Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund

applehunter

What a clown Mancini is.

Fight_Night

Leiva wrote: »

Fight_Night wrote: »

In fairness though lads should be 3 - 1 at least to Dortmund. Only themselves to blame.

Yea and No.

They just came up against Joe Hart who has played the game of his career to date ..absolutely outstanding.

Oh absolutely he's made some outstanding saves. But still think there was two chances that should have been scored.

monkey9

Dordmund so unlucky not to have deservedly won that. Shocking decision by the ref to award the peno.

But what a performance from them. Can't wait for Dordmund Vs Real Madrid. They should be the two teams to qualify from this group.

markie29

Joe Hart 1 Dortmund 1

Lawrence1895

Xavi6 wrote: »

I'm gonna request a 'please explain' on this one

It's called 'Heat of the moment'

The draw feels like a loss to me, tbh

Still proud of Borussia's performance, and I'm sure, City will get a warm welcome in the Westfalenstadion

Xavi6

Renn wrote: »

I was going to request one from you for the 'we' part earlier.

Ah that old original chestnut

Vanbis

Dortmund the best team i've seen this season and Joe Hart, unbelievable performance but can't say i'm surprised, he's top class and proving it every week. City didn't turn up but then you could argue Dortmund were just to good.

Rekop dog

Xavi6 wrote: »

:eek:

We'll miss

Balo is the biggest cert from the pen spot in world football.

Nemanja91

Dortmund play some sexy football, deserved to get 3 points.

Leiva

what price are Dortmund ?

J. Marston

Think City will get 6 points from Ajax so a win against either Madrid at home or Dortmund away should see them through.

Hoki

First time watching Dortmund this season-wow, they are fantastic to watch. Great game

Lawrence1895

Leiva wrote: »

what price are Dortmund ?

13/5 for a win, 12/5 for the draw...or do you mean the home match?

Morzadec

Dortmund so unlucky.

Deserved the 3 points.

Referees really need to read up on what constitutes a handball.

City gifted a serious lifeline in the Champions League. It would have been very difficult for them to come back from 0 points after 2 games.

Leiva

Lars1916 wrote: »

13/5 for a win, 12/5 for the draw...or do you mean the home match?

to go all the way

Oat23

Combine the salaries of Reus, Götze & Lewandowski and it's still less than Tevez earned to sit on the bench tonight.

Fair play Dortmund, deserved more than a point.

spiralism

Robbery. Plain and simple. But Dortmund didn't take their chances, Lewandowski's miss could have them playing on thursday nights next year. Massive point. Massive. Never have i seen City get rings ran around them at home like that since the arabs took over and they pulled a draw out of their holes, the lucky feckers.

Wrongway1985

Rekop dog wrote: »

Xavi6 wrote: »

:eek:

We'll miss

Balo is the biggest cert from the pen spot in world football.

He sure is never missed one

klose

Rte doing a segment on dortmunds play titled class Dortmund play, this is why I watch my football on rte :cool:

ironingbored

Dortmund ripped off tonight. Fantastic team. Should have scored five (although City had a couple of clear cut chances too).

No way that penalty would have been awarded in Germany.

Mancini: great player; rubbish manager.

killwill

Vanbis wrote: »

Dortmund the best team i've seen this season and Joe Hart, unbelievable performance but can't say i'm surprised, he's top class and proving it every week. City didn't turn up but then you could argue Dortmund were just to good.

Really? Have you watched him this season apart from tonight?

Super-Rush

Well done to Joe Hart for keeping City in it tonight.

The guy is unreal.

Joke of a decision by the ref for the peno.

They wont win a thing in Europe as long as Mancini is still in charge.

Jose will sort that out next season though.

Wrongway1985

Thanks to Joe Hart city can count themselves lucky to be still in the thing Dortmund deserved more they were great very entertaining game overall, with a double header to come against Ajax arguably the weakest team in the group they have an opportunity to drag themselves out of the group.

IvySlayer

What's Balotelli up to here?

kitakyushu

The ref should apply for a job with the GAA after he's through with football. They love a guy who can ensure a draw.

Oregano_State

The keeper was getting in his face while he was waiting to take the peno.

PhlegmyMoses

While Hart played well, the Dortmund finishing when they got one on one was awful. They never seemed to be trying to hit the corners of the goal, rather they were content with blasting it. The vast majority of their shots were straight at him.

MD1990

Gundogan & Gotze were superb tonight

Scuba Ste

IvySlayer wrote: »

What's Balotelli up to here?

The keeper said something to him before the peno. Super Mario is super.

We were awful tonight though.

Lawrence1895

Scuba Ste wrote: »

The keeper said something to him before the peno. Super Mario is super.

We were awful tonight though.

