Manchester City v. Bayern Munich k/o 19.45 SS2

For all their domination there's only a goal in it, a flukey one at that.

City will surely get better

Pepe LeFrits

Rezident wrote: »

Bayern have such a good team and they're playing great against a top side. I just wish they'd stop diving so shamefully, they don't even need to

Haven't noticed much if any diving myself.

Bayern were very dominant but didn't have much cutting edge.

karma_

kryogen wrote: »

Its not that its that bad, its a combination of them not being as good as some people would like to believe and Munich are one hell of a team!

The signs are there in fairness, defeats to teams like Cardiff and Villa could hardly have you confident you will be able to match up to Munich. I understand they are isolated results, can happen to anyone. In all honesty though City have not looked brilliant yet this season.

It will take time to adapt to a new way of playing/manager I guess.

I can forgive those defeats in teh league, don;t bother me at all. The Villa one was an aberration, City dominated that game...anyway.

The team that is on the pitch tonight is capable of much much better performance than they have shown thus far.

Andersonisgod

mike65 wrote: »

The good news for City is that they are just one goal down, Bayerns tika taca is much more enjoyable than Barcas.

It's all well ans good being enjoyable, and that was an absolutely superb half produced by Bayern Munich, but it has yet to prove to be as effective as Barcelona's.

kryogen

karma_ wrote: »

I can forgive those defeats in teh league, don;t bother me at all. The Villa one was an aberration, City dominated that game...anyway.

The team that is on the pitch tonight is capable of much much better performance than they have shown thus far.

Its easy to allow the occasion to get to you though, to sort of freeze a little in the face of such skill, speed and strength backed by the confidence to use it that you get from Bayern.

I expect City to improve over the season, as I do United and Chelsea but I wouldn't get hung up on getting dominated by arguably the best team in Europe for the last 2-3 years

kryogen

Andersonisgod wrote: »

It's all well ans good being enjoyable, and that was an absolutely superb half produced by Bayern Munich, but it has yet to prove to be as effective as Barcelona's.

How do they do that? Win the league? They have done that, win the CL? They have done that too

stiffler123

Dante is a serious defender. Nothing gets by him. Silva and Negredo on hopefully. We need to change something.

Andersonisgod

Andersonisgod wrote: »

It's all well ans good being enjoyable, and that was an absolutely superb half produced by Bayern Munich, but it has yet to prove to be as effective as Barcelona's.

Aren't you a Madrid fan?

klose

Surprising city made no subs

Darkglasses

Better

Dempsey

Andersonisgod wrote: »

It's all well ans good being enjoyable, and that was an absolutely superb half produced by Bayern Munich, but it has yet to prove to be as effective as Barcelona's.

Why does it have to be as effective as Barcelona's? They played a style of play that humped Barcelona 7-0 last year and it was good to watch. Bayern have the players to have effective Plan B's & C's.

Darkglasses

Loads of pace this half, really speeding up is helping us here

super_furry

Still think City need an extra body in midfield, even if that means sacrificing a forward.

miralize

Muller Time!

efb

Clichy lol

Super-Rush

Laughable defending.

Dempsey

Schoolboy error!

DDC1990

Clichy?

He literally (real literally not Jamie Redknapp literally) ran away from Muller!

super_furry

That was just mental. He goes with him, so has to know he's played him onside and then just stops.

miralize

miralize wrote: »

Muller Time!

Big game player

klose

Near post again!!

Super-Rush

Superb.

Headshot

what awful keeping, Hart has made a show of himself tonight

Englands best right there...

super_furry

Hart at the near post AGAIN. He's shockingly inept.

efb

lads lets play with our weak foot lol

iMuse

Joe Hart beaten by Robbens right foot at the near post

Andersonisgod

Dempsey wrote: »

Why does it have to be as effective as Barcelona's? They played a style of play that humped Barcelona 7-0 last year and it was good to watch. Bayern have the players to have effective Plan B's & C's.

Because that will effectively determine who the greater side is in the annals of history. Also we all know that there were some circumstances that conspired somewhat against Barcelona over those two legs, this seasons Barcelona are far more rounded and far more equipped than last seasons. Anyway I will now promptly drop that subject as this is, afterall, this is City vs Bayern.

Oh look, Bayern scored again.

DDC1990

Joe Hart beaten again by Robben on his right foot.

Really poor by City.

This could end 6 or 7 nil, men against boys.

Pellegrini was 50/1 the other day.....

Dempsey

Joe Hart shocking again.

Rayne Wooney

Kroos is such a good player


Also lol at Joe Hart, I'm guessing sky will brush it under the carpet

WallyGUFC

Joe Hart is a complete joke. Very mistake prone lately. Probably more than ten keepers in the PL better than him. City are terrible but Bayern are a fearsome prospect this season.

cson

Hart must surely be one of the most overrated players going.

He's cost City numerous goals at this stage.

klose

Is richard wright still there? :pac:

DDC1990

Haha were Bayern singing football's coming home?

Or was it their own chant to the tune?

karma_

Very poor from Hart, tbh he messed up for the second too when he committed instead of covering.

S28382

City need a good CB to partner Kompany and a new goalkeeper Harte is gone shockingly unpredictable.

karma_

rarnes1 wrote: »

This could end 6 or 7 nil, men against boys.

Pellegrini was 50/1 the other day.....

Pellegrini is going no where.

Johner

3-0 would be a great result for City from here.

super_furry

Didn't David Platt say that he and Mancini were planning to sign Begovic before they got the boot?

Darkglasses

Don't think there's much wrong with Nastasic with Kompany tbh

efb

They've got Harte but no soul...

klose

Shocking amount of offsides from city so far

daRobot

DDC1990 wrote: »

Haha were Bayern singing football's coming home?

Or was it their own chant to the tune?

Yep, they were signing it in English.

Who says the Germans have no humour?

batistuta9

DDC1990 wrote: »

Haha were Bayern singing football's coming home?

Or was it their own chant to the tune?

it was footballs coming home

they were at it at the emirates last season too :pac:

daRobot

daRobot wrote: »

Yep, they were signing it in English.

Who says the Germans have no humour?

The English :pac::pac:

Pepe LeFrits

Imperious stuff from Bayern now.

super_furry

This is like in Rocky IV when Apollo Creed fights Ivan Drago.

klose

Dont think ive ever seen lahm do something wrong on a football pitch

cson

Clichy is so bad.