***City v Liverpool Official Match Thread***

[Harry Dowd scored]

I can understand some of the above views, in particular Peps apparent disdain for the paying fans, also the comments he has made implying City have little in the way of tradition/success and blowing smoke up rag and dippers arses.
Regards team selection v dippers I sometimes wonder if this done on purpose to make a statement of his lack of resources, the decision to play Steffen was disastrous, anybody remember the Saints game?
Let's hope there are no more disastrous team selections

[ayrshireblue]

If pep has just one more brain fart in each of the Prem and CL then we are done for - no ifs or buts, done for .

Dippers have a piss easy route to win both trophies and the kraut will keep playing his best team ,no matter what ,so we cannot afford for any fuckups.

Everything you say there is true Carl...but the same goes for the dippers too.
We are better equipped than them to handle it.
Their 1st team is unquestionably excellent and will push us to the limit mate, but I don't see them having the same level of quality on the bench as back up and they will defo need it in the coming weeks.
We know how to dig in and have the back up.

Whenever I watch them they always have the same team - incredible how they manage the whole season playing virtually the same players .

As the advert goes....."Red Bull gives you wings"...I don't know the truth but there are plenty of rumours regarding their juicing up on caffeine etc.
It may explain a few things.

I have noticed recently that towards the end of some games, whenever there is an injury, players rush to the sidelines and instead of the usual expected water, players are shoving energy gels down their throats.

In cycling, that is banned from the ;last 20K and is considered a form of cheating, punishable by fines and time being deducted.
If City have planned to strategically knacker the opposition out with constant passing and pressure, I believe that any player who is tiring should not be allowed to juice up to give him legs for the latter part of the game.
Performance enhancing should be totally banned.

Slightly wrong about the cycling, not allowed to take food from a team car within the last 20km but can consume gels and food that's already in the jersey pockets.

[Outcast]

Sadly, Mase's unbeaten streak for matchsays has come to an end. Let's see how he bounces back from this setback.