by carl_feedthegoat » Wed Apr 24, 2019 9:46 pm
Ok then...If you wont take my word for it then take Martin Samuels.
It was in the final 45 minutes that the real City turned up. They had seemed nervy before half-time, slower than usual, to Pep Guardiola's immense annoyance.
That changed once he got into them and with the fortuitous introduction of Leroy Sane after 51 minutes.
Fortuitous because he came on for Fernandinho, who went off injured after a bruising – although entirely fair – tackle with Paul Pogba.
It was Wayne Rooney who described how Pogba hurt players in the tackle without even intending it. He was just build that way. Fernandinho seemed to get a foot stuck in the turf challenging him. Bold as ever, Guardiola dropped Ilkay Gundogan into his position and brought on a flying wideman, Sane. That changed City, and the game.
They got faster, became ferociously hard to contain, started dictating the play at the pace the manager demanded.
I rest my case.
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carl_feedthegoat on Wed Apr 24, 2019 9:47 pm, edited 2 times in total.
THEY SAY SWEARING IS DUE TO A LIMITED VOCABULARY. I KNOW THOUSANDS OF WORDS, BUT I STILL PREFER "FUCK OFF" TO "GO AWAY"