So what? Those mindgames are normal for every goalkeeper. A response, close to an insult, is a different story

Rekop dog

Dortmund probably would have taken a draw before the match, like how Klopp just calmly shook the refs hands after the game without arguing, he'll know it was their poor finishing that really cost them the game! They'll need to improve in this aspect and Lewandowski will have to get back to his scoring rate of last season if they're to have any ambitions of challenging, but it was their best performance in the CL under Klopp, clear signs of progress from a showing experience pov!

Nuri Sahin

Leiva wrote: »

to go all the way

28/1

Super-Rush

Lars1916 wrote: »

So what? Those mindgames are normal for every goalkeeper. A response, close to an insult, is a different story

What insult?

spiralism

Since 2008:

Man City Net Spend: €559 million
Borussia Dortmund Net Spend: €7.8 million

and Dortmund should have won that by two or three clear goals, away.

Darkglasses

Lars1916 wrote: »

So what? Those mindgames are normal for every goalkeeper. A response, close to an insult, is a different story

Are you seriously saying that a player shouldn't respond in kind to someone getting in their face, even if it's not even an insult? But it's ok for a goalkeeper? If so, I think that's absolutely ridiculous.

niallo27

Lars1916 wrote: »

So what? Those mindgames are normal for every goalkeeper. A response, close to an insult, is a different story

Not many goalkeepers walk up to a player and whisper in their ear, he was well in his rights to respond the way he did after scoring.

Lawrence1895

That gesture, Balotelli did with his hand, means something like 'Blah Blah', in some parts of Germany it is seen as a clear insult.

But if Weidenfeller insulted him verbally, I take everything back

Paul Tergat

Lars1916 wrote: »

That gesture, Balotelli did with his hand, means something like 'Blah Blah', in some parts of Germany it is seen as a clear insult.

But if Weidenfeller insulted him verbally, I take everything back

Before the peno the keeper had a word in his ear. Mind games.

After winning the battle Balo was well within his rights to make some sort of gesture. The keeper tried to get to him and it didnt work.

Nothing in it imo

Scuba Ste

Lars1916 wrote: »

So what? Those mindgames are normal for every goalkeeper. A response, close to an insult, is a different story

So nothing. A poster asked why, I told him why.

Insult? Seriously? And he wasn't in parts of Germany, he was in Manchester.

titan18

Paul Tergat wrote: »

Before the peno the keeper had a word in his ear. Mind games.

After winning the battle Balo was well within his rights to make some sort of gesture. The keeper tried to get to him and it didnt work.

Nothing in it imo

Tbf, considering very few of us are German here, if that's considered an insult in Germany, it'd be pretty bad for Balotelli to do it. For example, if Balotelli stuck up his middle finger or make the w@nker gesture, I doubt anyone here would say he was right to make that gesture.

Although, tbf, just looking at the gesture he made, I have no real problem with it.

Lawrence1895

Scuba Ste wrote: »

So nothing. A poster asked why, I told him why.

Insult? Seriously? And he wasn't in parts of Germany, he was in Manchester.

But I don't think, I am from Manchester. I am German, and to some Germans it is an insult. Seriously.

NIMAN

Poor old Tony being made to look silly by RTE, forcing him to press an imaginery button on the screen to get the video clip to play, when we all know that it is being tee'd up by a guy behind the scenes.

Stop trying to be trendy like $ky. We like you more because you are old fashioned!

Darkglasses

I don't expect Mario knew that was a rude gesture in parts of Germany, I certainly didn't. And I definitely don't think he meant anything other than "blah blah blah".

If Weidenfeller was offended by that, well God love him.

Renn

Lars1916 wrote: »

But I don't think, I am from Manchester. I am German, and to some Germans it is an insult. Seriously.

What does it mean to some Germans?

Lawrence1895

Renn wrote: »

What does it mean to some Germans?

It's something like 'shut up', but in a rude sense, used by what you call in this country 'knackers'.

adox

No problem at all with Ballotelli making the gesture. If the keeper wants to get all precious then don't act the bollix yourself.

Paul Tergat

titan18 wrote: »

Tbf, considering very few of us are German here, if that's considered an insult in Germany, it'd be pretty bad for Balotelli to do it. For example, if Balotelli stuck up his middle finger or make the w@nker gesture, I doubt anyone here would say he was right to make that gesture.

Although, tbf, just looking at the gesture he made, I have no real problem with it.

to me it looked like he was doing a gesture you make when someone has been mouthy to you. you mimmic it by making the hand gesture of a mouth opening and closing, like he did in this instance. i think this is a case of people looking for something that isnt there. keeper tried to get under his skin, didnt work and Balotelli is well within his rights to give back the stick

Vincent Vega

i suppose somebody could be offended by it in any country of the world, if they were so sensitive.

killwill

Lars1916 wrote: »

It's something like 'shut up', but in a rude sense, used by what you call in this country 'knackers'.

Well then he should be hung, drawn and quartered for that!!!!
Look if you are gonna dish it out, you have to be able to take it.
And I am a United fan for the record

Xavi6

Wonder where Mario learned it from...



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