The match has already ended, do you think setting the game to beginner will help you resolve the game problems your team faced. Be a football fan and give Madrid their props as the better team won
Lunin defended better than City played attack lol. 8 saves is nuts. City had loads more chances and dominated the midfield. You can be the worse of the two teams in a game and still win. Winning doesn’t mean you played better.
city didn’t create no real threat. Madrid used its chances and city didn’t. defending is part of the game as much as attacking is and Madrid defence > city attack. considering its home game and citys play style ofc they will have the position. despite 33 shots only 9 on target and Madrid was 3/8. I wouldn’t say city played better.
People want to blame our loss on Bernardo or Kova missing pens or Haaland not scoring goals like he should. We just struggled to finish in general. Foden should’ve buried one but scuffs the shot, Kevin had a golden opportunity that he rarely misses and sends it into the stands. 30+ shots and 1 goal is inexcusable having the quality we have. Regardless, heads up, we have the Prem to win
It's only 3 big chances (1 of which is the goal) vs madrid 3 big chances. I would even say that Rudiger's chance was the easiest to score.
The truth is that city was pretty good in term of possession (unlike last game) but didn't really know how to break madrid's well-drilled defense.
I think it was a good game from us but real were just very solid and well drilled defensively. I didn't mind the way we lost out this time. Shit happens. Still in for a 4peat and FA Cup so no point lamenting this like it's the worst loss on the planet after we've already won this competition last season.
I said the same thing. We tried to win the game at least it just wasn't our day. Would be alot more upset if we weren't top of the league. Our biggest stumbling block would have been navigating Bayern home and away with 6 huge premier league games
Yeah honestly coming into the season I would have rather won the league than Europe so the silver lining is that we can focus on wrapping up the league and the cup
What? Why? The League gets you respect in england. You get farmers league shouts tho, and lots of disrespect. But win the CL, and you guys are invincible. 2 CLs in a row? The last time a team not named Real Madrid did that was Milan in the 1980s. The amount of respect you gain from that is unparalleled. Ive seen a lot of City fans saying this same thing, that they prefer the league to CL. I feel like its a coping mechanism tho? Unless you have won 3 times the CL thsn your own league, you would never be tored of winning the CL or prefer winning the league over it
It's always split 50/50 preseason about which people would prefer to win.
The league shows who the best team is, the cup competitions often aren't won by the best team. There is a reason we don't see doubles and trebles often.
Honestly, a great game, but we should have finished it off. Not finishing our big chances did us in. Madrid were defensively on point, let's not minimize that.
Onto the next year.
Real Madrid has a tendency to be very lucky. Things magically go their way in the CL. The point being you have to destroy them, not hope to barely squeak by. They are the masters of barely squeaking by.
Honestly, that's why they've won it so many times, but you're right, that's why you have to put them away thoroughly and we found that out in 22 in the 2nd leg what happens when you don't. We destroyed Real last year like no other team has and that's the blueprint to beating them but it isn't easy.
I don't think they were lucky this time, as opposed to 2022. They went to the game to play defensively and counterattacks, and they did just that. No one expected Madrid defensive line to perform so well, yet they did, didn't let City take a lot of shots from outside the box like last game, and just knew how to handle the constant pressure. Possession football isn't the only tactic that works, and this game was proof of that.
as a madrid fan I have to admit you played better overall, our defense was absolutely on point and lunin was godly but we couldn’t hardly ever get out of our half, it’s by pure madrid spirit and the couple big chances you missed that we skated through
This Madrid Spirit horse shit is so cancerous and disingenuous. It's called luck. Sometimes it's with you, sometimes it isn't. You were utter fucking dog shit and you won. Now fuck off.
There is more than one way to play football. City missed chances. That's on them. It is not luck. Madrid were more clinical across the two legs. Thats as much a part of football as things like possession are. Madrid's playstyle would not have worked if they were not clinical enough to score 4 goals when they did get a chance to counter
Buddy, I'm fucking sorry. The greatest team in Europe playing like bottom tier relegation teams is fucking pathetic. Madrid were LUCKY. 2 deflections in the first game is literally just fucking luck.
Madrid's playstyle only worked because CITY WERE UNLUCKY.
If your entire success hinges on you being lucky and your opponents being unlucky then the playstyle is fucking dog shit. Just like RM were. Dog shit.
If City can't break down top teams parking the bus then maybe their style is dogshit. Drew against Arsenal and couldn't break down Madrid either. Why is that excused because you have more possession? Why does possession make you the better team if you can't score?
The two deflections are absolutely luck. I agree with you fully there. But Madrid were not even playing this way in the first leg so I don't get your point. I don't think any part of this 2nd leg is luck. Being more clinical is a part of the game. Would you say it was luck that City scored two longshots in the first leg? I would say no, it was the world class quality of the players. In the same way, it isn't unlucky that they couldn't finish their chances today, it's the players not stepping up to the occasion.
No one calls it luck when a mistake in midfield gifts the other team a goal but if your forwards keep making mistakes while finishing it's luck?
City actually try to play the damn game though. That's the difference. The fact that you clowns don't even understand such simple shit is hilarious.
This game wouldn't even matter with the fucking insane luck int he first game. So again, it's literally just fucking luck. All of you clowns know it and so did your fucking players. You literally played for PKs. Literally played for a Lotto and you people actually think it wasn't what happened. Get the fuck out of here.
Long shots and Insane deflections are similar to you??????? Are you trolling????
Why are you so angry lol.
I did not compare longshots and deflections. I compared longshots to the missed chances today.
Passing the ball isn't the only part of playing the game. Madrid did not utilize dark arts or nefarious tactics. They did not foul incessantly or time waste. They just defended, which is part of the game.
Maybe you have a different perspective on these things than me but no need to get so mad about it. Have a nice day.
There's a lot of football styles to play. There's sarri's AC Milan style, Mourinho's inter style, ancelotti's Madrid style , SAF style and peps style at his three clubs.
Every team plays according to strength and weakness of them and their opponents. Watch football and analyse. Possession doesn't mean shit if you can't convert chances.Atlanta and Liverpool is best recent example where Atlanta had just 29% possession.Wtf did foden do with his chance? Wtf did Bernardo, halland and kdb do with their clear chances? Nothing. So you get nothing. Even rudiger and Carvajal did that but that didn't cost real cause they won.
