***Official Liverpool v Man City Matchday Thread***

[brite blu sky]

Worst cheating i've seen from an english team in some time, reminded me of Real at times.

We are tired of that there is no doubt. The good start helped us get momentum and the adrenelin kept us sharp but i just think that with all the effort going into prising an opening when their deflection went in it kind of deflated everyone. At that moment the tiredness looked like it was being felt and they never got their spring back.

Mancini now has to determine how to get some players rested. Silva and Yaya particularly.

Anyway still unbeaten.

[Dubaimancityfan]

The ref was just really bad today. Not corrupt, just poor and inconsistent.

How did you work it out that he is not corrupt, just bad. How come all his 'bad' decisions were against us ?

When people say 'corrupt' what are they referring to? genuine question, are they meaning he was biased against us or that there is some sort of outside influence( which would be the true meaning of corrupt.)

Corrupt was yr word not mine. I was just reacting to it. But to say that he was poor and inconsistent is letting him off easily.

[Bridge'srightfoot]

The ref was just really bad today. Not corrupt, just poor and inconsistent.

How did you work it out that he is not corrupt, just bad. How come all his 'bad' decisions were against us ?

When people say 'corrupt' what are they referring to? genuine question, are they meaning he was biased against us or that there is some sort of outside influence( which would be the true meaning of corrupt.)

Corrupt was yr word not mine. I was just reacting to it. But to say that he was poor and inconsistent is letting him off easily.

Apologies then, yeah he was terrible I'm just interested to know what those who describe him as corrupt actually mean by that.

[Beefymcfc]

The ref was just really bad today. Not corrupt, just poor and inconsistent.

How did you work it out that he is not corrupt, just bad. How come all his 'bad' decisions were against us ?

Can I just say, as a City fan, that that statement is one of the worst I've ever seen. Absolute cunt of a statement and I will never read another word he will say.

Edit: You fucking Cunt!


Ban on the way I guess but you thoroughly deserve it. Twat Cunt!

which statement ?

Sorry Dub, it wasn't aimed at you, just your quote. Too many Stella's I think.

Apologies pal.

[Dubaimancityfan]

The ref was just really bad today. Not corrupt, just poor and inconsistent.

How did you work it out that he is not corrupt, just bad. How come all his 'bad' decisions were against us ?

Can I just say, as a City fan, that that statement is one of the worst I've ever seen. Absolute cunt of a statement and I will never read another word he will say.

Edit: You fucking Cunt!


Ban on the way I guess but you thoroughly deserve it. Twat Cunt!

which statement ?

Sorry Dub, it wasn't aimed at you, just your quote. Too many Stella's I think.

Apologies pal.

No worries mate, we're all a bit pissed /pissed off today. Still a good point gained today. Still unbeaten. Better days ahead.
Cheers

[mr_nool]

#MCFC team: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy, Yaya, Barry, Milner, Silva, Nasri, Aguero

Good team that, but I miss someone above 5 feet up front.

Off to the parents in law for dinner now. Livid. The stupidest thing I've ever done was to tell the missus that our new digital box has a recording function. II really hope it works properly.

Rule number 1 - a man should wear the trousers...always.

And I was right. We could've done with Dzeko or Balotelli up front. We looked very one dimensional from the off.

[phips]

Liverpool outplayed us.

Almost everyone on City was poor today...only Hart, Milner, and Clichy played well imo.

Nasri was anonymous yet again..doesnt look like he's settled in at all.

Balo showed his true side again...terrible time on the pitch. didnt do anything but commit blatant fouls.

Hopefully we drop out of the CL soon so we can be better in the PL.

[mr_nool]

Liverpool outplayed us.

Almost everyone on City was poor today...only Hart, Milner, and Clichy played well imo.

Nasri was anonymous yet again..doesnt look like he's settled in at all.

Balo showed his true side again...terrible time on the pitch. didnt do anything but commit blatant fouls.

Hopefully we drop out of the CL soon so we can be better in the PL.

Chin up! Still undefeated!

[moomey]

I must be on a different planet to all the old queens on here who are wetting their knickers that we didnt win at Anfield.

Quote from BBC web-site, "They [City] dominated for long periods at Anfield ......"

Why don't we all calm down and see that we were the only team playing posession passing football and that Liverpool set up to defend and hit us on the break. I grew up remembering being butchered every time we pitched up there. We gave them more of a game than U*ited did. I for one am pleased.

[freshie]

I must be on a different planet to all the old queens on here who are wetting their knickers that we didnt win at Anfield.

Quote from BBC web-site, "They [City] dominated for long periods at Anfield ......"

Why don't we all calm down and see that we were the only team playing posession passing football and that Liverpool set up to defend and hit us on the break. I grew up remembering being butchered every time we pitched up there. We gave them more of a game than U*ited did. I for one am pleased.

