DenverSpur
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- Sep 25, 2011
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I’m always amazed how commentators near the end games and post match reports manipulate the facts to fit a narrative. So it is with so many posters on here. Accordingly City were clinical and awesome and we were
pathetically poor.
I obviously was watching a different game. We were away to a team who’ve won 14 games in a row, who have not conceded in 6 yet in the first half we gave as good as we got. They had ONE shot on target and that was the penalty. We on the other hand playing against the best defense in the league could have easily gone ahead with Kane’s free kick. Fine margins I know but that’s how many games are decided.
As it was the game turned on two incidents. The penalty that wasn’t and a soft goal. Hojbjerg is clearly fouled before he catches Gungodan. I mentioned this in the Everton game but I fail to see the point of VAR if they refuse to overrule the referee when he’s made a mistake or at least insist he go look at the replay. It’s bullshit to say it’s not a clear and obvious error! It’s either a foul or it’s not. It’s immaterial whether it’s an obvious error or not. Penalty or not Loris has to save it That’s really weak goalkeeping.
Then 5 minutes into the second half Lloris screws up again. A goalkeeper of his pedigree cannot be beaten at his near post so easily. Sissoko also is at fault. He’s too square on to the ball so to see Gungodan’s run when he on the field to block exactly these kinds of runs.
At 2-0 against this City side everyone is aware we faced an uphill task to get back in the game and our confidence went downhill from there.
Positives from the game were:
We defended really well especially in the first half.
Tanganga had a very good game although I felt he was at fault for the 3rd goal by pushing up instead of dropping back which gave Gungodan space to run into and go 1 on 1 with Sanchez. He should be in the frame for more starts at RB.
Bale’s little cameo was encouraging, as was Dele’s to a lesser extent. If they can build on that they could be what we are missing attack wise in the games ahead.
All in all considering the run of form we have been on the last 2 games have been encouraging and if it hadn’t been for 2 wrongly adjudged penalties and ( once again) some poor individual errors we could have had better results
Of course that does not fit in with the agendas of too many posters on here.
pathetically poor.
I obviously was watching a different game. We were away to a team who’ve won 14 games in a row, who have not conceded in 6 yet in the first half we gave as good as we got. They had ONE shot on target and that was the penalty. We on the other hand playing against the best defense in the league could have easily gone ahead with Kane’s free kick. Fine margins I know but that’s how many games are decided.
As it was the game turned on two incidents. The penalty that wasn’t and a soft goal. Hojbjerg is clearly fouled before he catches Gungodan. I mentioned this in the Everton game but I fail to see the point of VAR if they refuse to overrule the referee when he’s made a mistake or at least insist he go look at the replay. It’s bullshit to say it’s not a clear and obvious error! It’s either a foul or it’s not. It’s immaterial whether it’s an obvious error or not. Penalty or not Loris has to save it That’s really weak goalkeeping.
Then 5 minutes into the second half Lloris screws up again. A goalkeeper of his pedigree cannot be beaten at his near post so easily. Sissoko also is at fault. He’s too square on to the ball so to see Gungodan’s run when he on the field to block exactly these kinds of runs.
At 2-0 against this City side everyone is aware we faced an uphill task to get back in the game and our confidence went downhill from there.
Positives from the game were:
We defended really well especially in the first half.
Tanganga had a very good game although I felt he was at fault for the 3rd goal by pushing up instead of dropping back which gave Gungodan space to run into and go 1 on 1 with Sanchez. He should be in the frame for more starts at RB.
Bale’s little cameo was encouraging, as was Dele’s to a lesser extent. If they can build on that they could be what we are missing attack wise in the games ahead.
All in all considering the run of form we have been on the last 2 games have been encouraging and if it hadn’t been for 2 wrongly adjudged penalties and ( once again) some poor individual errors we could have had better results
Of course that does not fit in with the agendas of too many posters on here.
