GWT: UEFA Champions League Group Stage Matchday 3

[cgf]

Ben Arfa trying to do too much on every touched ball and playing absolutely horribly...
Of course, since he never plays and has zero confidence and match preparation, and that he wants to show his value and puts pressure on himself for those 10 minutes, it can't be any other way.

Which gives Emery bragging rights.

whispers: loan him back to Nice in the winter

Or BMG for that matter. Playing three of Raffael, Ben Arfa, Stindl & Hazard in their attacking trident would be awesome, even with injuries playing their part.

 

[hatterson]

Messi just making City's defenders look horrible.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Barcelona and their penalty kicks, Neymar did essentially "a Zaza"

 

[Scandale du Jour]

It wouldn't be the Champion's League if Citeh didn't look terrible.

Three goals for Ozil, nice.

 

[Alex Jones]

Messi just making City's defenders look horrible.

They are horrible. Otamendi is awful.

 

[Theokritos]

One vs one against the goalkeeper only makes Neymar overthink things. Give him a few defenders to beat too and it works better.

 

[cgf]

If only raffael hadn't gotten hurt and BMG had held onto something from the Barca match *sigh*

 

[Evilo]

PSG better in the second half although Basel hit another post and had a penalty not given.

Most awful 3-0 win ever however

 

[MrFunnyWobbl]

Barca cant score pens

 

[Deficient Mode]

Probably would've been a different game if Bravo doesn't have that brain fart, especially with Pique off for Mathieu and Aguero coming on.

MAtS has been great, media should be a bit off his back now after what transpired in the Celta game

Yeah, if there's one good thing that came out of this game it's that MaTS decisively crushed the goalkeeper narratives. He made some brilliant saves and Bravo had that huge brainfart (and like every other City player who might have reached the ball just stood around on the first goal).

Eventually City are going to have to make a decision on Sterling. He has dribbling and gets into good positions, but doesn't have a great final ball either passing or shooting. Hard to dump a guy that is continually causing havoc in the final third, but so often it ends in nothing.

I wasn't aware there was even a question of getting rid of him.

 

[Live in the Now]

Sterling just isn't ready to play against Barcelona and look good. But neither was anyone else who played for Manchester City. Bravo, Zabaleta, David Silva, Otamendi, Fernandinho, and Nolito are all nearly ten years older than Sterling and all did not look good.

 

[kabidjan18]

Besiktas picked apart the left side of Napoli. This one might be fun.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Not sure what Pep was thinking not starting Kun but thanks for the 3pts.

 

[Power Man]

Joe Hart wouldn't have gotten a red

 

[Power Man]

Pep is incredible. Barcelona are invincible at home when Pep is involved

 

[Deficient Mode]

Joe Hart wouldn't have gotten a red

Pep is incredible. Barcelona are invincible at home when Pep is involved

 

[MrFunnyWobbl]

 

[Power Man]

Well to be fair it's Ibra

 

[Deficient Mode]

Well to be fair it's Ibra

Yeah and none of MSN are capable of something like that

 

[Vasilevskiy]

hahaha, that goal will never get old, just incredible.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

We didn't deserve to win 4-0 but I will take the win.
Not starting Aguero was a... weird decision by Pep.
City played ok but made 3 or 4 idiotic mistakes.

I thought Sterling didn't look bad, but as you all say, he does everything except the last play, and makes a bad choice there every single time.

 

[Power Man]

Yeah and none of MSN are capable of something like that

That's actually true tbh

 

[Evilo]

That's actually true tbh

Lol yes. MSN is capable of many things Ibra can't do (well, mostly Messi), but there's no player outside Ibra who can do that

 

[Vipers31]

Lol yes. MSN is capable of many things Ibra can't do (well, mostly Messi), but there's no player outside Ibra who can do that

Oh, there definitely are. There just really may not be any player crazy enough to go for it.

 

[Evilo]

Frankly I don't think many players can send overhead kicks from that way out.
And indeed, few have the confidence to even attempt it and think it'll work