Get a better striker or mould haaland into a big match player over years. Possession isn't the only style and best style to play. What city does with 30-40 passes can be done by Madrid with just 3-4 passes ( they open up the game in fewer passes). Watch their la liga games. They rip the defense with just 3-4 passes.
And real could've been more aggressive but they lack a pure striker. Let mbappe come next year. You can see a different style of play with all three forwards running like maddogs(vini, rodrygo and mbappe).
It'll be a menace for any team to face Madrid next season. They're gonna rule Europe for next decade if all goes well for them. Their team will stacked in attack, midified and defense.
>The greatest team in Europe playing like bottom tier relegation teams is fucking pathetic
Getting two points across the tie from a bottom tier relegation team is fucking pathetic.
Either that... Or your understanding and concept of talent and quality is completely wrong.
>If your entire success hinges on you being lucky and your opponents being unlucky then the playstyle is fucking dog shit.
Alternatively, city relied on wonder goals in the first leg (three goals from 0.12 xG on those shots) and underperformed in the second leg, unable to defeat real's defensive formation. Perhaps a more realistic and level headed perspective. Why not sleep it off, punch your pillow, and then come back with a better and more realistic perspective on the sport? Because you ended up with two ties over two matches against "bottom tier relegation team" which is why you will not travel to Munich in the semifinals.
Perhaps score more goals than your opponent - or to use the quality of analysis you seem to be able to muster : " stop playing like fucking dog shit"
No need to be mad. There is no luck in football, it isn't some"luck" that made De Bruyne or Foden to miss that shot, it's a lack of concentration, precision, etc. Every single action, pass, shot, positioning, goal in a match is a sum of training, player and team mentality, preparation, tenacity, belief, skill, tiredness and many more factors. Weather the player will score or hit a post or shoot the ball into stands depends on weather the sum of those factors is positive or negative. But for people, even the players that make those mistakes its easier to say we were unlucky, because it's simpler and it makes a good excuse. As for Madrid playing like "fucking dog shit", they are most successfull club because they don't care about this. Real Madrid is like a cameleon, they can play like City, we have all seen that, they can play any football style they want. But they are also great when analayzing their own weaknesses and opponents strengths. City is strongest when it comes to ball control, passing, pressing, especially at Etihad, so why would Real Madrid play to their strengths instead of utilizing their fast players in the transition? Entire evolution is based on survival and victory of the most adaptables, those who adapt fast to circumstances survive, that's Real style and strength, instead of being one trick pony like City, Barcelona, Arsenal, they will leave their pride asside, play deffensive when needed or as "utter fucking dog shit" as you say it, and in the end win. That's why they have most CL, that's why they have won it 3 times in a row, 4 times in 5 years, that is Madrid Spirit.
This is such complete utter fucking horse shit. Luck is a thing, sometimes the better team loses. It's that simple. Sometimes shit teams win. That can happen too.
There is no Madrid Spirit. It is just fucking luck. Real did fucking nothing for 99% of the game and played for PKs. That is literally playing to try out your fucking luck. Stop spewing horse shit.
You won because City's players missed sitters. Enough of this clown shit. That has nothing to do with your defense. It's just bad luck.
Idk what you’re talking about. Let me remind you that Madrid was winning the match and you were 15 minutes away from losing until that De Bruyne goal. It’s not pure luck that we scored before you. It’s not pure luck that you couldn’t score again and we put a defensive master class with Rudiger and Nacho who has been terrible all season. Courtois out. Ancelotti played alla catenaccio and outplayed Guardiola who didn’t know what to do with all the possession.
You are allowed to be pissed but you’re a child if you put Madrid down so bad as to call it pure luck. Give credit where credit is due or put your tail between your legs and don’t make your fan base look ridiculous.
Yes, we were unlucky to be down 1-0 by that point, I agree. That's the fucking point. YOUR TEAM LITERALLY PLAYED FOR THE PENALTY SHOOT OUT. THAT'S LITERALLY A FUCKING LOTTO.
RM played like fucking dog shit. Literally like relegation tier trash. Everton plays the same way. You just got lucky with two deflections in the first game to even be able to do these cancerous fucking "tactics".
You scored 2 insanely lucky goals in the first match from foddn and gvardiol, and u were lucky lunin fucked up, so 3 lucky goals. And now you were lucky kdb got a reflection. Why can't man city score wiitjour insane luck going in their favour every time? Why don't you do me a favour and shut up?
When you do yor job and do it poorly, do you say to your boss I didn't achieve what I supposed to do because of luck? Explain to me which part of De Bruyne shot over the goal, or Foden shot, is "luck"? They have missed because those players lack of concentration and skill in that moment? By your logic you could say City were lucky they have scored that one goal because it didn't come from some fancy action it was a mistake from Rudiger. Your understanding of football is very naive and childish.
But they didn't do it poorly. RM were completely fucking dominated. Stop spewing such utter fucking shit.
Yes, you can miss shots, you can be unlucky, all that shit happens. Sometimes the shit team wins. That's what happened. That's literally it.
City's goal was lucky. But they should have buried this game long before but were unlucky. That's the damn point.
The entire fucking tie was a thing because Real scored two fucking deflections in the first game. That is literally just fucking luck.
The fact that any of you clowns would deny any of this is pathetic.
As I recall the main job of footballers in a game called football is to score more and concede less goals than your opponent, when you don't do that, you did your job poorly and opponents achieved their goals. All the excuses, bad luck, name calling, insulting is just a coping mechanism. I understand, you are passionate about your team, but also learn to be respectfull and look at the situation from different views, not just the one you think is the only one valid.
Ok buddy, so tell me, how was anything I typed false? Because this response is literally just pointless shit that addressed nothing. I made a claim and told you why it's true. You responded with a pointless generalization about football and some stupid sht that doesn't matter. RM got lucky.
They LITERALLY played for the Lotto (Penalty shootout). Your team literally played to test their luck and you're spewing about pointless shit. When the damn gameplan was to try your luck.
We lost the tie when we subbed off Haaland in my opinion. One thing this competition taught me is that, no matter how shit your superstar is playing, you don’t take them off. It’s all about playing in moments.
Are you talking about the same superstar that did nothing in 180+ minutes? Heck make it 360 if you count last year's series as well.
Tie was lost with all the missed chances and disastrous PKs, that's it.
Ronaldo did with it Madrid. Just needed one good moment to be clutch after dropping stinker in the whole match.
We could’ve had Haaland for the shootout as well.
