Manchester City 1-0 Newcastle United (19/08/23)

[Gaztoon]

Defence exceptional.

 

City ( best team on the planet) beat most teams 4/5 nil tonight.. 

 

We'll be there at the end 

[andycap]

Too many errors or bad choices in promising positions by our main threats. Bruno and his shot when to his left he had isaak and Barnes. 

Then Wilson with three runners and runs into there centreback. Bringing on livramento to late and then not even trying to find him with the ball. 

[Stifler]

1 minute ago, 54 said:

A 1-0 battling loss at the Etihad is as good as you could ever ask for realistically. We're getting closer to them, but out season isn't defined by this game. Anything from it is a bonus. The fact we didn't lose a substantial amount of goal difference is handy.

 

Now let's go and smash Liverpool.

You touch on a good point there.

Our season may not be defined by this game, but I think City’s maybe. They have beaten us in a difficult game, but their rivals may not be able too.

[Collage]

Bit disappointed that we didn’t create more, but expected a loss. They’re a level above, although boring. Pep is possibly the greatest manager ever but I’ll never love his style, his possession above all philosophy.

[AJ9]

I don’t think we were awful, but they were so much better. Not sure how you actually hurt them, as they don’t have a single weakness. Having said that, we had small opportunities but no shame on any player really. The only teams that can get close to these are ones with genuinely world class players in them that take those chances. We don’t have those (yet). 
 

Massive shout out to Schar and Botman though. They were absolutely colossal.

[Aiston]

Anderson and Longstaff with the worst pass success rate for us. 

 

Longstaff looked considerably worse than him though.

[The Prophet]

The lads did themselves proud, limited City to less than a handful of chances and were competative throughout.

 

Frustratingly we never laid a glove on them. Bruno and Tonali were both decent in the middle, but Kovacic and Foden were different gravy.

 

Despite plenty of effort, their press was absolutely suffocating, their quality on the ball superb and they ultimately had too much quality all over the pitch.

 

Schar was my MotM with Botman and Bruno honourable mentions. Not a result to beat ourselves up about by any means.

[Numbers]

Pep celebrating in front of the 300 fans that have stayed.

[Rich]

Akanji might be my favourite defender in the league.

[buzz]

15 losses at the Etihad.  Even with their money that's shocking

[KaKa]

Could have snuck a cheeky draw today. Ah well. Defence was so impressive I thought.

 

We'll continue to learn and get better. No disgrace tonight.

 

Grealish again doing nothing but people will continue to say he's been class for Man City. Foden yet again showing him how it's done, class player.

[JB]

Not a bad result again this ridiculous Man City team, we were great defensively but they only need one chance. On another day maybe we could have snatched a goal but it wasn't to be.

[toontownman]

Playing Sam Fender to rub it in lol

[Mahoneys Tache]

We’ve got fucking murdered there for a decade and more. Plenty of teams will get murdered there this season, but we didn’t. 

[Beth]

Decent performance but the better side won. Howe needs to have a word with Tindall like, he's like Phil Brown on acid but even more perma-tanned.

[Yorkie]

2 minutes ago, Mike said:

They're just absolutely in another stratosphere to us atm.

 

If we're hoping to be as good as Pep's City at home - aka, by a distance the best team the league has ever seen - then we'll never be satisfied. 

[HaydnNUFC]

Just now, Conjo said:

People slagging off Almiron, Burn and Longstaff calling them fucking shite, useless etc etc can go fuck themselves btw.

 

I agree when people go OTT, but Almiron and Longstaff were poor tonight. Especially the latter when he came on.

[midds]

Not going to get too downbeat about that, it's the toughest fixture in the whole sport. They're still way way better than we are but we'll get there eventually. Take it on the chin and focus on nailing those scouse cunts to the fucking wall next week 

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

2 minutes ago, Hanshithispantz said:

Knowing that if they lose the ball they won't see it again for 5 minutes probably plays a part, but being that dreadful on the ball is so aggrivating to watch.

massively nervous. It happens when you play a good side. You’re always going to overthink and worry. 

[kingxlnc]

This is a game where ASM would have been useful.

[Dr. TC]

Just now, The Prophet said:

The lads did themselves proud, limited City to less than a handful of chances and were competative throughout.

 

Frustratingly we never laid a glove on them. Bruno and Tonali were both decent in the middle, but Kovacic and Foden were different gravy.

 

Despite plenty of effort, their press was absolutely suffocating, their quality on the ball superb and they ultimately had too much quality all over the pitch.

 

Schar was my MotM with Botman and Bruno honourable mentions. Not a result to beat ourselves up about by any means.

I thought Bruno was pretty terrible. 

 

Almiron was quality I thought, but I agree Botman and Schar were imperious. 

[Decky]

We’re a different level to last season man. Eddie Howe. What a job he is doing and our players man. 

[joeyt]

City's players are all pretty press resistant, with their keeper being ridiculously good at passing. They were pretty exceptional with the ball tonight unfortunately for us

[KaKa]

Just now, Rich said:

Akanji might be my favourite defender in the league.

 

£15 million. Embarrassing for the rest of the football world. Top class defender.

[Cronky]

The problem is that City are very good both physically and technically. They win nearly all the 50-50 challenges, close down very quickly and then use the ball very well.

 

I'm glad we at least had a go at them in the second half, and could have nicked something. If only Miggy could take advantage of the situations that he sometimes creates with his pace and hard work. But I suppose if he could, City would have got him.

 

I found all the pre-match celebrations and all the fawning over them very hard to take, considering the question marks over how it's been achieved financially. There seems to be a ban on mentioning that on TV.

 

 

Edited August 19, 2023 by Cronky