spursfan77
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I did t watch the game but to lose 3nil is pathetic by Man City. How did they transpire to fuck up so badly?
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Marty
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Liverpool played really, really well and City were comfortably the worst they've been this season.
It was as if playing opponents who lie down and let themselves get trampled over every weekend had led City to forget what to do when a team comes at them with a coherent pressing game.
Ghost Hardware
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Thing that gets me, apart from the fact he is ALWAYS in the right place at the right time, is how easily he beats players. He has looked Messi like at times this season on the dribble. I don’t get it, he always looked a talent but not this good. I doubt he will score as many next season, but he has been showing enough skill to suggest this season is no fluke. (Not that I’m suggesting he’s as good as Messi because no one is especially not Salah after one season)
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Looked to me that City were properly rattled from what happened on the bus outside. Credit where it's due, Liverpool extremely well, but I couldn't believe that that was the same bunch of City players who have been tearing things up this season. In the first half they were fucking up simple passes, couldn't keep the ball at all and conceded possession in bad areas. I'm sure I've never seen Sane play anywhere near that bad before, and Silva, Jesus and Walker were all fucking terrible.
After the Barca-PSG game last season you can't say it's over, especially given that City have beaten Liverpool 5-0 at the Etihad this season. But it's very very unlikely they'll be turning this around especially if they pop open a few bottles of champagne after beating Man Utd.
Have a feeling Liverpool will draw Barca in the next round and it will all be about whether Coutinho made the right choice or not. Would love to see them get beaten in the final though like they did against Sevilla in the Europa League a couple of years ago. Believe Klopp has lost his last five cup finals in a row...
After the Barca-PSG game last season you can't say it's over, especially given that City have beaten Liverpool 5-0 at the Etihad this season. But it's very very unlikely they'll be turning this around especially if they pop open a few bottles of champagne after beating Man Utd.
Have a feeling Liverpool will draw Barca in the next round and it will all be about whether Coutinho made the right choice or not. Would love to see them get beaten in the final though like they did against Sevilla in the Europa League a couple of years ago. Believe Klopp has lost his last five cup finals in a row...
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The thing that gets me me is that he's a lefty - and he does the lefty turn every time.
like Robben...you know what he is going to do but he still beats you
Bus-Conductor
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Kyle Walker gave Liverpool a big helping hand.
“City’s £111m full-back pairing upstaged by dynamic Liverpool duo”
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e181966a-384c-11e8-9a8f-0b0aae019371
Marty
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They aren't much better than us, but they've found and exposed City's achilles heel in a way no other side has managed this season. Plus Klopp has an excellent record against Pep sides in general so it seems he knows how to set up sides to beat Pep.
They'll lose the semi.
Monkey boy
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Liverpool lost a 3 nil lead in one half against Seville. Although unlikely this tie is far from over as City are more than capable of putting at least 3 past them.
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Given the way we were playing I would have been quite happy to have played Liverpool if we had got past Juventus.
They are unbelievable up front but their midfield and defense aren't that great, and they lack numbers in reserve.
City were really shocking last night, and most of their players shat themselves.
There is no way a poch team concedes those goals last night, and we would have out lasted them towards the end.
rossdapep
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Madrid made a very resolute and difficult Juventus team "shit the bed". Imagine what they'd do to Liverpool. I still don't think that City are dead and buried, if they start strongly (which I think they will) then they have a chance. Liverpool are not good at holding their nerve, imagine if City were to get an early goal, panic stations could set in. All depends on whether Liverpool can get a goal on the break.
Look how quickly the tie turned against us vs Juventus. Two lightning quick goals and we'd gone from sitting rather well to facing an exit. And who can forget Barca/PSG last season. If City are at their very very best and crank up the pressure then you never know.
I hope so too, imagine Klopp's face!
Look how quickly the tie turned against us vs Juventus. Two lightning quick goals and we'd gone from sitting rather well to facing an exit. And who can forget Barca/PSG last season. If City are at their very very best and crank up the pressure then you never know.
I hope so too, imagine Klopp's face!
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Peter Crouch's tweet to the Ronaldo goal
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City were shocking. Pep's set up was a gift. Opting to have have Gundogan instead of either Sterling or Bernardo Silva made absolutely no sense. It meant there was no right side threat, apart from Walker, who was tasked to do way too much in that game. Sterling and B. Silva, if they'd played, also have it in their game to make driving attacking runs centrally, which creates space for others.
Liverpool defence and DMs were not stretched across the park. No space for Silva or KDB to operate, and that left Sane with plenty of space on the left, but few options to do anything creatively, 'cause Liverpool were able to condense the play into a packed central defence.
Plenty of City players also had off days, Liverpool had the Anfield bounce behind them; those fans do drive their team on and I'll give credit to them for that.
I actually don't think this tie's over. An early City goal, or a combination of quick City goals at some point in the game and it's game on. Liverpool are plenty capable of getting a key counter-attacking goal, but still don't think this is done.
Liverpool defence and DMs were not stretched across the park. No space for Silva or KDB to operate, and that left Sane with plenty of space on the left, but few options to do anything creatively, 'cause Liverpool were able to condense the play into a packed central defence.
Plenty of City players also had off days, Liverpool had the Anfield bounce behind them; those fans do drive their team on and I'll give credit to them for that.
I actually don't think this tie's over. An early City goal, or a combination of quick City goals at some point in the game and it's game on. Liverpool are plenty capable of getting a key counter-attacking goal, but still don't think this is done.
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spursfan77
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I thought this was interesting in regards to Guardiola's record in away Champions League games. Not the greatest record for someone thats got to 5 semi finals and won it twice. It does show that the game tonight isn't definitely over.
http://www.football365.com/news/can-we-stop-being-so-weird-when-it-comes-to-pep-guardiola
As Matt Stead pointed out in last week’s Champions League Winners and Losers: ‘His record from 23 away Champions League knockout ties reads: P23 W5 D10 L8 F27 A31’. So with those stats in mind, with more losses than wins, losing away to Liverpool was hardly the shock of the century. But because both big fans and big critics of Guardiola alike have managed to build him up into some sort of superhuman indefatigable management robot, when he makes mistakes or things don’t work out, it seems to be treated like a crime against the very concept of his existence.
http://www.football365.com/news/can-we-stop-being-so-weird-when-it-comes-to-pep-guardiola
As Matt Stead pointed out in last week’s Champions League Winners and Losers: ‘His record from 23 away Champions League knockout ties reads: P23 W5 D10 L8 F27 A31’. So with those stats in mind, with more losses than wins, losing away to Liverpool was hardly the shock of the century. But because both big fans and big critics of Guardiola alike have managed to build him up into some sort of superhuman indefatigable management robot, when he makes mistakes or things don’t work out, it seems to be treated like a crime against the very concept of his existence.
