***Madrid v City CL Official Match Thread***

[s1ty m]

Slightly epic.

Give this team a year. Seriously. We are cooking something up. It's coming.

By the way, O'Reilly is fucking ridiculous.

[Pretty Boy Lee]

What a game. Nervy as all hell, but some very solid performances in one of the toughest places to play.

I’ll take that. Let’s keep kicking on, everything is still to play for this season and we are just warming up.

[sheblue]

Brilliant result.
Doku and the two Nicos were sublime.

[Mase]

Thought Sav made some great breaks, couple of errors but he ran it out well to get the pressure off our defence,

Great feet to get away from challenges and carry the ball away from our goal. However, he is fucking clueless what to do once he arrives in the opposition half. Some very poor decision making from him, very frustrating.

Thought Foden had a very good game, not the usual role for him, he was very composed and disciplined in holding his position to stop the breaks. Complete master class from pep in terms of tactics, although his subs gave me palpitations. Once haaland went off, rudiger was going to win everything as the ref was refusing to send him off

Glad I'm not the only one who saw Phil's role, some of the pelters he's getting online tonight are mad. One of the most disciplined performances I've seen from him, while offering very little on the ball. I would've liked to have seen more from him but the job he was given, he did well.

He hit the first man on every corner and free kick we had..

[sheblue]

I just cant understand what these media goons see in Bellingham. Grossly overrated.

[stevefromdonny]

Well I had a few rants but I really lost it when doku didn't get a foul and just sat there with his arms out, I went ballistic in pub and got a warning about my swearing which I know went over the top, but just to sit there while the attack was shit from him. We should of scored more but a win is a win

[Mase]

I just cant understand what these media goons see in Bellingham. Grossly overrated.

Not only that, but an absolute bellend. Not likeable one bit. Compare him to Otamendi and Bellingham is nothing

[Wonderwall]

Thought Sav made some great breaks, couple of errors but he ran it out well to get the pressure off our defence,

Great feet to get away from challenges and carry the ball away from our goal. However, he is fucking clueless what to do once he arrives in the opposition half. Some very poor decision making from him, very frustrating.

Thought Foden had a very good game, not the usual role for him, he was very composed and disciplined in holding his position to stop the breaks. Complete master class from pep in terms of tactics, although his subs gave me palpitations. Once haaland went off, rudiger was going to win everything as the ref was refusing to send him off

Glad I'm not the only one who saw Phil's role, some of the pelters he's getting online tonight are mad. One of the most disciplined performances I've seen from him, while offering very little on the ball. I would've liked to have seen more from him but the job he was given, he did well.

He hit the first man on every corner and free kick we had..

If you mean the one....yes one...corner he took, yes he did hit the first man

[Mase]

Thought Sav made some great breaks, couple of errors but he ran it out well to get the pressure off our defence,

Great feet to get away from challenges and carry the ball away from our goal. However, he is fucking clueless what to do once he arrives in the opposition half. Some very poor decision making from him, very frustrating.

Thought Foden had a very good game, not the usual role for him, he was very composed and disciplined in holding his position to stop the breaks. Complete master class from pep in terms of tactics, although his subs gave me palpitations. Once haaland went off, rudiger was going to win everything as the ref was refusing to send him off

Glad I'm not the only one who saw Phil's role, some of the pelters he's getting online tonight are mad. One of the most disciplined performances I've seen from him, while offering very little on the ball. I would've liked to have seen more from him but the job he was given, he did well.

He hit the first man on every corner and free kick we had..

If you mean the one....yes one...corner he took, yes he did hit the first man

And the free kicks? He had the lowest rating out of all our outfield players based on stats - https://www.whoscored.com/matches/1946372/livestatistics/europe-champions-league-2025-2026-real-madrid-manchester-city

[Wonderwall]

And the free kicks? He had the lowest rating out of all our outfield players based on stats - https://www.whoscored.com/matches/1946372/livestatistics/europe-champions-league-2025-2026-real-madrid-manchester-city

I am not defending his set piece delivery at all. He has the quality to be much better from a dead ball. But that little stat is a pointless one in the terms of the performance.

Foden was asked to be far more disciplined and did so brilliantly. He worked his socks off.

[Mase]

Watched the highlights again with my daughter this morning. We could have won that by a few more goals easily. Great performance

[stupot]

Think that's 4 games on the trot we've scored from a set piece.

[patrickblue]

I've only just remembered that Trent "it means more" Alexander plays for Madrid.

Where was he last night?

[salford city]

I've only just remembered that Trent "it means more" Alexander plays for Madrid.

Where was he last night?

Out injured for a couple of months Pat

[sheblue]

I've only just remembered that Trent "it means more" Alexander plays for Madrid.

Where was he last night?

Rimming Gerrard.

[Mase]

I've only just remembered that Trent "it means more" Alexander plays for Madrid.

Where was he last night?

Passed away last summer. Murdered by a murderer

[Mase]

He didn't get booked for this

[nottsblue]

I've only just remembered that Trent "it means more" Alexander plays for Madrid.

Where was he last night?

Out injured for a couple of months Pat

It was originally only a month but because it meant more................

[nottsblue]

He didn't get booked for this

Unbelievable Jeff wasn't it

Arguably a borderline red card

[Dubciteh]

Im not even sure they showed a replay! Cameraman was defo a homer