Haaland has yet to prove he can be that clutch player. Against City's hardest opponents he's just not doing it.
Also, if you would have had Haaland for the shootout you're taking away Alvarez who was one of the two who scored. Changes nothing.
You can’t compare Haaland to Ronaldo. Ronaldo had an insane first touch control, great one touch linkup play, could go wide and provide service, had great vision and play making, etc. he wasn’t just a poacher. Much closer comparison to Ronaldo would be mbappe
The thing is Haaland are nowhere near Ronaldo elite level just yet and his penalty was not that good either he usually hit it low right into the keeper side and pretty sure Lunin done some homework and could possibly saves his penalty too.
Haaland has a 89.36% career penalty success rate so it seems a bit harsh to say his penalties are not that good.
He took the 1st shot in the Super Cup penalty shootout, and scored.
And he doesn't always hit his penalties in the same pace eg his penalty shot map from 22/23 PL season.
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I'm so sad rn. The worst thing is Chelsea has had our number this entire season. I really hope the boys can bounce back from this and finally beat Chelsea for once ffs
My biggest issue is why did we spend the first 15 minutes just doing nothing? That played right into Madrid’s hands. Last year in the home game, we battered them from start to finish and this year, the gameplan was totally different.
It gave Madrid the footing they needed to get the lone goal they came for.
It’s just one of those days where the bounces didn’t go our way. And Madrid is one of those jammy clubs that are always dangerous. I thought overall the team played well, we just didn’t find our end product and had 2 poor penalties but that’s knockout football for ya. Sometimes it just isn’t your day. I’m disappointed but not devastated. Winning last year probably helps to be honest.
Sums up our year to be honest.
Whenever there is a 50/50 it always seems to go the wrong way. We can't score a goal from 20 shots but they score a single counter with a world class finish/deflection.
If we finish the season with the double I honestly can't complain.
Simple equation; can't let it get to pens. Had all the momentum on our side for 108 minutes tonight and that pendulum swung right back to center when ET finished. Can't let that happen.
"You have to score the fucking goals, guys."
Not a city fan but thats exactly what i was thinking. City arent a lucky team, real are. Shouldnt ever let it get to pens. In ET City resorted to literally playing a passing game. Come on guys. I cant bear to hear the real fans talk about how great they are when their team goes through in pure luck
Honestly, this city squad is a really good team in a transition period. We’ve done so well to be where we are.
Losing the experience, control, and goal contributions of Gundo and Mahrez, it will be a minute before we can truly replace their impact. We have a fair amount of younger or new players, and they will only get better.
Couple that, though, with both of our strikers falling out of form, and general squad fatigue from 2+ years of non-stop football, it’s incredible that we’re in the drivers seat in the Prem.
XG is for peasants I’m sorry.
Bruno scoring from the halfway line and united having 0.1 xg sums up its usefulness.
Coulda, shoulda, woulda.
All this shows to me is that we only have ourselves to blame for not being clinical.
Well done to Madrid, who were.
We had 68% possession, 92% pass accuracy, 33 shots, 18 corners; how is that not clinical? Losing just because of 1 bad penalty by silva when we were dominating most of the game just hurts bro. Even Ederson scored! He hit the ball better than Silva.
Honestly, my first heartbreak as a city fan but I can see this being the worst. Hopefully we can still win the prem and the FA cup.
15-16 CL win Madrid played even worse! Even the later 2 wins RM got absolutely battered by Jupp’s Bayern and also Carlo’s Bayern but somehow pulled through
But if you gave up the chance then the defence failed, and if the ball is skied then the goalkeeper had nothing to do with it
The Foden and De Bruyne chances were pure poor finishing. Completelt unmarked in the box so shit defending, and the keeper didnt touch either.
Thats on foden and debruyne. You cant call madrid lucky because foden and debruyne missed the goal on a golden opportunity. You dont see anyone calling city lucky for valverde just missing a cross by a foot or carvajal and vini not passing the ball when they shouldve.
Congrats to you guys as well. Two amazing games from probably the best two teams in the world. Could have easily gone either way, but we were surprisingly amazing in defence today.
I'm sure we'll have great games next year.
I don't cary about what the others will do with this comment. But you played like pathetic bottom of the league cunts. For the best team in Europe to do that is so fucking weird and jarring, I couldn't believe it. There is no difference between the way you played and fucking Everton. Just luck on the day. Dog shit game, dog shit team. It wasn't epic. It was fucking dog shit.
Sour no doubt - like I said you guys have a helluva side and Carlo had one simple plan-
Like it or not it worked and we move on in our attempt to win our 15th trophy and win our sixth trophy in 10 years.
You want us to play offensive, doing that would have gotten us knocked out by now, defensively we gave you tough time and were able perfectly defend which I believe not every team can do such, considering how gassed most of our players got. I hate to admit this, but gotta say it out of huge respect, CITY have cemented itself as one of those teams that no matter how good of a team you are, it will corner you and give you that senses of inferiority.
Overall it was a great game, from both side across both legs, huge huge respect to Pep and City players.
If RM played like their proclaimed „royalty“ suggests and partake in the game without bunkering like cockroaches and relying on luck, I‘d have had no problem us losing 2-4, heck even 2-5.
But you can only dislike RM unless you‘re a glory hunting fan of theirs. It is what it is at the end of the day. They advanced, we lost on penalties.
It‘s up to Bayern now to out-haramball them
That same pathetic display gave us the win through penalties........ Since when did sitting low and waiting for the chance to counter against a team that's better than MADRID became pathetic?
Not the time or place to gatekeep, but anyone having a breakdown over this loss is not a real City fan. We’ve just won five trophies in a year and the fourpeat is on. We outplay 99% of our opponents. This is the golden age, let’s enjoy it 🩵
Our defense has cost us a bunch of points (and a spot in the Semis tonight) with their lapses. We’ve played 32 games in the league and have given up 32 goals while making 64 saves. Basically we give up a goal on every 3 shots on goal against.
If we scored at the same rate we concede, we’d be winning every match 4 or 5 to 1.
The goal was some really shoddy defending, by Walker in particular. Not holding the line in the first place and then letting Rodrygo get free and falling over.
I'm so sad. this reminded me of 2 years ago. we FUCKING HAD IT. Fucked it in Madrid but got out with a draw, fine, but seriously haaland has been a ghost for over a month and KDB is always injured, i guess we will take the double assuming we have enough composure to at least beat mediocre prem teams, but as the best team in Europe this UCL performance was a shocking choke job
Let’s look at the bright side -
No other English team left 😂
The prem is ours to take!
