I want to see us scoring some more of the type of our first goal yesterday. It's a template goal, the type City has gained notoriety for scoring. Isolate the keeper and slide the ball to the byline. That goal had four main actors:

1. Pereira who freed up space on the byline by escaping tight marking from 3 defenders and gave the ball to:

2. Mata who promptly spotted the space vacated by defenders closing down Andreas and then initiated a quick pass combo with:

3. Matic who was visionary enough to get on Mata's wavelength and return the pass that Mata quickly slid across the face of goal for:

4. Ashley Young to finish off. Credits to Young as the angle was tight.

That is City's prime attacking pattern along with the fierce KDB crosses.

GloryIsaac:
It should be more about getting them to form a very good partnership upfront, rather than knocking one down to praise the other, especially when we've seen what Martial is capable of.

Club doesn't even have a good AM, so why not go with a SS upfront...

I share same point of view especially against teams that pack the bus.

afrodoc2:


The same way they travelled to meet with Bruno Fernandes’s representatives last window and ended up spending weeks on the journey without reaching their destination.

They entered a boat and got lost at sea...

DeadPresidents:
I want to see us scoring some more of the type of our first goal yesterday. It's a template goal, the type City has gained notoriety for scoring. Isolate the keeper and slide the ball to the byline. That goal had four main actors:

1. Pereira who freed up space on the byline by escaping tight marking from 3 defenders and gave the ball to:

2. Mata who promptly spotted the space vacated by defenders closing down Andreas and then initiated a quick pass combo with:

3. Garner who was visionary enough to get on Mata's wavelength and return the pass that Mata quickly slid across the face of goal for:

4. Ashley Young to finish off. Credits to Young as the angle was tight.

That is City's prime attacking pattern along with the fierce KDB crosses.

I agree with this assessment.
We dont need to do it as well as City but if we can perfect moves like that well enough, we'd be better equipped at breaking down bus-parking teams which has been our number one problem this season.

DeadPresidents:
I want to see us scoring some more of the type of our first goal yesterday. It's a template goal, the type City has gained notoriety for scoring. Isolate the keeper and slide the ball to the byline. That goal had four main actors:

1. Pereira who freed up space on the byline by escaping tight marking from 3 defenders and gave the ball to:

2. Mata who promptly spotted the space vacated by defenders closing down Andreas and then initiated a quick pass combo with:

3. Garner who was visionary enough to get on Mata's wavelength and return the pass that Mata quickly slid across the face of goal for:

4. Ashley Young to finish off. Credits to Young as the angle was tight.

That is City's prime attacking pattern along with the fierce KDB crosses.

Number 3 was Matic

Chrisus:


Number 3 was Matic

Oh. My bad. The weight of the pass and the urgency was so unlike Matic.

I don't think we should overstate the bus parking teams being an issue. Yes we have problems with them but losing points to West Ham, Bournemouth, Aston Villa and even Newcastle was not because those teams parked the bus.

Greenwood just won the UEL player of the week...

Good thing he beat Jota to it.

MRTA7:
I don't think we should overstate the bus parking teams being an issue. Yes we have problems with them but losing points to West Ham, Bournemouth, Aston Villa and even Newcastle was not because those teams parked the bus.

Against those teams, you can hardly catch them 1 on 1

Farewell??

adebayo201:
Farewell??

Japa

adebayo201:
Farewell??

I don't think so, fam.

Pogba don go philosophical with him yarns.

That is how we will wake up one morning to news that Pogba is going to Madrid without any noise.

But ordinary decision to just travel lasan not that they have met the representatives or a deal has been brokered. Na to announce the intent of travelling.

codedguy1:
Pogba don go philosophical with him yarns.

That is how we will wake up one morning to news that Pogba is going to Madrid without any noise.

But ordinary decision to just travel lasan not that they have met the representatives or a deal has been brokered. Na to announce the intent of travelling.

The guy name never enter manifest for upper Iweka, them done announce say him go soon land Eko Miami.

Ed Wayward PR is premium abeg

adebayo201:
Abeg, is this how they announced for other clubs too??

Shey them no fit make transfer without publicising it??

Ed PR guys at work again. This one is in reply to Liverpool capturing that Salzburg dude.
Believe at your own peril.

chidexxy007:



Ed PR guys at work again. This one is in reply to Liverpool capturing that Salzburg dude.
Believe at your own peril.

Tor... I refuse to be deceived.

Ravioli:


I don't think so, fam.

E go shock you like electric.

Na which kind injury him get wey he never recover since?? I don already tell am bye bye for my mind sha.

I saw this somewhere. Abeg no be my writing oo

But but Firmino is the 'ultimate pressing machine' (Jim Beglin voice)


Jogo Bonito Jesse Lingard FFS

eph12:

Against those teams, you can hardly catch them 1 on 1

Is that a counter to my post?

MRTA7:


Is that a counter to my post?

Results are dependent on a couple of incidents, things are not isolated in football. What I stated was one of the causes

Been off this thread a while and I come back to same dumb Bleep analysis as I left here.

I keep reading analysis like it was unwise that we spent 130m on the defense and it was unnecessary...I’m like seriously? Did a human just type that shit? Combo of smalling and Jones were purely atomic bombs waiting detonation in our team over the years and hell were they detonated times without number. A dumb Bleep here also said the defense wasn’t the problem but just the midfield and attack. Hell did we have problems in all departments in this team and the easiest to fix was the defense which was rightly done, next window we focus on midfield or and attack. And then comes a decent bench. A good defense starts with confidence and hell were smalling and jones lacking all that, mag and linds partnership have calmed the play down and less frantic at the back.

And for those dumb bleeps saying Bissaka is useless, damn! Never have I seen more useless football comment in my life. Stupid online loud mouths everywhere.

Watford are really sitting deep, let's see how Liverpool go about breaking them down.

patrickmuf:
Watford are really sitting deep, let's see how Liverpool go about breaking them down.

Counter-attack and quick passes...

Doucoure should have scored though.

Watford is their own problem... Professional players miskicking the ball anyhow right in front of the opposition goal.

GloryIsaac:


Counter-attack and quick passes...

Doucoure should have scored though.

Look at the 2nd miss by Watford
Smh

GloryIsaac:


Counter-attack and quick passes...

Doucoure should have scored though.

They've missed 2 big chances already.

patrickmuf:
They've missed 2 big chances already.

It’s a conspiracy.

The FA instructed them not to score as a way of preventing City from winning the league.

LiVARpool SMH