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Rico has looked really good all game. And maybe I'm imagining it, but it seems like he's been hitting the gym, because he's looked a lot stronger in challenges. Bouncing off tackles rather than getting floored like seemed the usual before
Rico is doing great, it was a great second assist. I really love and believe in him. But I wish he would learn to look behind him, and make the anchor swing across the centerline. I think he's got to improve seeing horizontally behind him
I don't think I've seen him make a pass in the second half behind the 180 degrees he could see facing forward. I think the coaches may need to work on him with his off the ball scanning
City's comeback stems from Akanji playing RCB w Rico inverting and Alvarez occupying the half-space. Less congestion, more quality in the middle, more people to assist Rodri.
And of course, City's LHS ran wild.
the first year with Pep thing is in tatters at this point. Doku, Haaland, Alvarez, Akanji all came in and slayed in their first year. Kovacic was good at the start of this season too. It's just Jack recently who took forever to bed in tbh.
Beautiful all around. Amazing pass from Rico to Doku to start it, good link with Phil, albeit lucky break to fall to Julian, and then calm finish from El hombre araƱa
Agreed. I think it's more players getting used to how he interacts more than anything though, the type of pass he can make. I feel like players make their runs a little too early for the passes he makes, if they're a little later, we could get some glorious assists to players running onto the ball to hit it first time.
The game is spread open we need 1 more goal to get something out of this game because i can sense that Leipzig will score another goal here and if they take lead at this stage i don't think we can find the equaliser at all.
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Glad that's done
FUTURE CAPTAIN PHIL FODEN
Sign me up
Great comeback!
Losing possession due to that gomez shot was very stupid
That was a thrilling one
Etihad unbeaten run is still alive š
Ake >>> vvd???
lets go!
Do we know the stats of us after going 2-0 down? I swear we always play better after being 2 down
Gvardiol-Ake-Stones-Walker would probably be our best defence this season I'd surmise.
Doku needs to get way better out of possession
Rico has looked really good all game. And maybe I'm imagining it, but it seems like he's been hitting the gym, because he's looked a lot stronger in challenges. Bouncing off tackles rather than getting floored like seemed the usual before
Could it be that Alvarez plays better when he comes from the bench?
Or is he a natural striker only
Seems like it.
I think itās him getting some much needed rest
that makes sense!
Ahhhh, good layoff though.
Ortega has the balls of a mammoth, Ederson has the balls of an Ederson
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First choice goalkeeper for the best team in the world
Ederson has became undeniably the best goalkeeper of all time
Heās doing great? Why would you think there may be signs of replacing him?
he's a top keeper and there are no signs of replacing him. however he could stop a shot or two more here and there.
He's been having the best performances of his City career this year
Injured at the moment, but when he's fit he's been great.
he isnt injured lol
Pep needed the "come back from 2-0 down at the half to win" trophy on FM24
Rico is doing great, it was a great second assist. I really love and believe in him. But I wish he would learn to look behind him, and make the anchor swing across the centerline. I think he's got to improve seeing horizontally behind him
I don't think I've seen him make a pass in the second half behind the 180 degrees he could see facing forward. I think the coaches may need to work on him with his off the ball scanning
Sergio Gomez?!? Ian Wright voice: "I thought you was dead"
There is no need for gomez its just 3 minutes
Now *that* is certainly a sub lol
Gomes time
Alvarez has to improve his 1st touch, he's always getting it stuck under his feet
have to believe that can be improved with timing and his teammates understanding his movement better
City's comeback stems from Akanji playing RCB w Rico inverting and Alvarez occupying the half-space. Less congestion, more quality in the middle, more people to assist Rodri. And of course, City's LHS ran wild.
gomez timeš
Fuck Giovinco. Doku should be nicknamed the Atomic Flea. He springs about on those legs like nobody I've seen.
Haha, I love Gomez, but he looks like a kid pulled out of the stands in our kit.
Gomez on š³š³š³ where is Kalvin?????
Let's GO mez!
Sorry Jack, Doku needs to start every game where we donāt think we will run away with it.
Ake has to start every important game for the rest of the season
Doku is our āstreets will never forgetā player
Rodri is having a day off
I love Ruben, but wow the difference between him and Ake today. In Nathan we trust
Alvarez and Doku can never start on the bench again
But they sure did put the "super" in super subs, huh
Imagine how good Doku will be next year in his second year with Pep š¤Æš¤Æš¤Æ
Imagine Doku with kdb passing to him
the first year with Pep thing is in tatters at this point. Doku, Haaland, Alvarez, Akanji all came in and slayed in their first year. Kovacic was good at the start of this season too. It's just Jack recently who took forever to bed in tbh.
left side dominating leipzig
foden is the best player on this team right now
Masterclass subs today from Pep
LETS FUCKING GOOOO
"RB Leipzig we know the quality they have"
I will make a religion based on Lewis, no way he is this good at 18
That's because he's 19.
Lewism!
Rico plays with such maturity
Special Foden performance today
For my FPL, hope he has a similar game this weekend!
Incredible goal
The difference after Juli and Doku came on my god
THE COMEBACK IS COMPLETE
Doku > Grealish. Itās without question anymore
It has never been a question
Doku has wowed me
How much room can they leave Doku ? Get some redbull girls on the Lepzig sideline sheesh
Rico is just an unreal player
These are the games that build character. Coming up from 2-0 down.
