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1-3 FT.
The result was never really in doubt but truthfully the score could have easily been 5-3.
In the second half particularly, I really do not recall Fab making a save of note and their third was well taken but arguably against the run of play at that time.
Far from a bad day at the office, albeit, there were moments……….
Yea we ended up with the same result but so used to us being terrified for 90 minutes and hitting the odd counter attack
This city team is phenomenal, no shame in losing to this lot
That bodes well for me.
With him they are outstanding.
And when he plays particularly well like tonight, they are ridiculous
After they scored on 10 minutes I thought here we go again. As others have said I was happy to see that we didn’t just crumble but stayed in the game. Some decent passing at times that showed some intent. Definitely an improvement on last season. We all knew there would be some time needed to bed in the new players but even though we only have 3 points from 3 games I think they have been some promising signs.
I think we have picked up a bargain with AWB.
Paqueta has been disappointing. In the first half I think Bowen needed to come back more to help out AWB with Grealish.
The only disappointment from the transfer window is the lack of a decent striker that can hold up the ball. Antonio is not that player and so far Fulkrug hasn’t shown that he can do that role, although it is still early days. I also wondered why Lopetegui waited so long to take off Antonio.
Haaland is simply a beast with a deadly finish.
We gave it a real go, especially the 2nd half, with a little more luck could have scored 3 yesterday… Actually thought Antonio did as well as anyone in the 2nd half, won the ball, held it up etc etc…
Losing 3-1 to Man City is no shame especially the way we played in the 2nd half IMO ⚒️
First half was City being City & us not being good enough to raise our levels to compete. Haaland was being Haaland but giving the ball away in our own third & allowing him time to touch & shoot on his left foot, in our box, is asking for trouble. Having said that, I’d rather we did lose the ball trying to be brave & building play than Emerson just playing a safe channel ball to try & win a throw. So whilst Emerson/Paqueta were poor, the idea was correct. We did score with some brave, clever possession football & we did have another half chance with Kudus who dragged his shot wide. City clearly the dominant team & we were fortunate to be 2-1 down.
Second half was excellent. That’s as well as any side has played City for an entire 50 minutes, tactically. They didn’t really have any clear chances (apart from the breakaway Haaland goal) & we caused them problems, hitting the post/bar twice & stretching their defence, whilst also keeping ourselves in the game & in shape. It was a shame the 3rd went in as I think 2-1 would have almost been a moral victory on that second half performance but we all know the quality of City/Haaland.
Lots to build on, particularly second half & glimmers in the first. Paqueta is a worry, in terms of his form, & (again) not seeing a lot from Fullkrug when he does cameo. I would consider playing Paqueta on the left if he is to stay in the side as his sloppy play in the middle is putting us in trouble. But we were brave in that game over the course of the 90 & we certainly asked enough questions for them to feel like they were in a game. We lost the ball a few times but we were brave enough to try & play through the lines instead of hit Antonio & play for set-plays.
Shots first half
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Shots second half
9-13
Tells the story of the game.
Abu Dhabi royal Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the majority owner of Manchester City.
The current Premier League champions are part of the multi-club ownership structure, City Football Group (CFG).
CFG holds stakes in 13 football clubs over five continents.
Other clubs in the multi-club ownership structure include New York City FC and Melbourne City.
Sheikh Mansour is the deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates. He is also vice-chairman of Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala Investment Company, which reportedly manages a portfolio worth around £250bn.
Basically CFG could literally buy a squad capable of winning the World Cup without the pesky annoyance of having to use players born in the country ie to that end they can and have built such a team by spending huge amounts on the world’s best players as we see now. It’s little wonder they can steamroller over any other side probably in the world.
I for one used to like City but I now despise what they have become. Imo they have destroyed the English game as it’s now them and the runners up. There’s always going to be clubs with more wealth than others but this situation I think is just obscene.
We can only hope that they get severely punished for breaking the earlier rules but It’ll probably end up as a financial slap on the wrist as both City and Chelsea are too valuable to the Premier League when it comes to selling the TV rights overseas.
I hope City get properly held to account over the fair play rules and that Newcastle don't find a way around them. This would go a small way to creating a more level playing field.
“He had one problem in the half with his back. That’s why we changed,” he said.
Emerson? Mavropanos? Kilman?
And more than that, City’s money has ruined competition and turned the Premier League into another Bundesliga or Scottish Premiership.
There is NO way to built success without significant investment because the premcis so closed odd and the "elite" clubs make so much more
We will never win the prem, we have never had the chance to win the prem
But what we had was United Arsenal and Liverpool could poach our best players without us being able to do anything about it
Then chelsea came along, and then City, but the established elite nevercetopped spending and have spent more than City to try and compete, they just spend it worse
The others wanna compete, try harder and spend your money better
Arteta/Arsenal & Ten Haag/Untied have spent kings ransoms whhile City are making proftis, they ain't getting any sympathy form me
When I think back over my time I think the only real clubs that did it themselves were Clough's Forest, Robson's Ipswich, and Aston Villa (can't recall the manager), with Leicester being the only modern era club to take the crown from the big spenders.
I think Blackburn started the premiership attempts at buying a title but were eclipsed when Abromovich came along.
22/23 - Arsenal by 5 points (Arsenal's to lose)
21/22 - Liverpool by 1 point
20/21 - United by 12 points (outlier)
18/19 - Liverpool by 2 points
17/18 - United by 19 points
13/14 - Liverpool by 2 points
11/12 - United by GD
So 5 of 8 of the titles they won by less than a full 3 points, it's not like they are blowing the league away
I think Man City have had some of the greatest ever teams the league has ever seen, and they've been pushed close
For a team with "no history" are just forgetting that they won the title in 38 and 68? Or by building success we only gonna include the teams who took advantage of being the best when the revenue of the league began to soar as league 1 became the "Premier League"?
There was too much money in the prem before even Roman arrived, football was getting bigger and bigger and Roman and Mansour only sped that up. It's naive to think that it wouldn't
If Chelsea and city didn't exist, we'd be sitting here saying Man United hadwon 30 of the last 40 Prem titles.... yet City winning 8 in 13 seems to be sportwashing
Are Real Madrid sportwashing the champions league? Aren't they owned by the royal family?
Do people think the billionaire American owners are squeaky clean?
Just think the hypocrisy is ridiculous
They bought a club with big potential, invested into the business into the infrastructure of the club, best academy in the world, and taking advantage of a market already being taken advantage of by the elite
And last 4 years, their net spend is below I think 15 other prem clubs... but again, City are the only problem it seems