accomplished side. They're making City look so very poor.

Darkglasses

The hell was that going Jesus?

kryogen

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Have to say I am shocked at just how awful City have been. Fernandinho has been a complete passenger, Navas has stank the place to high heaven and the full backs have been a shambles.

Why? Thought it was pretty much expected that Munich would steamroll them pretty easy?

klose

Men against boys here, a complete dicking being received here by ze germans

Rezident

Bayern have such a good team and they're playing great against a top side. I just wish they'd stop diving so shamefully, they don't even need to

Darkglasses

Great by Fernandinho just there. More of that please.

karma_

klose wrote: »

Men against boys here, a complete dicking being received here by ze germans

Not over yet, I refuse to believe this team is that bad!

Darkglasses

karma_ wrote: »

Not over yet, I refuse to believe this team is that bad!

It's 1-0 with 45 left to be fair! We just need to change our approach badly.

messinkiapina

How much did that City team cost to assemble again?

kryogen

karma_ wrote: »

Not over yet, I refuse to believe this team is that bad!

Its not that its that bad, its a combination of them not being as good as some people would like to believe and Munich are one hell of a team!

The signs are there in fairness, defeats to teams like Cardiff and Villa could hardly have you confident you will be able to match up to Munich. I understand they are isolated results, can happen to anyone. In all honesty though City have not looked brilliant yet this season.

It will take time to adapt to a new way of playing/manager I guess.

NIMAN

Although they eased off a little near the end of the half, that was a master class from Bayern, great to watch.

They have the passing of Barca but with purpose rather than passing for the sake of it. It'll take a good team to stop them retaining the CL this year.

mike65

The good news for City is that they are just one goal down, Bayerns tika taca is much more enjoyable than Barcas.

The_Kew_Tour

Bbc asked who was the better keeper before kick off Neur or Hart.

I laughed