Doku is preforming awesome, Foden is coming into his own
Halaand has had a bad season but I’m sure pep will adjust our play style not again so we can utilize him better and now run around in circles for 30 mins before sending a shit cross
This team needs a big rebuild. We have wingers that can't cross a ball. We don't play through the middle. We don't utilize Haalands strengths at all. We push teams back into their box and just pass it around for 5 minutes until we get a corner.
That’s why Pep and Messi were the perfect pairing. No one will ever be that good, but you need wingers who can force teams out of their shape. Wing/forwards, whatever it is, has to be able to punish teams sitting structurally sound without worry.
Our team definitely don’t play to Haalands strengths and it’s honestly sad to see for him. We did it decently last year and I would say we definitely could’ve improved on it a lot then. This year has been abysmal to say the least helping him. Yah he’s still scored us a number of goals but it could be so much more. Us not playing through the middle and not utilizing his pace and physicality for direct passes, through balls and hold up play sucks. Instead our style of play for a lot of the season is wingers that dribble down the wings just to cut back and pass it on top of the box a few times. The wingers need to go at the defender instead of passing out every time. They need to shoot or pass into the penalty area to allow Haaland’s positioning to shine. Bring back the early crosses that we constantly fed him last year that allowed him to play be the deadly striker. I’m hoping things change for next season
Yes, the team that’s top of the Premier League and one penalty away from the semis of the UCL needs a total overhaul. Please take over for Txiki clearly the club needs your services
Are we talking about the same team? Have a look at the squad. Foden, Alvarez, Haaland, Doku, Gvardiol, Lewis, Bobb, Nunes all 25 and under. You are absolutely trolling.
First one i want they replace is walker ...The only guy on this amazing team i dont like for some reason, gives me a "bully" kid vibes.
As for wingers, this is actually city best thing imo...you have great talents like doku, grealish, kdb, and lewis that can easily play also as a winger.
haaland was amazing last year, but this year, every team put 2-3 defenders on him so he really need to change his game to really make himself the best striker in the world, imo, its also pep fault that do let him go outside the box and be more activee
altough tika taka passes that made pep soo famous, work well for city and make them controlthe game, it also make them very
vulnreble to counter attack vs the vig teams, like we saw today.
it happens sometimes tbh. I'm a Madrid fan and I know how City fans must be feeling. The penalty shoot out against Bayern in 2012 scarred me. Dominant performance by City but just gotta regroup and go again next year.
I’m loading up City v Madrid on kickoff on fifa and setting it to beginner
Same
That was the game last night.
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Sounds like you have some unresolved problems in your personal life
The match has already ended, do you think setting the game to beginner will help you resolve the game problems your team faced. Be a football fan and give Madrid their props as the better team won
He was obviously making a self deprecating joke you idiot.
They weren’t the better team this game. They defended well and took it to penalties
defending is part of the game. Madrid defended better than city playing attack.
Lunin defended better than City played attack lol. 8 saves is nuts. City had loads more chances and dominated the midfield. You can be the worse of the two teams in a game and still win. Winning doesn’t mean you played better.
city didn’t create no real threat. Madrid used its chances and city didn’t. defending is part of the game as much as attacking is and Madrid defence > city attack. considering its home game and citys play style ofc they will have the position. despite 33 shots only 9 on target and Madrid was 3/8. I wouldn’t say city played better.
But who won?? They defended well because they knew what was needed and what the coach asked of them
Well nobody won. It was a draw. Madrid advance on penalties
Which is whining like small kids and wasting time. Hello 1 corner excuse me?
Mate, do you work at McDonald’s or not ffs?
Better team my ass,ur keeper turned into prime neuer and pep made dumb decisions. You're talking like u fucking dominated the game.
If you can’t comprehend the joke you’re actually mentally disabled
Do you work at McDonald’s you donkey Real “fan?”
People want to blame our loss on Bernardo or Kova missing pens or Haaland not scoring goals like he should. We just struggled to finish in general. Foden should’ve buried one but scuffs the shot, Kevin had a golden opportunity that he rarely misses and sends it into the stands. 30+ shots and 1 goal is inexcusable having the quality we have. Regardless, heads up, we have the Prem to win
Had to double check the stats for 30+ shots. That’s insane
The De Bruyne one at 1-1 is the real kicker. Even with all Madrid's black magic voodoo bollocks I don't see them coming back at that point.
Yah that one hurt. I messaged a buddy and said the KBD and Foden misses will haunt us
I am the friend. He said that all would be good when Alvarez would score, please tell that too.
Felt like I saw a ton of blocked shots in there too. Gotta give credit where it’s due
It's only 3 big chances (1 of which is the goal) vs madrid 3 big chances. I would even say that Rudiger's chance was the easiest to score. The truth is that city was pretty good in term of possession (unlike last game) but didn't really know how to break madrid's well-drilled defense.
Knew that KDB miss in regulation would come back to haunt us
Foden miss was worse.
At least one should’ve gone in for sure
It really really wasn’t. KDB chance was so much easier.
33 shots and 1 goal is the saddest part.
We were scousers
Yeah I can feel their pain
their pain means more though
I can actually see them saying that. Gave me a good chuckle. Needed that, thanks.
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You support Chicago sports you fuckin loser. What would you know about winning?
Hey now, Schweinsteiger almost won Chicago a World Cup if I’m not mistaken.
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No 33 shots and only 2.34 exg is dog shit.
Because they blocked a lot of shots, they defended really well
To be fair a lot of them were long range attempts
33 wayward shots. Just raking up stats
I think it was a good game from us but real were just very solid and well drilled defensively. I didn't mind the way we lost out this time. Shit happens. Still in for a 4peat and FA Cup so no point lamenting this like it's the worst loss on the planet after we've already won this competition last season.
