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Chukwueze!!!!

Nice one

Segedinho:
My opinion on this game is the mid field was dead....

Kante and kovacic were just too far from each other.
Ziyech and pulisic were too lazy to help out...so there weren't and sync on the midfields.

Havetz would have been worse cos he himself is lazy.

Man city tends to over crowd and wins d ball easily...long ball to pacy players would have done some magic..

we missed in-form mount..........

Also,kova-kante partnership was useless today

No way Havertz would've been worse than Ziyech(especially) and Pulisic...no way.

But how was Sarr today?

He gets a pass mark from me. I felt he was good in defence.

His long range passing is off though.

drisham:
I miss chilly b and RJ

As in!!

In any case, Kovacic was my player of the match today. Granted he lost the ball too many times in dangerous areas, but I'll forgive him because of how closely he was marked in those situations.

Made a number of tackles/recoveries, and his dribbling did help relieve pressure on a number of occasions. Made that pass for Lukaku too, the best chance we had.

Almajirihunter:
And for those who were comparing prime Ivanovic to Prime Azpi, I no know Wetin to tell una sef

Relax, no be prime azpi you dey watch so.

Besides their strengths were in different facets of the game (attack and defence?

I really would like to hear what Tuchel would like to day about the approach. I understand City tend to peg teams back, but you can't tell me we didn't allow them that leisure to an extent.

The wag we played in the opening stages of the second half, why couldn't we play at similar levels for most of the match? The same thing even he complained of yesterday, is what we did again.

I don't think we allowed them peg us back like this last season, when we won three in a bounce.



And it's a shame James and Chilwell are both out long-term.

Wetin dem do Alonso today...chai

Looking at that KDB goal again...just realized him and Kante were in a similar situation in the UCL final. But Kante executed that one to perfection.

It's a shame he was off today.

Carabao, club world cup and super cup no go bad for this season.

Deserved jare

Thecassanova:
Ziyech cannot run or what

Na Walker dey with am sha...I no too blame am there.

A lot better from us already...now the chances ate coming

Kovacic na the man abeg...nice one so far.

Lukaku did the right thing by going early...nice save Ederson.

iamoyindamola:
Lukaku hasn't done anything wrong in this game, he's just starved

Lukaku hasn't done anything wrong?

He's starved, yes, but there's been one or two moments when he messed up a potentially promising situation.

Besides the big man cannot hustle like the other guys like Havertz and Mount. I fear he won't have a desirable impact in this game.

And shoutout to Kepa jare.

Very annoying rubbish

Bar that poor mistake, Kovacic has been very good. Defenders just about doing okay.

But this approach is killing me.

Let this man remove Ziyech and Lukaku asap. Havertz and Mount should come on abeg. Not even one shot, but there were a couple of situations we could've taken advantage of if only we'd made the simple pass necessary.

Showtime

Big test for Sarr today.

Although he's come up against City before, with Porto in the UCL last season - and he got lots of plaudits for his performance.

Chilwell❌
James❌
Christensen❌
Chalobah❌


That's an entire back line ffs.

Then add Mendy❌

Na wa

Tuchel visibly angry when asked if teams are taking advantage of/manipulating the covid rules

“I strongly hope that’s not the case otherwise I will be very angry!” 😠

Thomas Tuchel was asked whether teams are beginning to push the boundaries in terms of getting matches postponed due to injuries and AFCON 👀#CFC pic.twitter.com/1MP2QDEsHO

— Hayters TV (@HaytersTV) January 14, 2022

Amoto94:
"Kenedy is back and I am very happy about it. It is a huge opportunity for him to make his mark at this club and team. I will not talk as if Kenedy is THE solution but he is a solution." Tuchel on Kennedy
Source: Nizaar Kinsella

So...perhaps he'll be given a chance, rather than loaned out?

I hope so.

Tuchel on defeat to Man City in September:

"My approach was the wrong approach, it made us too passive and defensive. It wasn't meant like this but it turned out like this. So lesson learned."

BlueMann:
We have a new positive covid case...Tuchel will confirm who it is shortly.

It's Andreas Christensen.

We have a new positive covid case...Tuchel will confirm who it is shortly.

timbros:
Which of our youth team lost to Arsenal 4-1 few days ago?

I didn't know that happened

Modified: It's the U21s...Vale and co. were part of that team. Twas one cup competition like that.

My guy Mbuyamba got a red card. I read that they wasted loads of chances.

Our U-18s were in action in the FA Youth cup yesterday, and Harvey Vale shone really bright; scored a brace, including the winning goal in extra time, and made a last minute goal line block as we won 3-2 against Watford.

Arsenal having no choice but to park titanic...Liverpool haven't troubled Ramsdale like that sef since the red card, I dare say he had more to do even before the sending off.

Jodera:
Ohh.. This is another valid point, I get you now.
Hopefully the other matches come alive.

If feel the reason for the low goalscoring games in match day 1 is due to players missing easy and big chances and not because the chances were few created. So many teams missed a whole lot of big chances.

To me this is a pointer that we might be in for a lively match day 2

Gbam. A good example is that Guinea Bisseau (abi na Equatorial Guinea) match. They were wasting chances like mad.

Meanwhile, why must Xhaka do his best to make life hard for you pipu

Jodera:
I don't think so yet.

Actually only Cameroon have not played binary goals in this campaign. Let's see if others can break it aside Cameroon

I mean in terms of goals difference in a single match...They won 4-1...that's 3 goals difference.

Since na 1 goal difference or none at all

Anyways, hopefully the competition comes alive with this result.

The binary barrier is broken

raumdeuter:
Pep has been hyping Tuchel for many years now and Tuchel has had nothing to show to justify Peps hype on him. The best way to promote him is to allow him win

Its like Davido hyping a singer for years, withhout any hit song, So he kuku allowed him to take the first verse on a Davido song

AlmajiriHunter

Shey u see am