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BrunelGunner said:
Not sure if you read Rodri's comments post-match about 'football not being fair' and Leicester being 'lucky', but it appears the sore loser mentality Guardiola's got has been instilled into his players.

If you're conceding 5 goals at home, and giving away 3 non-contentious penalties, then having 72% of the ball means diddly squat. Leicester deserved to win because they exposed City's weaknesses and outscored them comfortably. They didn't need to dominate the ball to outthink you! <laugh>

These sour grapes from Rodri are bizarre considering City are making a habit of losing these days.
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Playing an ultra-high line against Jamie Vardy is just ****ing stupid.
He's going to run in behind and look for penalties all day long.

I don't know about non-contentious, though. The first two were typical Vardy moves, in my opinion.
Walker tries to get hold of him, misses and he goes down anyway. Virtually no contact at all. Stupid to give him the opportunity.
I also don't see any difference in the second and the Pogba/Connolly one that was chalked off by VAR.
Stupid defending, but either they both are or neither is.

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FosseFilberto said:
Possibly he watched our last 2 league games .. 62% possession against West Brom and 68% against Burnley. Not a counter attacking formation at all.

Brenda switched to 3 centre-back yesterday and it worked a treat tbf ... you could see us growing in confidence as the first half progressed and, apart from that cracking strike from our old boy, Mahrez, we were very solid. <cheers>
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Rodgers has given you more ways of playing and you've got the players to do so.
Going toe-to-toe with City was never your smartest option though, so you didn't.
They didn't have a striker, which is another stupid shortcoming on their part.
Why make it open and allow space for Sterling, Mahrez and the like to work in? Sit back, drag them out and run in behind.
 
BrunelGunner said:
These sour grapes from Rodri are bizarre considering City are making a habit of losing these days.
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The pressure of Citeh + Pep post-Barca being CL failures is getting to them.
Add to that the fact that the Poool are on the PL rise and it increases even more
(no luxury of 'at least we won the league' now) .
 
David Ornstein
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Arsenal are in advanced talks to take Ruben Loftus-Cheek on a season long loan from Chelsea. [HASHTAG]#AFC[/HASHTAG] see Loftus-Cheek as a suitable alternative to top midfield targets Partey + Aouar. @TheAthleticUK
 
Daveunited said:
David Ornstein
@David_Ornstein
Arsenal are in advanced talks to take Ruben Loftus-Cheek on a season long loan from Chelsea. [HASHTAG]#AFC[/HASHTAG] see Loftus-Cheek as a suitable alternative to top midfield targets Partey + Aouar. @TheAthleticUK
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I was going to suggest that this seems a bit far fetched, but Ornstein's normally pretty reliable for the filth, isn't he?
Quite a few clubs after Leftarsecheek, but a loan to another London club might suit Chelsea.
 
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Mane let off a clear red card also, as well as Jota scoring a goal after handling the ball.
 
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