Roma vs. Manchester City (19:45 - RTE2)

Darkglasses · 10-12-2014 6:49pm #1

Make or break time for City, need CSKA to lose to Bayern in Germany and either a win or a score draw.

Kompany and Silva will be late fitness tests, need a big game out of Milner and Dzeko.

eagle eye · 10-12-2014 7:11pm

They don't need CSKA to lose, its lose or draw and if they win they are through. City will also qualify with a score draw if CSKA lose.

Teams:

City: Hart, Clichy, Zabaleta, Demichelis, Mangala, Milner, Fernandinho, Fernando, Nasri, Navas, Dzeko

Subs: Caballero, Sagna, Kolarov, Lampard, Silva, Jovetic, Boyata

Roma: De Sanctis, Maicon, Holibas, Yanga-Mbiwa, Manolas, Keita, Nainggolan, Pjanic, Totti, Gervinho, Ljajic

Subs: Curci, Iturbe, Strootman, De Rossi, Destro, Astori, Florenzi

stiffler123 · 10-12-2014 7:28pm

Bayern giving a rest to Lewandowski, Robben and Alonso:mad:

Johner · 10-12-2014 7:42pm

stiffler123 wrote: »

Bayern giving a rest to Lewandowski, Robben and Alonso:mad:

So? They are qualified as group winners, surprised they didn't rest more to be honest.

Mars Bar · 10-12-2014 7:44pm

Ciao little fellas!

LuckyGent88 · 10-12-2014 7:51pm

Some very shaky moments already for city.

Will I Amnt · 10-12-2014 7:52pm

City looking very ropey at the back.

Harry Palmr · 10-12-2014 8:03pm

Roma should have done better just there

Sugarlumps · 10-12-2014 8:04pm

Good game, chances at both ends. Roma look uncomfortable at crosses coming in.

Skylinehead · 10-12-2014 8:05pm

Did George just call Gervinho Brazilian? :pac:

Sugarlumps · 10-12-2014 8:06pm

Gervinho looks threatening on either side.

Harry Palmr · 10-12-2014 8:06pm

Who is this Gervinho is he related to that useless fella at Arsenal?

Darkglasses · 10-12-2014 8:28pm

Hope to see Jovetic come on the second half, with CSKA drawing it kind of doesn't matter if we concede one, we still just need to score one either way.

klose · 10-12-2014 8:28pm

Not much on show here for conte to check out bar totti and de sanctis both of whom are 39 and 37

blueser · 10-12-2014 8:34pm

Weathered the early wobble and have had a decent amount of possession. Now; to somehow find a goal from someone. Oh, for Sergio!

hadepsx · 10-12-2014 8:49pm

Some freaky looking eyes u have there pelligrini

Darkglasses · 10-12-2014 8:58pm

Wonder if Silva has 30 minutes in him, we really need a change

Mars Bar · 10-12-2014 9:02pm

Great strike!

hadepsx · 10-12-2014 9:02pm

Great strike by nasri

Darkglasses · 10-12-2014 9:02pm

Well holy god, looks like we're in business

LuckyGent88 · 10-12-2014 9:02pm

What a strike. Been city's best player

eagle eye · 10-12-2014 9:03pm

In fairness that was a cracking goal from Nasri.

tigger123 · 10-12-2014 9:08pm

Why don't Roma have a sponsor on their shirt?

SEPT 23 1989 · 10-12-2014 9:09pm

silva has a goal in him

eagle eye · 10-12-2014 9:11pm

tigger123 wrote: »

Why don't Roma have a sponsor on their shirt?

Nobody is willing to match their price tag apparently. Interestingly their shirt sales have rocketed with no sponsor on it.

Hank Scorpio · 10-12-2014 9:14pm

Joe Hart

LuckyGent88 · 10-12-2014 9:14pm

Lucky not to concede in that passage of play

corny · 10-12-2014 9:15pm

For someone who has reached the very top, Hart is really a terrible keeper.

tigger123 · 10-12-2014 9:17pm

eagle eye wrote: »

Nobody is willing to match their price tag apparently. Interestingly their shirt sales have rocketed with no sponsor on it.

It's pretty sweet looking actually.

Pighead · 10-12-2014 9:19pm

corny wrote: »

For someone who has reached the very top, Hart is really a terrible keeper.

There is generally a month during every season where he goes through an awful spell but to be fair to him he's been in decent form lately.

corny · 10-12-2014 9:24pm

Pighead wrote: »

There is generally a month during every season where he goes through an awful spell but to be fair to him he's been in decent form lately.

I don't agree. He makes a few decent saves every now and again but his positioning, decision making and command of his box are terrible.

Really can't see how he's made it this far in the game.

SEPT 23 1989 · 10-12-2014 9:27pm

George and Ray sound dissapointed city are winning

arseh0les the pair of them

Darkglasses · 10-12-2014 9:27pm

corny wrote: »

I don't agree. He makes a few decent saves every now and again but his positioning, decision making and command of his box are terrible.

Really can't see how he's made it this far in the game.

His shot-stopping is great, he's very quick and he's English, not much else to it. Well, and it turned out that Caballero wasn't all he's cracked up to be, that's definitely helped him earlier this year.

Darkglasses · 10-12-2014 9:28pm

Yeeeeeah! Well holy God

Mars Bar · 10-12-2014 9:28pm

That's City sorted anyway!

eagle eye · 10-12-2014 9:28pm

Well done Pablo, Nasri has been brilliant tonight, MoM for sure.

LuckyGent88 · 10-12-2014 9:29pm

That was another cracking goal. Very professional job from Man City I must say.

eagle eye · 10-12-2014 9:29pm

Mars Bar wrote: »

That's City sorted anyway!

And they won't be afraid to go to Munich either.

GavRedKing · 10-12-2014 9:31pm

Well done city.

3 out of 4 English teams into the next round.

symbolic · 10-12-2014 9:35pm

GavRedKing wrote: »

Well done city.

3 out of 4 English teams into the next round.

Well done England....

ThunbergsAreGo · 10-12-2014 9:37pm

Well done City, thought they got screwed in Moscow

blueser · 10-12-2014 9:38pm

Fantastic result, particularly given that the heart and soul of the side was missing. Proud of the lads tonight.

klose · 10-12-2014 9:40pm

Good performance by city with a weakened side, bit disappointed in romas performance, a more favourable group and they'd have qualified with ease but thats the luck of the draw.