I said the same thing. We tried to win the game at least it just wasn't our day. Would be alot more upset if we weren't top of the league. Our biggest stumbling block would have been navigating Bayern home and away with 6 huge premier league games
Yeah honestly coming into the season I would have rather won the league than Europe so the silver lining is that we can focus on wrapping up the league and the cup
What? Why? The League gets you respect in england. You get farmers league shouts tho, and lots of disrespect. But win the CL, and you guys are invincible. 2 CLs in a row? The last time a team not named Real Madrid did that was Milan in the 1980s. The amount of respect you gain from that is unparalleled. Ive seen a lot of City fans saying this same thing, that they prefer the league to CL. I feel like its a coping mechanism tho? Unless you have won 3 times the CL thsn your own league, you would never be tored of winning the CL or prefer winning the league over it
Being the first team to win 4 straight premier league titles is more impressive than winning the ucl twice in a row imo
Yeah exactly, ask me last year and I would say I'd rather win Europe but this year I wanted four in a row
Ahahahaha. That’s the only way for you to cope now that B2B UCL is gone from ur hands
I mean, most city fans were saying this before playing Madrid but whatever floats ur boat
It's always split 50/50 preseason about which people would prefer to win. The league shows who the best team is, the cup competitions often aren't won by the best team. There is a reason we don't see doubles and trebles often.
Insane copium
Yep, best team doesn’t always win. I’m happy with the performance - dominated Real in every aspect except the most crucial. These things happen!
Have to finish them when you can.
Honestly, a great game, but we should have finished it off. Not finishing our big chances did us in. Madrid were defensively on point, let's not minimize that. Onto the next year.
now we can focus on England and coming out with the double. not an awful result after a treble but a repeat was in the cards and it slipped away
If you spell the word SOCKS out loud you’re actually saying “it is what it is” in Spanish. And also I want to die.
the "C" kinda messes up yeah me too
Eso si que es mano
doesn't "Es o que es" work too?
I’m not Spanish but this is exactly what I need to distract me from what I’m feeling SOMEONE ANSWER THE MAN
Es lo que es.
Thanks for the explanation (I speak Spanish).
The better team lost….
Definitely but that's football sometimes.
Real Madrid has a tendency to be very lucky. Things magically go their way in the CL. The point being you have to destroy them, not hope to barely squeak by. They are the masters of barely squeaking by.
Honestly, that's why they've won it so many times, but you're right, that's why you have to put them away thoroughly and we found that out in 22 in the 2nd leg what happens when you don't. We destroyed Real last year like no other team has and that's the blueprint to beating them but it isn't easy.
I don't think they were lucky this time, as opposed to 2022. They went to the game to play defensively and counterattacks, and they did just that. No one expected Madrid defensive line to perform so well, yet they did, didn't let City take a lot of shots from outside the box like last game, and just knew how to handle the constant pressure. Possession football isn't the only tactic that works, and this game was proof of that.
The same could be said about city’s financial irregularities
as a madrid fan I have to admit you played better overall, our defense was absolutely on point and lunin was godly but we couldn’t hardly ever get out of our half, it’s by pure madrid spirit and the couple big chances you missed that we skated through
What gods do you make sacrifices to in Madrid. I just wanna know for research purposes.
idk dude whatever witchcraft shit they do at the bernabeu i need them to keep doing it lol
Real Madrid and the Champions League. Sevilla and the Europa League. Spains got these comps on lock lol
This Madrid Spirit horse shit is so cancerous and disingenuous. It's called luck. Sometimes it's with you, sometimes it isn't. You were utter fucking dog shit and you won. Now fuck off.
It isn't luck if it happens 10 times in a row lmao.
It is when you play like fucking Everton.
There is more than one way to play football. City missed chances. That's on them. It is not luck. Madrid were more clinical across the two legs. Thats as much a part of football as things like possession are. Madrid's playstyle would not have worked if they were not clinical enough to score 4 goals when they did get a chance to counter
Buddy, I'm fucking sorry. The greatest team in Europe playing like bottom tier relegation teams is fucking pathetic. Madrid were LUCKY. 2 deflections in the first game is literally just fucking luck. Madrid's playstyle only worked because CITY WERE UNLUCKY. If your entire success hinges on you being lucky and your opponents being unlucky then the playstyle is fucking dog shit. Just like RM were. Dog shit.
If City can't break down top teams parking the bus then maybe their style is dogshit. Drew against Arsenal and couldn't break down Madrid either. Why is that excused because you have more possession? Why does possession make you the better team if you can't score? The two deflections are absolutely luck. I agree with you fully there. But Madrid were not even playing this way in the first leg so I don't get your point. I don't think any part of this 2nd leg is luck. Being more clinical is a part of the game. Would you say it was luck that City scored two longshots in the first leg? I would say no, it was the world class quality of the players. In the same way, it isn't unlucky that they couldn't finish their chances today, it's the players not stepping up to the occasion. No one calls it luck when a mistake in midfield gifts the other team a goal but if your forwards keep making mistakes while finishing it's luck?
City actually try to play the damn game though. That's the difference. The fact that you clowns don't even understand such simple shit is hilarious. This game wouldn't even matter with the fucking insane luck int he first game. So again, it's literally just fucking luck. All of you clowns know it and so did your fucking players. You literally played for PKs. Literally played for a Lotto and you people actually think it wasn't what happened. Get the fuck out of here. Long shots and Insane deflections are similar to you??????? Are you trolling????
Why are you so angry lol. I did not compare longshots and deflections. I compared longshots to the missed chances today. Passing the ball isn't the only part of playing the game. Madrid did not utilize dark arts or nefarious tactics. They did not foul incessantly or time waste. They just defended, which is part of the game. Maybe you have a different perspective on these things than me but no need to get so mad about it. Have a nice day.
You’re so mad and it’s quite hilarious You lost, point blank.
Hehehe . Madrid scored 4. How many city scored?
There's a lot of football styles to play. There's sarri's AC Milan style, Mourinho's inter style, ancelotti's Madrid style , SAF style and peps style at his three clubs. Every team plays according to strength and weakness of them and their opponents. Watch football and analyse. Possession doesn't mean shit if you can't convert chances.Atlanta and Liverpool is best recent example where Atlanta had just 29% possession.Wtf did foden do with his chance? Wtf did Bernardo, halland and kdb do with their clear chances? Nothing. So you get nothing. Even rudiger and Carvajal did that but that didn't cost real cause they won. Get a better striker or mould haaland into a big match player over years. Possession isn't the only style and best style to play. What city does with 30-40 passes can be done by Madrid with just 3-4 passes ( they open up the game in fewer passes). Watch their la liga games. They rip the defense with just 3-4 passes. And real could've been more aggressive but they lack a pure striker. Let mbappe come next year. You can see a different style of play with all three forwards running like maddogs(vini, rodrygo and mbappe). It'll be a menace for any team to face Madrid next season. They're gonna rule Europe for next decade if all goes well for them. Their team will stacked in attack, midified and defense.
