Man City 6- Leicester 3 post match thread.

[SMX11]

Those two corners unfortunately ruined what was bright comeback in the second half.

[turlo]

Got to take some of the positives going forward into the next game. Bin off Vestergaard and Albrighton (as a full back) for Wilf and Castagne to make us a stronger at the back and go for the fkers 

[foxes_rule1978]

Won the second half 3-2 

[Kinowe Soorie]

Don’t like to lose, ever. But not as bad as I was expecting.

Well done to the fans, great performance from them!

[Bert]

Damage was obviously done in the first half. But pleased with the response and really, we went toe to toe with them. They only had one more shot than us. Considering the starting 11 and the injuries it was pleasing to see us come out and have a go. Maddison fantastic. Yep we’ve lost but something to take into the next game. 

[Royston.]

1 minute ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Does he actually do anything or is he just around for the "bantz"? 

He's stitching Rodgers up so he can take over when Rodgers jumps ship/gets fired/dies

[StanSP]

I was 100% expecting a record-breaking victory for Man City given it was 4-0 after 25mins.

 

To score 3 shows a good reaction but then the lack of adequate defending kills us once again. Two silly goals from corners, two silly penalties given away, and I think just quality showed on the day over our depleted squad. 

 

It's still not good enough but purely on a basic level, I didn't expect a win or any points, and it ended up like that. We scored 3 decent goals going forward - Maddison and iheanacho deserve a decent amount of credit. 

[marcymarc446]

My score prediction was 7 nil to them so I'm well chuffed, getting the beers in

 

[The Guvnor]

Two brain fart pens conceded and two goals from all at sea corners.

All in all not too bad for a sticky plaster  team selection.

Edited 26 December 2021 by The Guvnor

[Tielemans63]

Imagine what might be possible if we could defend set pieces 

[whoareyaaa]

Second half we played like brazil

[Vazman]

1 minute ago, Dahnsouff said:

How the hell is Pep going to justify that?  

Justify what, winning; to be fair his pre match comments about the Foxes were complementary, I'm sure he will just say I told you Leicester are a threat blah, blah, blah.

[The Quick Brown Fox]

"Right boss, we are 1 goal away from the comeback, what should we do?"

 

"Let's take youri off and put Hamza on, that'll show em"

[sdb]

Didn't watch it but how can a team be THIS bad at defending, especially at set pieces? As a manager/coach, you'd not sleep until it was fixed, surely? Has BR not slept for about 300 days? 

[yorkie1999]

First things first, get rid of Schmeichel. Any goalie that needs 4-5 players round him in the 6 yard box lacks confidence in his own abilities …. U11s day one page one. 

[David Hankey]

1 minute ago, turlo said:

Got to take some of the positives going forward into the next game. Bin off Vestergaard and Albrighton (as a full back) for Wilf and Castagne to make us a stronger at the back and go for the fkers 

"take some positives" another horrible phrase particularly when you've just been stuffed.

[5waller5]

Man City 4 + Referee 2  -V-  LCFC 3

Edited 26 December 2021 by 5waller5

[l444ry]

Another game goes by when the tactics and selection for the first half get put right in the second. Happens far too often. That looked like carnage after 45 so we have to be pleased for small mercies.  

[NaijaFox]

BTW, while it is NOT the reason we lost...

The match officials royally SUCK fat balls! 

 

Edited 26 December 2021 by NaijaFox

[Mr Mister]

Good comeback ruined by defensive deficiencies.

[hejammy]

1 minute ago, eastendfox said:

Our reserves gave the title favourites a decent game. Move on. 

Exactly this, yes it wasn't ideal, yes we conceded set pieces again, but just look at that team. We expected 10-0. Instead we fought and almost got back into the game. On paper that team is almost championship standard. All those talking about sacking BR after that need to chose another team to support. They are one of the best teams in the world at the moment and we gave them a scare. Just look at our back 4, one who usually plays in midfield, another who's maybe our 5th choice CB, an academy young'en, and a player who epitomises the phrase "Jack of all trades, master of none" 

[Sunbury Fox]

On that 6th goal Amartey is on the line whilst much smaller players are trying to mark their centre backs. Man City are not even a tall team. Surely just put Vesty and Amartey on Dias and Laporte?

[phoneticerror]

Boys did better than I expected 

[Facecloth]

Probably would have taken  a battling defeat before the game and definitely would have taken one at half time. Patched up team and gave it ago second half. They got a slight helping hand from the ref too which they obviously didn't need.

[surrifox]

4 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Does he actually do anything or is he just around for the "bantz"? 

If he is doing something could he please stop .