Manchester City vs. Bayern Munich (19.45 TV3)

blueser

GavRedKing wrote: »

Pelligrini wont be under pressure but now would you take 4th over 3rd, if it comes to it?

City wont need the Europa League for a UCL appearance next year so maybe avoiding a Thursday nights would be good for their league progress.

Definitely! Even if we win tonight (we won't!), we'd still have to get something in Rome which, given our defending, is unlikely.

madcabbage

GavRedKing wrote: »

Pelligrini wont be under pressure but now would you take 4th over 3rd, if it comes to it?

City wont need the Europa League for a UCL appearance next year so maybe avoiding a Thursday nights would be good for their league progress.

Is that not turning a blind eye to potential additional income? Not that it would be an issue for City!

Darkglasses

GavRedKing wrote: »

Pelligrini wont be under pressure but now would you take 4th over 3rd, if it comes to it?

City wont need the Europa League for a UCL appearance next year so maybe avoiding a Thursday nights would be good for their league progress.

Me personally I'd definitely want to be in the Europa League, we've a big enough squad to cover rotation in most positions. It'd be good to start blooding the younger players, Pozo in particular. Always good to have a chance to win a trophy, I don't consider us 'above' the EL or anything. We could do with the experience of European competition.

Pighead

Blatter wrote: »

I can still see City struggling here. I don't think this is over by a long shot.

Great call in fairness. I know City are dodgy lately but I thought this game was over.

jacool

efb wrote: »

5/1 for a city win... Yer ah rih gov

I can see City scoring next so that's not a bad price.
Aguero has beaten the offside trap a few times, just needs Nasri to stay onside too. I'd sub Nasri off but dunno what's on the bench.

Darkglasses

jacool wrote: »

I can see City scoring next so that's not a bad price.
Aguero has beaten the offside trap a few times, just needs Nasri to stay onside too. I'd sub Nasri off but dunno what's on the bench.

Jovetic, Pozo and George Glendon are yer choices.

GavRedKing

Darkglasses wrote: »

Me personally I'd definitely want to be in the Europa League, we've a big enough squad to cover rotation in most positions. It'd be good to start blooding the younger players, Pozo in particular. Always good to have a chance to win a trophy, I don't consider us 'above' the EL or anything. We could do with the experience of European competition.

If yere in it ye'll wanna win it, its always nice to fill the trophy cabinet especially with European silverware.

Would expect Bayern to tire towards the end.

jacool

Darkglasses wrote: »

Jovetic, Pozo and George Glendon are yer choices.

Oh, "they're not great options, are they" as someone once said.
Jovetic so - he scored over the weekend.

Blatter

Pighead wrote: »

Great call in fairness. I know City are dodgy lately but I thought this game was over.

I've just noticed over the years when Pep's teams go down to 10 men they still continue to monopolize the ball and dominate a game.

The amount of options the Bayern players have in possession is staggering.

madcabbage

Baffling how the red card doesn't appear to affect the Bayern team. Still bossing it on the ball.

Darkglasses

jacool wrote: »

Oh, "they're not great options, are they" as someone once said.
Jovetic so - he scored over the weekend.

I'd definitely like Jovetic to come on soon, Aguero's bloody isolated the way it is, and most of the good ball is coming from early ball to Navas and Milner.

forgotten password

come on man city
kick their ass back to muenchen

please!!!

D'Agger

Bayern have been so good you believe they have the same amount of players as city

They could tire but their bench is strong enough for them to hold on

jacool

Bad and all as everyone views Arsene Wenger, I wonder does he think he did well to offload Clichy, Sagna and Nasri? They're all pretty poor tonight.
Besides that, I want to know why nobody passes the ball to Milner when he's spending most of the game free on the left?

jacool

Darkglasses wrote: »

I'd definitely like Jovetic to come on soon, Aguero's bloody isolated the way it is, and most of the good ball is coming from early ball to Navas and Milner.

Here he comes.

Darkglasses

jacool wrote: »

Bad and all as everyone views Arsene Wenger, I wonder does he think he did well to offload Clichy, Sagna and Nasri? They're all pretty poor tonight.
Besides that, I want to know why nobody passes the ball to Milner when he's spending most of the game free on the left?