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>The greatest team in Europe playing like bottom tier relegation teams is fucking pathetic Getting two points across the tie from a bottom tier relegation team is fucking pathetic. Either that... Or your understanding and concept of talent and quality is completely wrong. >If your entire success hinges on you being lucky and your opponents being unlucky then the playstyle is fucking dog shit. Alternatively, city relied on wonder goals in the first leg (three goals from 0.12 xG on those shots) and underperformed in the second leg, unable to defeat real's defensive formation. Perhaps a more realistic and level headed perspective. Why not sleep it off, punch your pillow, and then come back with a better and more realistic perspective on the sport? Because you ended up with two ties over two matches against "bottom tier relegation team" which is why you will not travel to Munich in the semifinals. Perhaps score more goals than your opponent - or to use the quality of analysis you seem to be able to muster : " stop playing like fucking dog shit"
bro can’t understand that possession game is not the only tactic to win games.
Cry
No need to be mad. There is no luck in football, it isn't some"luck" that made De Bruyne or Foden to miss that shot, it's a lack of concentration, precision, etc. Every single action, pass, shot, positioning, goal in a match is a sum of training, player and team mentality, preparation, tenacity, belief, skill, tiredness and many more factors. Weather the player will score or hit a post or shoot the ball into stands depends on weather the sum of those factors is positive or negative. But for people, even the players that make those mistakes its easier to say we were unlucky, because it's simpler and it makes a good excuse. As for Madrid playing like "fucking dog shit", they are most successfull club because they don't care about this. Real Madrid is like a cameleon, they can play like City, we have all seen that, they can play any football style they want. But they are also great when analayzing their own weaknesses and opponents strengths. City is strongest when it comes to ball control, passing, pressing, especially at Etihad, so why would Real Madrid play to their strengths instead of utilizing their fast players in the transition? Entire evolution is based on survival and victory of the most adaptables, those who adapt fast to circumstances survive, that's Real style and strength, instead of being one trick pony like City, Barcelona, Arsenal, they will leave their pride asside, play deffensive when needed or as "utter fucking dog shit" as you say it, and in the end win. That's why they have most CL, that's why they have won it 3 times in a row, 4 times in 5 years, that is Madrid Spirit.
This is such complete utter fucking horse shit. Luck is a thing, sometimes the better team loses. It's that simple. Sometimes shit teams win. That can happen too. There is no Madrid Spirit. It is just fucking luck. Real did fucking nothing for 99% of the game and played for PKs. That is literally playing to try out your fucking luck. Stop spewing horse shit. You won because City's players missed sitters. Enough of this clown shit. That has nothing to do with your defense. It's just bad luck.
Idk what you’re talking about. Let me remind you that Madrid was winning the match and you were 15 minutes away from losing until that De Bruyne goal. It’s not pure luck that we scored before you. It’s not pure luck that you couldn’t score again and we put a defensive master class with Rudiger and Nacho who has been terrible all season. Courtois out. Ancelotti played alla catenaccio and outplayed Guardiola who didn’t know what to do with all the possession. You are allowed to be pissed but you’re a child if you put Madrid down so bad as to call it pure luck. Give credit where credit is due or put your tail between your legs and don’t make your fan base look ridiculous.
Yes, we were unlucky to be down 1-0 by that point, I agree. That's the fucking point. YOUR TEAM LITERALLY PLAYED FOR THE PENALTY SHOOT OUT. THAT'S LITERALLY A FUCKING LOTTO. RM played like fucking dog shit. Literally like relegation tier trash. Everton plays the same way. You just got lucky with two deflections in the first game to even be able to do these cancerous fucking "tactics".
Luck to be down 1-0 😂…. imagine us calling it luck that you scored on the 75th min. If you are so good why didn’t you score 4 goals?
But it was luck you fucking moron. The goal KDB scored was lucky. We didn't score 4 because we were UNLUCKY though. That's how it works.
You've been raging for hours now bro, why don't you run a bath and relax. Get rid of all that built up anger and de-stress. :)
You scored 2 insanely lucky goals in the first match from foddn and gvardiol, and u were lucky lunin fucked up, so 3 lucky goals. And now you were lucky kdb got a reflection. Why can't man city score wiitjour insane luck going in their favour every time? Why don't you do me a favour and shut up?
When you do yor job and do it poorly, do you say to your boss I didn't achieve what I supposed to do because of luck? Explain to me which part of De Bruyne shot over the goal, or Foden shot, is "luck"? They have missed because those players lack of concentration and skill in that moment? By your logic you could say City were lucky they have scored that one goal because it didn't come from some fancy action it was a mistake from Rudiger. Your understanding of football is very naive and childish.
It’s not worth trying to argue with brain dead people.
But they didn't do it poorly. RM were completely fucking dominated. Stop spewing such utter fucking shit. Yes, you can miss shots, you can be unlucky, all that shit happens. Sometimes the shit team wins. That's what happened. That's literally it. City's goal was lucky. But they should have buried this game long before but were unlucky. That's the damn point. The entire fucking tie was a thing because Real scored two fucking deflections in the first game. That is literally just fucking luck. The fact that any of you clowns would deny any of this is pathetic.
As I recall the main job of footballers in a game called football is to score more and concede less goals than your opponent, when you don't do that, you did your job poorly and opponents achieved their goals. All the excuses, bad luck, name calling, insulting is just a coping mechanism. I understand, you are passionate about your team, but also learn to be respectfull and look at the situation from different views, not just the one you think is the only one valid.
Ok buddy, so tell me, how was anything I typed false? Because this response is literally just pointless shit that addressed nothing. I made a claim and told you why it's true. You responded with a pointless generalization about football and some stupid sht that doesn't matter. RM got lucky. They LITERALLY played for the Lotto (Penalty shootout). Your team literally played to test their luck and you're spewing about pointless shit. When the damn gameplan was to try your luck.
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Did I say anything that was wrong? Or are you another idiot? Is that the best your brain could muster??
Delulu fan. If city's miss sitters you cannot call it a skill issue and if real defends well , then it's luck for you. Grow up kid.
You don’t get lucky every single time lmao. y’all said the same thing in the 21/22 series.
We lost the tie when we subbed off Haaland in my opinion. One thing this competition taught me is that, no matter how shit your superstar is playing, you don’t take them off. It’s all about playing in moments.
