They don't hesitate giving offside when a toenail is offside with VAR so this would be good.
Was my feeling as well. Fair fecks.
Champions League Quarter Finals (3rd - 11th April)
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Weird critique given we've just protected our lead eminently.
Klopp's football is literally the anti-Guardiola. The latter has been shown in Europe plenty of times to see a pattern.
Agree.
yeah, was for me too
Not sure how to feel about that game. I kind of wanted both to lose, which of course is not possible, yet if Salah's injury is worse than expected, it would kind of be the case.
Think Liverpool are capable of getting an away goal.
Think his record is 8-6 over Pep now.
Not over, especially if Salah is out.
Liverpool were very disciplined in the second half but if they try to play out the second leg that way they are just asking for trouble, go into a shell, goals can come quickly when it breaks, hard to come and play once you commit to that mentality.
City have been exposed as rather 1 dimensional by Liverpool, ironic given that Liverpool also have that problem. No-one should pretend that Liverpool team is full of great players though, makes it more annoying as a Utd watching it given how ludicrously craven we were against Sevilla and other challengers. The myth that you need world class everywhere before you have a go is a self protecting propaganda.
Liverpool were very disciplined in the second half but if they try to play out the second leg that way they are just asking for trouble, go into a shell, goals can come quickly when it breaks, hard to come and play once you commit to that mentality.
City have been exposed as rather 1 dimensional by Liverpool, ironic given that Liverpool also have that problem. No-one should pretend that Liverpool team is full of great players though, makes it more annoying as a Utd watching it given how ludicrously craven we were against Sevilla and other challengers. The myth that you need world class everywhere before you have a go is a self protecting propaganda.
The most unfortunate thing is that I can't see City being this inept again this weekend.
Wonder if City had a game this season with worse passing and ball control.
I could see them score three and also win this, but not with a clean sheet.
Wow!
Liverpool looked shattered in the last third of the match. But fair play to them they stuck at it. And Man City were awful.
This really felt like watching Bayern vs Barcelona in 2013. Or indeed Klopp's Dortmund vs Real that same year. When his teams can play with that intensity and get the goals their chances deserve, they really are a nightmare to play against.
Name and SHAME
BBC 5live - ''Fair play to Pep, he's still sticking to his principles''.
That's Jose and he's a stubborn manager with a narcissistic issue?
That's Jose and he's a stubborn manager with a narcissistic issue?
This might work out well overall as there’s no way in hell Liverpool will beat Barca, Bayern or Madrid over 2 legs.
An all English midfield outplay a midfield comprising of superstars from Belgium, Spain, Brazil and Germany. Amazing what good management can do?
Tie is not over yet, but we're in a very good position. Fantastic, fantastic display from the young lad Trent.
Tie is not over yet, but we're in a very good position. Fantastic, fantastic display from the young lad Trent.
His system is perfect as long as all these conditions are met:
- Have by far the best team
- Doping
- Get a bit of help from the refs
- Must score the first goal
- In case you concede the first goal, see #4
We routinely suffer two things: intensity and pace. Exactly the two things liverpool have in spades
We're slow and all of our players have relatively slow reactions and lack intensity. And we're a mess at the back, we don't track runs and are bad at defending one-on-one situations
Liverpool are the worst possible match up for us. Doesn't mean we can't beat them, but stylistically, they're the hardest opponent for us, the only one who can really force us out of our comfort zone
Hoo boy
What the.. Don't tell me some of these pundits can defend Pep for his tactics today ?
There's a guy who reads the tabloid media and f*cking inhales it.
Beautiful and a perfect result for us. City have to rest players on the weekend and are one step further away from another trophy. So much for the so called greatest PL team ever.
Only thing that is concerning is the injuries and suspensions. Need Can fit.
For me he is as culpable for that performance as Mourinho was for Sevilla and what made it worse was his complete inability to change it up quickly especially when Salah went off.
Don’t be classless, wouldn’t wish any injury on any player of any Club.
You should be feeling that that was a good game of football, very well officiated but far from over yet. City are capable of hitting anyone with quick fire goals so Liverpool will need away goal(s) if they are to go through.
City's Heritage in the last 7 years did not help them I see.
That, and City completely unraveled after the 2-0. Shockingly soft, for a great team
Just superb all around....Trent, Milner and Chamberlain were all magnificent and for once we managed a lead without any defensive feck ups. Need to get that away goal early next week to just give the cushion
Wonderful game, couldn't have been happier (other than if Henderson hadn't been an idiot and picked up a yellow). Onto the Etihad, get an away goal and we should be okay!
There are many lessons from tonight's game tbh.
Deserved win for Liverpool. Guardiola made a big mistake with Gundogan who is too slow for this type of games and was chasing shadows in the first half. Another mistake was Laporte who isn't a left back. Pointless to experiment against Salah with a makeshift LB. And Sane had a bad day at the office. City still have a chance to go through if Salah misses the second leg. Henderson won't be available too. Liverpool showed superhuman fitness levels in the first half and destroyed City's way of play. They were a bit lucky too with the first goal which changed the game.
They just beat the best team in the country with absolute ease.
That's the problem isn't it. City will be going all out to score a minimum of 3 goals, leaving themselves open to counterat-tacking football of which the likes of Salah & Mane will absoluetly be looking to exploit.
A pitiful tactical display from Pep has left his team up shit street.
That one victory..... in 2003, 2-1 with Anelka scoring the late winner
I wonder if Jose is smiling tonite. And some geniuses in here were screaming attack attack when we played in Anfield.
If I was a Man City fan I would be asking for Pep's head on a plate. Sack him I say, how could he lose from a team that lost to Man Utd two weeks ago. Shocking.
If I was a Man City fan I would be asking for Pep's head on a plate. Sack him I say, how could he lose from a team that lost to Man Utd two weeks ago. Shocking.
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This result is seriously bad news for Mourinho.
Until now he's been able to justify City's superiority to United by saying that they're miles ahead of everyone due to the amount they've spent. Even when we surrendered to them in December he didn't receive too much criticism.
But now another team, our other biggest rival at that, has shown they are beatable - and exposed Mourinho's defensive approach against City as wrong. What's worse, they've gone it playing an aggressive pressing game that is completely anathema to Mourinho.
Let's hope our manager can take liverpool's approach and emulate it. If he can't then the press and fans are going to hound him with ten times the ferocity they're doing now.
Until now he's been able to justify City's superiority to United by saying that they're miles ahead of everyone due to the amount they've spent. Even when we surrendered to them in December he didn't receive too much criticism.
But now another team, our other biggest rival at that, has shown they are beatable - and exposed Mourinho's defensive approach against City as wrong. What's worse, they've gone it playing an aggressive pressing game that is completely anathema to Mourinho.
Let's hope our manager can take liverpool's approach and emulate it. If he can't then the press and fans are going to hound him with ten times the ferocity they're doing now.