I think it shows how far we have come that when we go to a place like Anfield the scousers set up not to concede and to nick a goal on the break

[moomey]

I must be on a different planet to all the old queens on here who are wetting their knickers that we didnt win at Anfield.

Quote from BBC web-site, "They [City] dominated for long periods at Anfield ......"

Why don't we all calm down and see that we were the only team playing posession passing football and that Liverpool set up to defend and hit us on the break. I grew up remembering being butchered every time we pitched up there. We gave them more of a game than U*ited did. I for one am pleased.

I think it shows how far we have come that when we go to a place like Anfield the scousers set up not to concede and to nick a goal on the break

Exactly my point - if you read some of the hysterical nonsense on here you would have thought we were played off the park.

We weren't - we were the better football team.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Liverpool outplayed us.

Almost everyone on City was poor today...only Hart, Milner, and Clichy played well imo.

Nasri was anonymous yet again..doesnt look like he's settled in at all.

Balo showed his true side again...terrible time on the pitch. didnt do anything but commit blatant fouls.

Hopefully we drop out of the CL soon so we can be better in the PL.

Chin up! Still undefeated!

Bit late for him if he thinks Liverpool completely outplayed us! We ran the game for most of the time till that last 15 minutes or so.And I think he could add a couple of players to his played well list.

[zuricity]

Liverpool outplayed us.

Almost everyone on City was poor today...only Hart, Milner, and Clichy played well imo.

Nasri was anonymous yet again..doesnt look like he's settled in at all.

Balo showed his true side again...terrible time on the pitch. didnt do anything but commit blatant fouls.

Hopefully we drop out of the CL soon so we can be better in the PL.

Chin up! Still undefeated!

Bit late for him if he thinks Liverpool completely outplayed us! We ran the game for most of the time till that last 15 minutes or so.And I think he could add a couple of players to his played well list.

Yes doug, i can only agree. Phips seems to be on a wind up mission.

[phips]

Liverpool outplayed us.

Almost everyone on City was poor today...only Hart, Milner, and Clichy played well imo.

Nasri was anonymous yet again..doesnt look like he's settled in at all.

Balo showed his true side again...terrible time on the pitch. didnt do anything but commit blatant fouls.

Hopefully we drop out of the CL soon so we can be better in the PL.

Chin up! Still undefeated!

Bit late for him if he thinks Liverpool completely outplayed us! We ran the game for most of the time till that last 15 minutes or so.And I think he could add a couple of players to his played well list.

Yes doug, i can only agree. Phips seems to be on a wind up mission.

I dont care that we didnt win..in fact, i'd be okay if we lost if we had at least played better. A draw at Anfield is a good result.

Yeah DH, i could've..like Yaya and Barry but they each had poor spells towards the end and I think that was due to
them being pretty exhausted..Yaya showing more than he normally does.

Maybe "completely" is an overstatement but from what I was watching, despite the possession percentage being on our side for awhile, i thought Liverpool outplayed us. Yea their only goal was scored by us but I thought they deserved a draw as did we.

[Dubciteh]

Always dangerous to post too much while the adrenalin's still going but:
Joe Hart well done today ,wouldnt swap him for anyone.
Micah not convincing today.The main threat was coming from his wing and he wasnt getting close enough quick enough
Vinnie thought he started poorly but the shoulder goal lifted him and I thought he was generally good.
Lescott gutted at the goal. but that apart I thought he was excellent and handled the diver well when he marked him
Clichy very good performance and some very good support attacking
Milner really good effort game even if some of the attacking side wasnt great
Silva only flitted in and out and missed more passes than usual.Even looked disinterested a couple of times which I am sure he wasn't
Yaya when we had control of the game I thought he was key to it after a bit of an iffy start.When we lost control he was very poor as the game was moving too quickly for him
Aguero just not at his best at the mo and was peripheral.Poor decisions a couple if times when he shot and could have passed
Barry thought early on he was really good and although not stand out had a good consistent game
Mario what can I say.not sure how long he was on but I cant think of one thing he did right.Complete joke and deserved to be sent off imo.That 2nd challenge was ludicrous and for me intentional.
Dzeko just from that one run excellent

The ref I thought he was poor even though I reckon the sending off was ok.Too many of theirs got away with stuff but we got immediate punishment.Just a lttle inconsistent with decisions but I am glad it was only 3 minutes injury time and not 8 like OT.

Mancini I think the team selection was fine but I worry about our ability/his ability to recat to situations and set up a defensive wall when we have to hold on.

The funny thing about these ratings is you forgot about Nasri, which sums it up really for me about him.

Decent point for us, we were better 1st half but last 15 they couldve robbed it.

That's another point more than we got last season add in wins at OT and WHL we have 6 more than last season, if we match the rest of our results it should be enough to win the league....