We weren't great but we certainly weren't awful!Somerset Blue wrote:Hansen said we were awful for the first 44 minutes, don't agree with that.
Bojinov's left foot wrote:IMO not enough credit given to City at all. Did we not score 4 and end Chelsea's long unbeaten home record??
Apologies if already covered.
Am I right in saying that our ECWC victory was pretty much ignored by the British press too? I seem to recall being told that the scum had won something (a corner?) and all the back-pages were about them?john68 wrote:If your expecting any of the TV companies to give city any credit or respect, you'd better pack a lot of sandwiches, cos you'll be waiting a long time.
I have mentioned before that when we won the League in 1968, the MOTD cameras were at the swamp and we were ignored.
nowt has changed.
Patrick wrote:The final summary mentioned everything apart from city beating chelsea!
I was gobsmacked
I think the only reason they avoided that particular cliché is because Chelsea's team actually cost more than ours.sandman wrote:I was actually very impressed with the BBC's coverage of the match, I half expected them just to show the handshake that never was, undeservedly slag off bridge, show the goals, show some missed shots by chelsea, blame the ref for sending two players off for the wrong side, mention the word "millions", then sum it all up by saying we got lucky and Chelsea are hard done by.
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