Our team is set up to play against teams who want to play. think the big test will be the forest game as Dyche won’t play football against us.
Close the gaps, hold the line. Exploit the channels and their line. Szoboszlai was sensational. Bradley was good. Gravenberch was excellent doing destroying work amd just held nicely. Macallister was extremely disciplined. Wirtz worked really hard. Such a huge level of work Robertson was done a bit of a favour by real.in the team selection down there bit he did his job. There were lovely channels to play into and we neve looked like making a mistake in our own half and could get the ball high up.
Conor and Robbo are clearly our best options at FB. Play them, let Kerkez and Frimpong earn their pace
This season's City will play long to Haaland. We've struggled against teams that regularly go long this season.
Good win that. Lots of effort, desire and pressing. Salah doing a great job in defence. Bradley brilliant. Courtois probably motm though. Didn't like the booing.
well since Frimpong is injured it's Connors shirt to lose but still think Frimpong is half for cover Salah
Put the ball into the channels. Make them panic. We didnt pass it about pointlessly between two cbs here. It was one, two get it down there into the wide men and keep the ball in their half. We could do the business as we had the runners to go take those balls. But let's face it, bradley ate vini jnr alive and robbo had nothing coming down on him so we were not stretched. Massive error by alonso there. He had wingers to play onto robbo and didnt until late. How many of those saves were right at courtois. Even that late gakpo one was a bit of a poor hit where another striker would toe poke it down to finish.
Just disapponted nobody got a kick at benedict Arnold. This win puts us on 9 and thats last 32 just about sorted. The 2 pot 1 games are over. Psv at home. Owed an absolute kicking. Inter away. Toughest game but not as tough this year. Marseille away (tough place to go too) Quarabag at anfield Top 8 just needs those two home wins. Say take 8 points there and that's be quite good. Wouldn't it? The current points suggest that marseilles will need to win bit quarabag might be looking for a point to get through.
You know i'm right. We didnt mess with it or try pass through the middle and lose it tonight. We pinged.it cross field or down the line and took the ball in well and kept us up the park. We closed up the gaps and real really didnt go down their right hardly at all so that was a tactical error. Of course it was. We worked really hard there wirtz and szoboszlai were doing the work further up and gravenebrch and macallister really held their positions and never put a foot wrong.
2 pot 1 games aren’t over btw. Think inter is the other pot 1 game still to play. Atletico were pot 2 if that’s what you thought were 1, you play 1 at home and 1 away so stil have the away 1 to come.
First half he gave away one foul when bundled into him, otherwise was pretty much faultless. Even in 2nd half when he went past him to create half a yard of space, got back to tackle and give away the corner instead. Was brilliant today, he’s always at his best when he’s intense defending and seems to step it up against the best. Just needs to be consistent now, think he offered less going forward but meant was more solid back 4 which worked well. Just have to find that balance now