Pretty unfair to consider that on one game - Nasri and Clichy have both picked up 2 PL winners medals since leaving don't forget

efb

Darkglasses wrote: »

Pretty unfair to consider that on one game - Nasri and Clichy have both picked up 2 PL winners medals since leaving don't forget

Nasri hasn't been great for city in fairness

kryogen

Hard to feel happy since I like neither team, (though ironically, if they swapped managers I would have no problem with Bayern) but I am happier Bayern are winning I suppose, and that Joe Hart has made a bollix of himself again, always nice to see.

quarryman

Utv talking about no love lost between alonso and lampard. What's all that about? Two of the more "honest" players I would have thought?

Iused2likebusts

quarryman wrote: »

Utv talking about no love lost between alonso and lampard. What's all that about? Two of the more "honest" players I would have thought?

Always niggle in Liverpool Chelsea games between them.

Darkglasses

So bloody hard for us to break this team down. We really never do well against teams that defend so compactly.

Dempsey

quarryman wrote: »

Utv talking about no love lost between alonso and lampard. What's all that about? Two of the more "honest" players I would have thought?

I'm sure its going back to the ghost goal in the UCL. English media thinking they are the centre of the universe again really.

Super-Rush

madcabbage wrote: »

Baffling how the red card doesn't appear to affect the Bayern team. Still bossing it on the ball.

Bayern need to have another player sent off to even things up.



The commentator reckons that 45,000 fills the Etihad.

LiamoSail

Dempsey wrote: »

I'm sure its going back to the ghost goal in the UCL. English media thinking they are the centre of the universe again really.

Did lampard not do alonso about ten years ago. Put alonso out for a few months. Think there was handbags between them a few times after that

frisbeeface

Dempsey wrote: »

I'm sure its going back to the ghost goal in the UCL. English media thinking they are the centre of the universe again really.

Lampard breaking Alonso's ankle is what they're referring to I imagine?

Harry Palmr

quarryman wrote: »

Utv talking about no love lost between alonso and lampard. What's all that about? Two of the more "honest" players I would have thought?

Lampard broke Alonso's ankle in 2005 and there was another nasty one in 2007 I think.

Here is a stat to make Citizens shudder

City have played 12 matches in Europe as reigning English champions (2 in 1968, 6 in 2012, 4 so far in 2014), number of wins? Zero!

Iused2likebusts

LiamoSail wrote: »

Did lampard not do alonso about ten years ago. Put alonso out for a few months. Think there was handbags between them a few times after that

Ye that's the main reason. Lampard was sent off for a challenge on alonso another time. So pep hasn't totally ruined bayern and been found out as a manager as some were suggesting last season.

Darkglasses

Huh, we scored.

jacool

Assist by Alonso !

madcabbage

Good finish!

Harry Palmr

Whoops

Main Road wakes up.

Hank Scorpio

World class from Aguero

LuckyGent88

Gift but aguero is just top class

frisbeeface

Great to see Aguero back fully fit this season.

SantryRed

Can somebody tell me why ITV saying the difference between winning and losing isn't a big deal? By my reckoning, a win here means they can draw 1-1 in Roma and go through no? Obviously once Bayern take care of business.

elefant

Argentina could have done with that in the world cup final!

Iused2likebusts

nuxxx wrote: »

World class from Aguero

Best player in the league.

Harry Palmr

Holy Crap!

Darkglasses

AGUEROOOOOOOO!!!

Pick it out!!

jacool

Outrageous !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

madcabbage

FFS handed them the goal!

Nolars

jesus city are a one man team this year

Dempsey

Great Comeback. Bayern collapsed spectacularly

ollie1

Aguerooooooooooo :eek:

Harry Palmr

That was just handing it to City.

yipeeeee

Penalty and two gifted goals, madness.

jacool

jacool wrote: »

I can see City scoring next so that's not a bad price.
Aguero has beaten the offside trap a few times, just needs Nasri to stay onside too. I'd sub Nasri off but dunno what's on the bench.

Should I cash out ?????????? Yes !

Lord TSC

Wow, implosion from Bayern.

ThunbergsAreGo

Happy for City, stuck at it and got the breaks.

Aguero is so clinical