Regardless, the football his teams play has now been unmatched for 14 years. It’s ridiculous.
Money or not, Mancini and Pellegrini couldn’t do anything like this with unlimited money.
Champions League Semi Finals (9th - 17th May)
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Money or not, Mancini and Pellegrini couldn’t do anything like this with unlimited money.
We just need to be well managed. City have been managed very efficiently for the last decade, yes they’ve had money to spend but they never really spent that lavishly after the initial surge which took them from mediocre to very good. They have gone from very good to great by going about their business extremely well.
We have probably spent more money on transfers since Pep arrived than they have.
Said after the first leg City will streamroll past Madrid at home.
Maybe it won’t be if city take it easy after 3-0…….
This
But then again, since we spent a bill after Fergie, if we had Pep with that, he'd have got us dominating. Oh well
I take it all back. Cmon arse win the league
Nah, their coach has drawn the line on that.
Exactly. You can have bloody Pirlo on the ball but it will not help when his distribution is to McT or Bissaka who struggle to even control the ball. Or Maguire who will control it and then wait 10 swcibds to pass it.
They look well and truly cooked. I see no way back. They need 2 goals just to take it to extra time!
It's incredible. And yeah, they don't rotate either. That little rat Silva literally runs all fecking game. When everyone else is on their arse, these cnuts are playing as if it's the first game of the season.
Wouldn't all the extensive doping controls catch that? Same way they caught Lance (i.e. never)?
Did I just hear Tubular bells playing at the Etihad?
It is a huge huge difference when 5 managers spend 1,5 billion or when one does it.
Also Pep has luxury to buy a player and if he diesn't work, he just bench him and buy another.
So I am not that crazy.
Camavinga looks every much the £30m dud.
There is no one in the midfield, the entire centre circle was empty.
There is no one in the midfield, the entire centre circle was empty.
No subs. 
His position is midfield, not lb, lets see if he can make it there.
Madrid can pull this back.
They just need to pull their finger out their asses and show their quality on the ball. And stop being dominated physically by City.
I'm sure there was a point in the first half when Madrid on average had less than 2 passes per minute.
They just need to pull their finger out their asses and show their quality on the ball. And stop being dominated physically by City.
I'm sure there was a point in the first half when Madrid on average had less than 2 passes per minute.
Madrid probably need Tchouameni and cavaminga in the middle for some sort of press
Madrid moving the ball like a glacier. Christ alive, MOVE
You have Rudiger who was great in first game and natural left back Alaba in team. Why not play Alaba on the left and Camavinga in midfield?
Yeah, football is well known for its rigorous drug testing. It's a joke really, considering how big the sport is. Don't get me wrong, it's probably rife all throughout the game, but these cnuts probably do that better than anyone else, too.
The bigger theme that people should be thinking about is how to deal with playing catch-up to Pep tactically.
Pep just ripped up the book when he thought people were catching onto his City side and now all of a sudden his RB/CB becoming DM with floating 8's in half spaces and channels is suddenly the craze. Everyone's playing catchup now. By the time it becomes vogue and half the teams are doing it, you can be sure that Pep will change again.
You've got elite players playing for a manager who is usually a step ahead of everyone else in terms of tactical adaptation. You could take the same squad and if it wasn't Pep managing it, there's every chance we're not talking the same dominance.
Pep just ripped up the book when he thought people were catching onto his City side and now all of a sudden his RB/CB becoming DM with floating 8's in half spaces and channels is suddenly the craze. Everyone's playing catchup now. By the time it becomes vogue and half the teams are doing it, you can be sure that Pep will change again.
You've got elite players playing for a manager who is usually a step ahead of everyone else in terms of tactical adaptation. You could take the same squad and if it wasn't Pep managing it, there's every chance we're not talking the same dominance.
United, Inter and Arsenal stopping City from a treble. You couldn't have chosen three more shite 'big' teams. All three, if not already, will get battered by City.
A few red card will do nicely
See! That there with Kroos being proactive and knicking the ball off KDB
Come, one more like this, get a pen or something and we’re talking
City player doesn’t know how to react to a YC, not surprised because they’re not very used to seeing them
Pain……
They kinda overrated that save by ederson
Pen?
feck off Ederson.
the funny thing is, Haaland wasn't a difference in these matches at all. City are simply younger and faster.
One dodgy penalty and Real are right back in this.
Oh well would you look at that, of you close them down, City also lose the ball.
Hard not to think ancelotti got this very wrong. Two geriatrics in midfield is too kuch against this city side
Poxy ball boy seemed to kick another ball on when Real were attacking off the corner. That's just ok?
Well he is because teams are not playing as a high a line against him, giving City more vertical space to operate in.
That's bullshit from the ref that. City fans waited to throw the ball back on and it completely relieved the pressure
Such a crap pass to Vini