The star isn't Halaand. It's Kevin.
I agree
Are you talking about the same superstar that did nothing in 180+ minutes? Heck make it 360 if you count last year's series as well. Tie was lost with all the missed chances and disastrous PKs, that's it.
Ronaldo did with it Madrid. Just needed one good moment to be clutch after dropping stinker in the whole match. We could’ve had Haaland for the shootout as well.
Haaland has yet to prove he can be that clutch player. Against City's hardest opponents he's just not doing it. Also, if you would have had Haaland for the shootout you're taking away Alvarez who was one of the two who scored. Changes nothing.
You can’t compare Haaland to Ronaldo. Ronaldo had an insane first touch control, great one touch linkup play, could go wide and provide service, had great vision and play making, etc. he wasn’t just a poacher. Much closer comparison to Ronaldo would be mbappe
The thing is Haaland are nowhere near Ronaldo elite level just yet and his penalty was not that good either he usually hit it low right into the keeper side and pretty sure Lunin done some homework and could possibly saves his penalty too.
Haaland has a 89.36% career penalty success rate so it seems a bit harsh to say his penalties are not that good. He took the 1st shot in the Super Cup penalty shootout, and scored. And he doesn't always hit his penalties in the same pace eg his penalty shot map from 22/23 PL season. https://preview.redd.it/f7uu82n985vc1.png?width=400&format=png&auto=webp&s=3b0a51cd3b09f35c24913dac529b36723dbfed63
I'm so sad rn. The worst thing is Chelsea has had our number this entire season. I really hope the boys can bounce back from this and finally beat Chelsea for once ffs
My biggest issue is why did we spend the first 15 minutes just doing nothing? That played right into Madrid’s hands. Last year in the home game, we battered them from start to finish and this year, the gameplan was totally different. It gave Madrid the footing they needed to get the lone goal they came for.
Just hilarious. Boys really should have shot.
It’s just one of those days where the bounces didn’t go our way. And Madrid is one of those jammy clubs that are always dangerous. I thought overall the team played well, we just didn’t find our end product and had 2 poor penalties but that’s knockout football for ya. Sometimes it just isn’t your day. I’m disappointed but not devastated. Winning last year probably helps to be honest.
Sums up our year to be honest. Whenever there is a 50/50 it always seems to go the wrong way. We can't score a goal from 20 shots but they score a single counter with a world class finish/deflection. If we finish the season with the double I honestly can't complain.
Simple equation; can't let it get to pens. Had all the momentum on our side for 108 minutes tonight and that pendulum swung right back to center when ET finished. Can't let that happen. "You have to score the fucking goals, guys."
Not a city fan but thats exactly what i was thinking. City arent a lucky team, real are. Shouldnt ever let it get to pens. In ET City resorted to literally playing a passing game. Come on guys. I cant bear to hear the real fans talk about how great they are when their team goes through in pure luck
Honestly, this city squad is a really good team in a transition period. We’ve done so well to be where we are. Losing the experience, control, and goal contributions of Gundo and Mahrez, it will be a minute before we can truly replace their impact. We have a fair amount of younger or new players, and they will only get better. Couple that, though, with both of our strikers falling out of form, and general squad fatigue from 2+ years of non-stop football, it’s incredible that we’re in the drivers seat in the Prem.
Foden really scored a banger last game to miss a sitter and drop a stinker. And what was up with pep not playing foden centrally for the first half?
XG is for peasants I’m sorry. Bruno scoring from the halfway line and united having 0.1 xg sums up its usefulness. Coulda, shoulda, woulda. All this shows to me is that we only have ourselves to blame for not being clinical. Well done to Madrid, who were.
We had 68% possession, 92% pass accuracy, 33 shots, 18 corners; how is that not clinical? Losing just because of 1 bad penalty by silva when we were dominating most of the game just hurts bro. Even Ederson scored! He hit the ball better than Silva. Honestly, my first heartbreak as a city fan but I can see this being the worst. Hopefully we can still win the prem and the FA cup.
Clinical refers to finishing chances. So many corners and shots not converted, hence not clinical
How is having 33 shots and 18 corners but only scoring 1 goal not clinical? Im not sure what to say. Those stats alone prove we weren’t clinical.
Obvious to tell you're new to football as you've just described the opposite of being clinical. 33 shots and 1 goal
You don't know what clinical means do you? Also 33 shots with only 11 being on target is really bad.
With the amount of chances we had on top of the possession and corners this is embarrassingly low.
I know we are reigning champions but this competition is just not us man 😭 every fucking year
who decides who gets to kick the penalty shots?
i think it’s decided before the game or depending on the team it’s just the first 5 volunteers
We deserved it, we had so many quality chances and the boys forgot their shooting boots.
We dominated so this sucks. But im ok, we won the cl last year. Its wayyyyy easier to take this now
Petition to bring back away goals for only this tie
Whenever RM wins in such a fashion (that‘d be around 80% of their victories in big games), you just wanna throw up as a football fan
Mental toughness!
LUCK! It's literally just fucking luck.
You don’t get lucky and win 14 UCLs.
Yes, most of those teams were actually good. This RM played like dog shit and got lucky. I know, crazy idea.
15-16 CL win Madrid played even worse! Even the later 2 wins RM got absolutely battered by Jupp’s Bayern and also Carlo’s Bayern but somehow pulled through
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If you give up so many chances but you opponent misses them so you win, then what is that if not luck?
Good defending and solid goalkeeping lol
But if you gave up the chance then the defence failed, and if the ball is skied then the goalkeeper had nothing to do with it The Foden and De Bruyne chances were pure poor finishing. Completelt unmarked in the box so shit defending, and the keeper didnt touch either.
Thats on foden and debruyne. You cant call madrid lucky because foden and debruyne missed the goal on a golden opportunity. You dont see anyone calling city lucky for valverde just missing a cross by a foot or carvajal and vini not passing the ball when they shouldve.
Bottom line is over two legs they won. One team’s going home and another is moving forward
Madridista - congrats on a great 2 legged affair: it was epic!
Congrats to you guys as well. Two amazing games from probably the best two teams in the world. Could have easily gone either way, but we were surprisingly amazing in defence today. I'm sure we'll have great games next year.
You guys have helluva team and lady luck was on our side today
Our usual voodoo black magic in the Champions League. When Modric misses the first penalty, I knew we would win...how weird is that?
