Shane 2,275 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 City can have no complaints in my opinion. Penalty was given, get over it. I thought it was a penalty at the time and i've seen nothing to change my mind. Tough call for the ref to make.Red card was crazy by Demichelis, no need to bring Messi down. Let him score or have a shot, at least its only 1-0.City were poor all night in truth. Negredo put in a decent shift up front on his own but he was isolated. Thought Kolorav did well on the left. Barca didn't even have to get out of second gear to beat them.Onto tonight, I don't give Arsenal a hope. In terms of starting eleven, the bench and manager Bayern are better. City and better then Arsenal, and Bayern are better then Barca so I fear for Arsenal here. Think this could be 3 or 4 nil.By the way, How impressive were PSG last night? My tip for the Champions League this year. Zlatan needs to win it to go down as one of the greats. kellzfresh and robsblubot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Bayern is simply the best team I can ever think of, they have no weakness. They have world class players at every position , and a bench so strong I'm pretty sure a Bayern B team could make it semis of the UCL. It's fun to watch the decimate the Spanish giants, but I hate how they have a monopoly on all german talent. I really like Dortmund for whatever reason.But I still think barca at their peak is better. With Abidal, pique, puyol, n alves defensively they were actually pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 02If this was the Barcelona 3-4 years ago, would have agreed 100% but since it's not, then not so much. Barcelona are still a good side but not as good as the one years ago and far less intense. Even an average side in Milan and Ajax managed to get a positive result against Barcelona (the former - draw - and latter - a win) earlier in the competition. They are not all THAT great like you're trying to make them out to be really. Everything only happened for them yesterday after the sending off and yet in the first half, for all their chances, they created nothing and only seem to bother to keep the ball without doing anything for the sake of it.I agree they are not great as before. Messi was football god in their peak but injuries have slowed him down so far, when he gets back to form people will fear them again. They've changed their all out high pressing to more of a zonal pressing where they come back a bit deeper. Before they don't let opponents make more than 7 passes becos of the constant high pressure on you, so they were like dortmund with perfect possession play.But their possession still tires out opponents especially when they make the CM run around all game. Its more like how spain NT do, they hold aimless possession waiting for you to come out but tiring you out and ending up going all out in the 2nd half when opposition can't run as fast or cover as much space. Point I'm trying to make is their not the same level as before, (which was arguably the top 3 best ever footballing side and best in that 2009-2012 era) but they still end up being the 2nd best club in the world right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,312 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Taking their ball and going home. http://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=297762And their 'outside the box penalty' was nowhere near as bad as the one Ellery gave in the 94 cup final, so sshhh.....or the ones we should have had against the cheating catalan cunts in 2009. Piques handball, alves on malouda, two by yaya toure on Drogs and Anelka. Ovrebo you cunt. The only place to be 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bababoom 4,478 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Barcelona these days are so boring to watch, under Pep they were great mainly because they had the end product, whenever they were in the box a few 1-2s and they'll be in... but this Barca suck the life out of the game, constanly passing at a slow tempo with no end product at all. Weckerz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Barcelona these days are so boring to watch, under Pep they were great mainly because they had the end product, whenever they were in the box a few 1-2s and they'll be in... but this Barca suck the life out of the game, constanly passing at a slow tempo with no end product at all.I don't agree. I think they are an absolute joy to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edetarod 2,155 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 CityArsenal (loading)UtdChelsea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weckerz 3,781 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Reading this thread you'd think City got crushed, thought it was a pretty close game up until the red card...Was rooting for City, ah well. Roquila and TorontoChelsea 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Barca have been more direct this season tbf, but Martino played 4 CM's against City and that obviously affected their attack. Next game when they use Neymar alongside Messi and Pedro, I can see City put to the sword. kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Partridge 1,124 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I hope Bayern destroy Arsenal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,585 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Pellers is an idiot for those comments. Yeah it wasn't a penalty but to say that Barcelona won because the referee was on their side is bogus. Barca created enough to score at least 3.Hardly, he is just following the Mourinho guideline of blaming everyone else. But if that's an idiot thing to do then I assume that also makes Mourinho an idiot..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 But their possession still tires out opponents especially when they make the CM run around all game. Its more like how spain NT do, they hold aimless possession waiting for you to come out but tiring you out and ending up going all out in the 2nd half when opposition can't run as fast or cover as much space.Point I'm trying to make is their not the same level as before, (which was arguably the top 3 best ever footballing side and best in that 2009-2012 era) but they still end up being the 2nd best club in the world right now.Get your point about such teams holding possession to tire teams out etc but not sure that can be applied at all to yesterday's game when what eventually tired City, if anything, was because they had to chase the game with 10 men for nearly 40 minutes. You're right in saying City are not necessarily used to playing on the counter, pressing and all that but despite that, they did pretty well till Demichelis's brainfart moment early in the second half which obviously changed the game. They only pressed once the one ball reached certain areas and it's not like Barcelona were relentlessly passing the ball around to really tire City out. Watching Barcelona at times, you do wonder if that is actually their purpose or are they just afraid of losing possession (given their obsession) and passing it around for the sake it (sterile possession) or doing so because there no space allowed by opposition for them to create (which was the case yesterday at 11 v 11). kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Reading this thread you'd think City got crushed, thought it was a pretty close game up until the red card...Was rooting for City, ah well.In fact, after the red card, City had about as many chances as Barca did too. One horrible decision cost them badly. It' be better for us if City and Arsenal go through but they got brutal draws so it was always unlikely. Weckerz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Reading this thread you'd think City got crushed, thought it was a pretty close game up until the red card...Was rooting for City, ah well.They were actually the "better" team, they didn't look like conceding and they had the better chances.But there is no controversy for me, it was red card any day and if you watch the replay in real time, it was a penalty. kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Hardly, he is just following the Mourinho guideline of blaming everyone else. But if that's an idiot thing to do then I assume that also makes Mourinho an idiot.....When had Mourinho blamed the referees this season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Partridge 1,124 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Apparently Giroud has been left on the bench? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 In fact, after the red card, City had about as many chances as Barca did too. One horrible decision cost them badly. It' be better for us if City and Arsenal go through but they got brutal draws so it was always unlikely. i dont really agree with it. i think the confidence and momentum they would get by going through, would far outweight having to play a few extra matches kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,312 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Nice to see Arsenal get completely fucked tonite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohammed Seif 1,451 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Any expectations for Bayern vs Arsenal game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Partridge 1,124 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Wenger is mental, unless Giroud is injured. Mohammed Seif 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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