2016-17 UEFA Champions League

BorneTobyWilde · 21-02-2017 10:32PM

Sterling left it all on the pitch

BorneTobyWilde · 21-02-2017 10:34PM

A look inside Pep's mind .

klose · 21-02-2017 10:37PM

That was fun! Hopefully the second leg will be as good.

Unearthly · 21-02-2017 10:38PM

murpho999 wrote: »

Crazy game.

We just need Claudio Bravo on the sidelines eating a pie to finish it off.

Bt just robbed your joke

niallo27 · 21-02-2017 10:38PM

murpho999 wrote: »

Crazy game.

We just need Claudio Bravo on the sidelines eating a pie to finish it off.

Lineker stole your joke.

Turtwig · 21-02-2017 10:39PM

That was ridiculous in every sense of the word.

0-0 return leg now probably. :pac:

Johner · 21-02-2017 10:39PM

Monaco just a bit too naive in the end, wouldn't be writing them off just yet though.

LuckyGent88 · 21-02-2017 10:39PM

Well that was enjoyable!!!! Bring in the second leg

Burial. · 21-02-2017 10:39PM

Best CL game of all time. Absolutely nuts.

blueser · 21-02-2017 10:40PM

Turtwig wrote: »

That was ridiculous in every sense of the word.

0-0 return leg now probably. :pac:

I'd gladly take that!

Vicxas · 21-02-2017 10:40PM

Great match. Fair play to City

Andersonisgod · 21-02-2017 10:41PM

Best game I've seen this season. Exhilarating. Huge credit to Leonardo Jardim's side, they are so exciting to watch, so brilliantly clinical in their transitions and finishing.

I love Pep Guardiola. You can hyper-analyse all of his tactical moves because he is an intriguing tactician (arguably the most intriguing tactician of his time) but maybe it's worth just sitting back and enjoying his teams play. By his own admission he wont be a coach for too long, savour him while he's still here, and I direct that moreso at Man City fans, you're onto something special.

That_Guy · 21-02-2017 10:43PM

BT presenters are the worst type of "banter".

Harry Palmr · 21-02-2017 10:48PM

Well Monaco know they have to score and City know they need to defend...nah they'll both go at it like screaming fishwives :pac:

elefant · 21-02-2017 10:49PM

For comedy value, it would've been amazing if Sane's goal had hit off Sterling.

Some game.

murpho999 · 21-02-2017 10:51PM

Unearthly wrote: »

Bt just robbed your joke

Really....can I claim copyright?

Harry Palmr · 21-02-2017 10:52PM

McManamananananananaman reads boards!

Turtwig · 21-02-2017 10:57PM

elefant wrote: »

For comedy value, it would've been amazing if Sane's goal had hit off Sterling.

Some game.

Would have loved this. No way in heck Sterling should have let himself get ahead of the play like that. Was really hoping as it was unfolding that it was going to be called offside (incorrectly too; with linesman assuming he touched it

)

murpho999 · 21-02-2017 11:03PM

niallo27 wrote: »

Lineker stole your joke.

I think it was actually my tweet they read out.

21-02-2017 11:08PM

What is going on with the BT panel they admit he gets a touch on the ball but still a peno

Jayop · 21-02-2017 11:11PM

blueser wrote: »

Don't kid yourself; we're out of this.

Ahem?

What a finish to a game. Fair play city fans!

Andersonisgod · 21-02-2017 11:11PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What is going on with the BT panel they admit he gets a touch on the ball but still a peno

BT are frustrating. Gerrard criticising City for playing from the back but lauding their attacking is, by definition, a contradiction. One can't happen without the other.

blueser · 21-02-2017 11:25PM

Jayop wrote: »

Ahem?

What a finish to a game. Fair play city fans!

Fair enough. But, when I posted that, could you see us doing what we did? I certainly couldn't. And the job is nowhere near done. A three goal lead would have been nice. 2-0 to Monaco (certainly not an impossibility with our defence) and we're toast.

Jayop · 21-02-2017 11:44PM

blueser wrote: »

Fair enough. But, when I posted that, could you see us doing what we did? I certainly couldn't. And the job is nowhere near done. A three goal lead would have been nice. 2-0 to Monaco (certainly not an impossibility with our defence) and we're toast.

haha, yeah just having a laugh, I thought you were goosed at that stage too and I'm just glad it was you a City fan that posted that and not one of our boys or you'd be rightfully doing some serious gloating now!

mansize · 21-02-2017 11:45PM

Can't believe th UCL is almost over for another season

sReq | uTeK · 21-02-2017 11:47PM

Andersonisgod wrote: »

BT are frustrating. Gerrard criticising City for playing from the back but lauding their attacking is, by definition, a contradiction. One can't happen without the other.

HAHHAHAHAHAH

Yes no team has ever attacked without playing it out from the back

jamescd · 21-02-2017 11:51PM

murpho999 wrote: »

I think it was actually my tweet they read out.

Saw your tweet on TV3. Not sure about Lineker and BT, unless you tweeted them too.

Andersonisgod · 21-02-2017 11:53PM

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

HAHHAHAHAHAH

Yes no temperature has ever attacked without playing it out from the back

Confusing as your post is I think I see what you are getting at. When the team has been set up to be a possession based side literally from day 1 of Guardiola's reign, wouldn't it be rather self defeating to intentionally kick the ball back to the opposition everytime you get it? Gerrard, in one moment, praises City's stunning first goal which is the result of playing from the back, only to later say they shouldn't do this. That goal, and most of City's attacks, can't happen if they don't build up from the back. It's a tenant of possession football, it always has been. To delight in it's succeess but condemn it when errors occur makes no cohesive sense.

blueser · 21-02-2017 11:58PM

Jayop wrote: »

haha, yeah just having a laugh, I thought you were goosed at that stage too and I'm just glad it was you a City fan that posted that and not one of our boys or you'd be rightfully doing some serious gloating now!

It's not easy, holding my tongue in check. Some of the anti-City, anti-Guardiola stuff on here is hard to take. But people are entitled to their opinions. I try to come across as even handed most of the time (though, being Manchester born and bred, I have to admit, I do like to see your mob lose!).

I try to keep the poisonous stuff out of it though, if at all possible.

The Talking Bread · 22-02-2017 12:16AM

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Confusing as your post is I think I see what you are getting at. When the team has been set up to be a possession based side literally from day 1 of Guardiola's reign, wouldn't it be rather self defeating to intentionally kick the ball back to the opposition everytime you get it? Gerrard, in one moment, praises City's stunning first goal which is the result of playing from the back, only to later say they shouldn't do this. That goal, and most of City's attacks, can't happen if they don't build up from the back. It's a tenant of possession football, it always has been. To delight in it's succeess but condemn it when errors occur makes no cohesive sense.

Gerrard has more of a football brain than any of us so I would respect what he says in this regard, The goal was stunning, everyone agrees about that but I assume Gerrard is criticising the fact that this style of play, whilst it proves stunning when its pulled off, will lead to more problems than success on the balance of averages.
Acknowledging the excellence of that particular goal does not prevent you from putting forward the view that building your tactics around same style will lead to more problems inevitably in the long run.

Its not that hard of a point he is making to understand.

2016-17 UEFA Champions League

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