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he is way more dangerous and subtle in his manipulations. With Mourinho you always know what you are up against but Guardiola's slick modesty is way more spooky. If Mourinho turns up at your house with a knife in his hand you would just be having a laugh at his latest stupid joke but if its pep you can be sure he's already poisened you and just comes to finish you off.

13 tackles. cant recall ever having read such a high stat. and many of them crucial. Sterling beat him every time but Azpi recovered every time too and sneaked the ball from him until Sterling got fed up and only passed the ball backwards every time he faced Azpi.

Zielinski and Allen are hardly better than our midfielders. I think it is of course due to the players around, the fullbacks not being an offensive outlet, not comfortable on the ball enough but also in the Serie A the DLP is hardly pressed as high as today. Jorginho has to evolve his game.

injury looked nasty. sorry but i really do not buy that. Pure CMF? In what formation does that exist. one in the mid 3 of a 4-3-3 is as close to pure cmf as it gets. It is not the coaches fault, that Kovacic has 0 offensive output. I like the guy and the shift he turns in but he is not remarkable at anything except his technique but he neither has above-average defensive nor offensive stats. At some point a player has to add value and it is not enough to look neat and tidy with the ball at his feet. Kovacic has all the talent in the world but he needs to develop because what he is showing now he has shown for 4 years. It is not the solution to build a formation around a stagnating player. If Sarri wants him to play "AMF" which is a position that IMO does not exist in our formation then this is a damn good opportunity to work on his offensive output.

Jorginho is so figured out. NO idea why the Serie A could not do it in years but the prem really has sussed his game within 4 months. Needs to adapt be a bit more variable with his positioning and passing range. I know he has it in him cos he is fast in his mind and has decent technical ability but he has to step it up a notch

Alonso was quality today tho. won like every tackle in the 2nd half and did not wander out of position. his misplaced passes in the first were painful but every single one of our players was shit in that regard in the first 45. Alonso's defensive solidity however completely fucked up City's gameplan as they were vying to exploit him. They then shifted to attack our right side and shifted sterling there after Sane was taken off, which made it easier for us. I still hope he gets dropped for emerson tho. btw hope kovacic is not seriously injured. The difference between him and Barkley in regards to comfortability on the ball was blatant.

lol. i like how city can not handle frustration. That is why they are not a classy team and why they have not won the cl last year. just can not handle not getting their way, little sissies. never understood you have to suffer first to win the big prizes.

hazard 12 games without a goal. imagine how morata would get slated for such a streak and rightly so. A game of unlikely heroes. Alonso has been absolutely faultless today. no wonder they attacked almost only over Azpi's side. And Luiz comfortably MOTM.

lol the false kick-off trick. classic.

damn. we are winning every header. just should cross more.

lol that folden midget must have robbed a douglas for all the kajal he is wearing

i am ok with continuing to play without giroud/morata if this means having RLC up there. He is just as big and powerful but more comfortable on the ball.

LOLZ. 5 tall guys vs 2 tall ones in the box. that would not have happend with mourinho in peps place^^

well the needless defeats vs wolves, spurs and all those needless draws hurt even more now we put the best team on the planet to the sword. still not over tho

lolz. well with that height advantage we were bound to score a header at some point.

i would be amazed if they received one at all

is RLC at least playing false 9 then? towers over the midgets all the same

ffs willian. all the big guys are up, massive height advantage and he does not beat thefirst man

bring on giroud goddamn

hazard the fucker. could have easily released willian

lol Delph must be their alonso. how the hell is that guy in that team

the ref is so damn corrupted. does not spot the offside and then gifts a corner

hazard has been shit for some time now. if he does not commit i am more than happy to take any 9 digit figure for him.

gündogan the fascist is coming on.

good from jorginho we were one man short and he took one for the team. anyway. i am super comfortable with kovacic being replaced by barkley. adds height too.