***City v Sunderland Official Match Thread***

[nottsblue]

Another 3pm Saturday KO. A blessing that I don't have to watch? Make no mistake, this will be a very tough fixture. And following the last couple of games, especially the last half hour v Fulham, I'm not confident at all.

Changes are desperately needed but I'm not convinced we'll see them. Fingers crossed Viking gets us over the line

Rarely I predict a loss but today's the day

1-3 Savinho

[Mase]

Khus instead of Nunes and no Savio please

[stevefromdonny]

COME ON CITY

[city72]

Khus instead of Nunes and no Savio please

Got to play the lad the defence has let in 6 in 2 games, please win today my best pal a Mackem twat who’s a pure gobshite I can’t cope with them getting something

[Sparklehorse]

Anything but an Arse win today please

[zabbadabbado]

Just seen Sunderland are 10/1at the Bookies.

They are everything we hate,

Physicality/Press etc.

Not going to be an easy game for us this one.

10/1 is very generous.

[PeterParker]

Are we one up yet?

[CTID Hants]

City's side to face Sunderland

XI | Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Nico, Bernardo (C), Foden, Cherki, Doku, Haaland

SUBS | Trafford, Reijnders, Ake, Marmoush, Ait-Nouri, Savinho, Khusanov, Bobb, Lewis

Etihad Air

[Harry Dowd scored]

The midfield does not look strong enough to me.

[PeterParker]

The midfield does not look strong enough to me.

It really seems that he doesn't trust other players.
I would have started babaganoush and use erling if it was the case in the second half.

Reindeers scores and get's a reward by sitting the next game out.

[city72]

City's side to face Sunderland

XI | Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Nico, Bernardo (C), Foden, Cherki, Doku, Haaland

SUBS | Trafford, Reijnders, Ake, Marmoush, Ait-Nouri, Savinho, Khusanov, Bobb, Lewis

Etihad Air

Didn’t we have a mint defensive recorded when khusanov played beginning of the season?

[Mase]

Nunes has a video of Pep shagging Bernardo's dog

[Outcast]

Nunes has a video of Pep shagging Bernardo's dog

I heard the dog wasnt impressed with Pep's boring slow shagging tactics

[Piccsnumberoneblue]

Drop Erling for Marmoush? You are joking surely.
He can’t control a football and isn’t good enough for us.

[nottsblue]

City's side to face Sunderland

XI | Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Nico, Bernardo (C), Foden, Cherki, Doku, Haaland

SUBS | Trafford, Reijnders, Ake, Marmoush, Ait-Nouri, Savinho, Khusanov, Bobb, Lewis

Etihad Air

We are going to be overrun in midfield. There’s zero bite in there. And Bernado surely can’t play again after midweek when his legs had completely gone after an hour.

This could be a long afternoon

[Mase]

Drop Erling for Marmoush? You are joking surely.
He can’t control a football and isn’t good enough for us.

Agreed. I don't rate Marmoush.

[s1ty m]

Reijnders has a pretty decent game, gets dropped. Nunes shitheads it again, keeps his place.

I had hoped he'd go with Ait-Nouri and push O'Reilly into the middle.

The midfield looks as weak as it did against Spurs. This could be ugly.

[PeterParker]

Drop Erling for Marmoush? You are joking surely.
He can’t control a football and isn’t good enough for us.

Agree, but playing Haaland nonstop will not help.

[Mase]

Reijnders has a pretty decent game, gets dropped. Nunes shitheads it again, keeps his place.

I had hoped he'd go with Ait-Nouri and push O'Reilly into the middle.

The midfield looks as weak as it did against Spurs. This could be ugly.

Problem with Aït Nouri is he's fuckin shite.

[Indianablue]

Khusanov not getting a chance again despite Nunes being a fairly week defensive player and being absolutely fucked over by Fulham .

Sunderland's work rate will match ours and probably surpass it. They are on a roll and will fight all the way for this