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the blue panther said:
They'll have gone off the boil completely by the time they get to us. What could be worse than a visit to our fortress when they haven't played for the best part of 3 weeks, and lost all momentum.
They're ****ed.
Need Saka to score so he can do this.
Can't let this guy score lol
They were also physically too much for us. I remember Akanji driving with the ball from his own half through our midfield like it wasn't there.Whoever gets the goal first, will get a huge advantage in this game. Because chasing the game against Arsenal, City or Liverpool means you have to take more risks defensively, and even if you take your time to get back into the game, its still not a position you want to be in against the top 3 sides.
Arteta needs to do something different tactically, not seen before and that can catch City out, even for a moment. If we remember last season at the Etihad, it was that on field swap between De Bruyne and Haaland that bamboozled our defense. If we remember, it was De Bruyne scoring, and Haaland providing the assist for the first goal, and I'd say the opposite was expected by our defense and our man to man markers. De Bruyne was expected to assist and hence was less marked than Haaland.
In the Emirates game earlier this season, we had Havertz and Tomiyasu push up to occupy their defenders and win the aerial ball for the knock down. It was something that Arteta substituted TP5 and Tomiyasu on for specifically. Something like this will be needed again on the day.
A draw is not the end of the world, but I think a win is important here. Its going to be very difficult of course, but this is exactly the game you perform in to send a message to the dressing room (in a potential semi final second leg) and the rest of the league as well.
Think we'll win this one, it will be a tight 0-1 or 1-2.
They were also physically too much for us. I remember Akanji driving with the ball from his own half through our midfield like it wasn't there.
The most complete forward England has ever seen...
... reading those posts Oxeki posted from the City forums, they are SO LUCKY they got their oil money otherwise this would always be their club.
Titi was truly in a league of his own. Opposition couldn't get near him. Pace, power, trickery, creativity, he was the complete package.
I get so offended when the likes of Shearer, Drogba, Aguero, Kane and Haaland get compared to him. None of them get close. If I'm being completely honest, the only PL striker who can be mentioned in the same breath is Suarez. And even then, he isn't better than Henry - no chance.
The GOAT.
Don't buy it for a second
This is what I was thinking. So why do they have such a good record at the Etihad?Nice thing about City is if you play well enough to win, you can actually get a result without the crowd being a factor like Anfield for instance