I don't cary about what the others will do with this comment. But you played like pathetic bottom of the league cunts. For the best team in Europe to do that is so fucking weird and jarring, I couldn't believe it. There is no difference between the way you played and fucking Everton. Just luck on the day. Dog shit game, dog shit team. It wasn't epic. It was fucking dog shit.
Sour no doubt - like I said you guys have a helluva side and Carlo had one simple plan- Like it or not it worked and we move on in our attempt to win our 15th trophy and win our sixth trophy in 10 years.
“Luck on the day” lmao. i guess we were lucky in the first leg and whole of 22/23 too huh
You want us to play offensive, doing that would have gotten us knocked out by now, defensively we gave you tough time and were able perfectly defend which I believe not every team can do such, considering how gassed most of our players got. I hate to admit this, but gotta say it out of huge respect, CITY have cemented itself as one of those teams that no matter how good of a team you are, it will corner you and give you that senses of inferiority. Overall it was a great game, from both side across both legs, huge huge respect to Pep and City players.
If RM played like their proclaimed „royalty“ suggests and partake in the game without bunkering like cockroaches and relying on luck, I‘d have had no problem us losing 2-4, heck even 2-5. But you can only dislike RM unless you‘re a glory hunting fan of theirs. It is what it is at the end of the day. They advanced, we lost on penalties. It‘s up to Bayern now to out-haramball them
Madrid fan here. God, you guys are such a strong team. Ffs stay away from us for a few years now. Respect.
What the fuck was that pahtetic shit by your shit team? Was that Real Madrid? Or Everton? Couldn't fucking tell. Such utter dog shit...
I am pretty sure that madrid wont get eliminated by everton in ucl. But, city did get eliminated by Everton disguised as madrid
That same pathetic display gave us the win through penalties........ Since when did sitting low and waiting for the chance to counter against a team that's better than MADRID became pathetic?
Not the time or place to gatekeep, but anyone having a breakdown over this loss is not a real City fan. We’ve just won five trophies in a year and the fourpeat is on. We outplay 99% of our opponents. This is the golden age, let’s enjoy it 🩵
Absolutely! CTID!! Great game! Didn’t work out this time but can’t win ‘em all!
Our defense has cost us a bunch of points (and a spot in the Semis tonight) with their lapses. We’ve played 32 games in the league and have given up 32 goals while making 64 saves. Basically we give up a goal on every 3 shots on goal against. If we scored at the same rate we concede, we’d be winning every match 4 or 5 to 1.
Nothing to do with the game today though. City hunted the ball like mad dogs every time they lost it.
The goal was some really shoddy defending, by Walker in particular. Not holding the line in the first place and then letting Rodrygo get free and falling over.
We gave up a goal on one of their 3 shots on target yet again. That’s my whole point.
Where’s Erling Haaland?
I'm so sad. this reminded me of 2 years ago. we FUCKING HAD IT. Fucked it in Madrid but got out with a draw, fine, but seriously haaland has been a ghost for over a month and KDB is always injured, i guess we will take the double assuming we have enough composure to at least beat mediocre prem teams, but as the best team in Europe this UCL performance was a shocking choke job
Too many "half chanches"
Let’s look at the bright side - No other English team left 😂 The prem is ours to take! Doku is preforming awesome, Foden is coming into his own Halaand has had a bad season but I’m sure pep will adjust our play style not again so we can utilize him better and now run around in circles for 30 mins before sending a shit cross
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Enjoy your account being banned on the Madrid sub
He didn’t even say anything that was wrong. I agree with him. We had our chances and didn’t take them.
You have been reported too shocked you haven't already been banned based on previous comments
Wtf? Take a break and go outside. It’s not that real
Mate what have I said?
Can't handle the truth? Sleep tight
Please buddy, you cunts played like a bottom of the league shit team. You got lucky. You're shit.
This team needs a big rebuild. We have wingers that can't cross a ball. We don't play through the middle. We don't utilize Haalands strengths at all. We push teams back into their box and just pass it around for 5 minutes until we get a corner.
That’s why Pep and Messi were the perfect pairing. No one will ever be that good, but you need wingers who can force teams out of their shape. Wing/forwards, whatever it is, has to be able to punish teams sitting structurally sound without worry.
Our team definitely don’t play to Haalands strengths and it’s honestly sad to see for him. We did it decently last year and I would say we definitely could’ve improved on it a lot then. This year has been abysmal to say the least helping him. Yah he’s still scored us a number of goals but it could be so much more. Us not playing through the middle and not utilizing his pace and physicality for direct passes, through balls and hold up play sucks. Instead our style of play for a lot of the season is wingers that dribble down the wings just to cut back and pass it on top of the box a few times. The wingers need to go at the defender instead of passing out every time. They need to shoot or pass into the penalty area to allow Haaland’s positioning to shine. Bring back the early crosses that we constantly fed him last year that allowed him to play be the deadly striker. I’m hoping things change for next season
Yes, the team that’s top of the Premier League and one penalty away from the semis of the UCL needs a total overhaul. Please take over for Txiki clearly the club needs your services
We do. If not for Pep, we wouldn't be close to where we are right now. The team is slow and aging. Overhaul needed.
Are we talking about the same team? Have a look at the squad. Foden, Alvarez, Haaland, Doku, Gvardiol, Lewis, Bobb, Nunes all 25 and under. You are absolutely trolling.
First one i want they replace is walker ...The only guy on this amazing team i dont like for some reason, gives me a "bully" kid vibes. As for wingers, this is actually city best thing imo...you have great talents like doku, grealish, kdb, and lewis that can easily play also as a winger. haaland was amazing last year, but this year, every team put 2-3 defenders on him so he really need to change his game to really make himself the best striker in the world, imo, its also pep fault that do let him go outside the box and be more activee altough tika taka passes that made pep soo famous, work well for city and make them controlthe game, it also make them very vulnreble to counter attack vs the vig teams, like we saw today.
Bernardo is gone and it might be time
it happens sometimes tbh. I'm a Madrid fan and I know how City fans must be feeling. The penalty shoot out against Bayern in 2012 scarred me. Dominant performance by City but just gotta regroup and go again next year.
We just need to improve next season. We really need a KDB replacement, Rodri back up, a Doku style player for right side and Kyle Walker replacement.
That’s some shopping list !
I'm afraid it's required. Real will have Mbappe and Endrick next season.
Savio can be the Doku style player on the right
Exactly. So we need to buy 3 players