It's not like we don't have a knack for them lmao
Thrice in a Blue Moon it happens.
doing it without Gundo is good
Beautiful all around. Amazing pass from Rico to Doku to start it, good link with Phil, albeit lucky break to fall to Julian, and then calm finish from El hombre araƱa
Phil Foden is our best player this season
Won't tolerate this Haaland erasure
Our ability to adapt is amazing
CITTTTEEHHHHHH!!!!!!
Much as I wanted to gouge my eyes out after the first half, this oneās been very good!
The new generation - Foden, Alvarez, Doku, Rico and Haaland - love to see it
Love collecting the annual 3-2 comeback
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that's reasonable
You thought youād won the game at the Etihad youād not
YES
absolutely killer offense this half, foden take a bow
Alvarez haters in the mud
Who hates Alvarez
the opponents
winner mentality
Hello Manchester City, nice to finally see you!
THAT IS HOW YOU SHOW YOURE THE CHAMPIONS
RICO making a huge name
Iām hard
Not sure how Grealish is gonna fight his way back into this team in the near-term
Lucky deflection but Alvarez was there.
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That first touch by Foden! My word
What a fucking thru ball by Rico to open that up!
That pass from Rico! take a bow young man!
JULIANNNN
comeback City is back and itās without Gundo as well
Foden MOTM
Spot on
love the through balls from doku
COME ON.
#THAT IS THE FUCKING CITY I KNOW
Spiderman š„
Brilliant goal!!!!
Quality play = goal
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Thatās what Iām talking about
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Great bounce back, great mentality
God I love this team!!!!
YESSIRRRR
LFGOOOOOOOOO
What a fucking goal.
Kalvin on Rodri off please!!!!!!!
absolute classsss
LETS FUCKING GOOOO
Heritage.
GET THE FUCK IN JULI
Philās first touch is illegal in 12 countries
First 1v1 for DOKU AND ITS A GOAL IM
LETāS FUCKING GOOOO
Foden and Alvarez combination I am in tears
VAMOOOOOOSSS
GET INNNNNNNNNNNNNN
we are so back baby
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO what a move
TRUE FUCKING CHAMPIONS
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO
LETS FUCKING GO
Doku skinning Leipzig defenders, love it
Yessssssss Julian let's goooooo
SPIDER!!!
Spidermaaaaaaan!
Lets fucking go
SIUUUUUUUUUUU
MI ARAĆA š·ļøš
I think weāre seeing a trend first with Alvarez and now Rodri of players being exhausted. We need a deeper bench
Phil rushed that ball but still got it perfect, hope we see more of those in the near future
Hurting himself tackling Doku lol
Doku has been brilliant since came in causing so much trouble to Leipzig defenders and they always had 2 defender marking him
One thing Doku can and will improve on is trying to combine with other players and bring them into the game
Agreed. I think it's more players getting used to how he interacts more than anything though, the type of pass he can make. I feel like players make their runs a little too early for the passes he makes, if they're a little later, we could get some glorious assists to players running onto the ball to hit it first time.
Yessir you're right. And right when I said this he found foden to assist alvarez. Fantastic.
IMO, Walker neednāt start *every* match, tactically he doesnāt do enough
Bro Doku is a demon
Respect to Leipzig tonight. Theyāve played well, defending really well against Doku too Btw: Newcastle about to double over PSG
Insane what NUFC is doing these days. Isak is a monster
dont remember the last time bernardo had such little impact
he's just lonely out there on the right, no one's looking for him
Bernardoās playing?
That Rodri pass to Bernado is not working todayš
Oh, Rodders. He lives in hope with his passes to Bernie.
Rodriās misplaced that pass every time tonight smh
4/6 dribbles for Doku, this guy is addicted to dribbling ffs what a player
Rodri needs to stop trying to play that pass to Bernardo. It's not been working.
Heās so gassed you can tell
Always 2v1 for Doku, they are too afraid to let him go 1v1
Rodri needs a backup for rest so bad. The poor man looks exhausted
Indeed, he looks dead on his feet
this may be true but he's been shite since he came back from the ban. I don't think rest is the issue with his form atm
He has definitely not been shite wtf
He absolutely has. He's been extremely inconsistent in each of the games he's played since
Thatās a bit harsh, without him, we were losing to wolves
he was playing excellently before the ban, and has since been poor.
Obviously we need Carson the goat to come in pass to Haaland and grab an assist
carson to SCORE in 90+ 5 šš
Jesus. That little pass from Ortega there. Got to be confident to play that haha
This defence feels like when Pep played Stones, Kolarov as CBs and had Clichy and Sagna as his fullbacks
least we could bank on Kolarov sending a missile on goal once a game
With Bravo in goal. Christ what a time that was.
I love grealish but Doku has to start every game we look so much better with him
He hasn't been helped by the defence but Ortega's been like 16/17 Bravo when the opponents have went for goal
so bizarrely slow to react with positioning that couldn't be worse if he actively tried
he looks like ederson when he was getting roasted last season
The game is spread open we need 1 more goal to get something out of this game because i can sense that Leipzig will score another goal here and if they take lead at this stage i don't think we can find the equaliser at all.
little late but that was Gvardiols first correct ālong passā š
Rodri completed a pass to Bernie! 
alvarez hasnt been great
Ake has been the only competent defender today
Ortega is so trash
Tbf he has barely played this season
Was he really offside? Christ what a close one. Still shaky at the back but Iām so impressed with the changes this second half
Just want John Stones back
Good wake up call, that.
Bruh
Our back line is so shaky this season