***CITY v Zagreb CL Official Match Thread ***

[zuricity]

Zagreb is the worst team I've seen since watching the arse vs rags yesterday

that's a long time !

[sheblue]

Hopefully pep has given them a good rollocking!!!!

[bigblue]

Shame Kev is out because he and Mahrez are showing good chemistry and helps us better exploit the right hand side.

From what I've seen of Cancelo he should be able to linkup well with Mahrez, maybe they just need a few more minutes together

[PeterParker]

The Crane is a fucking spastic once again.

[bigblue]

Amazing how Fern is 5x better than Otter when defending someone dribbling at him

[Mase]

Shame Kev is out because he and Mahrez are showing good chemistry and helps us better exploit the right hand side.

Kev is Robinho and Mahrez is Ireland that one season

[bigblue]

how have we not scored yet, its almost getting comical

[bigblue]

we keep crossing it in the air to a bunch of midgets

[PrezIke]

Gundo loves floating those short passes into the box. Too bad we have no one big enough who can really get them.

[blues2win]

Raheem coming on. About time.

[blues2win]

Bernie off. Lets get Raheem running at them.

[PrezIke]

Problem is we can't counter attack at all.

I almost wonder if he should take out a centre half and get on another midfielder....Foden?

[Mase]

Bernardo's confidence must be shot to fuck the way he's been treated by Pep since the start of the season.

[PrezIke]

Bernardo's confidence must be shot to fuck the way he's been treated by Pep since the start of the season.

Yeah, Pep hasn't even stuck up for him at all after that Twitter post. Poor man management.

[bigblue]

Bernardo's confidence must be shot to fuck the way he's been treated by Pep since the start of the season.

bit over the top there. unless you think bernardo has the confidence of a teenage girl

[Tim777]

https://twitter.com/StuBrennanMEN/status/1179116699536244736

Hello stranger!!

Hi there Ian.

I seriously think it's a confidence issue with all these missed chances, to do with the crap undertones we keep facing with UEFA. We can and should have put 4 or 5 away already.
Zagreb is not exactly setting the stage on fire; let's hope Pep is reading them their rights and we see some progress in the 2nd half.

[PrezIke]

I like this guy Cancelo tho

[stevefromdonny]

we are way to slow, no movement at all so we keep passing back ffs, move the ball a lot faster into the box instead of silly 5 yd passes near the box

[Mase]

Bernardo's confidence must be shot to fuck the way he's been treated by Pep since the start of the season.

Yeah, Pep hasn't even stuck up for him at all after that Twitter post. Poor man management.

What's the Twitter post got to do with dropping him? Or do you think he's been taken off because of it?

[PrezIke]

https://twitter.com/StuBrennanMEN/status/1179116699536244736

Hello stranger!!

Hi there Ian.

I seriously think it's a confidence issue with all these missed chances, to do with the crap undertones we keep facing with UEFA. We can and should have put 4 or 5 away already.
Zagreb is not exactly setting the stage on fire; let's hope Pep is reading them their rights and we see some progress in the 2nd half.

Tim! Sup mate!?

Hope you're well.

Zagreb have no interest in playing football tonight so we have very few chances to counter and get chances from winning the ball back as we often do.

I think no Laporte is also evident as we lack that threat of his long passes, and no KDB either hurts our chances on the right.

I think we'll nick it still. Fingers crossed.