Dave was great and I love how rudiger plays CB. Alonso was turned around a few times and Bob is Bob. Kepa had a good match as well. Signs are there but so much work still to go.
It needs to be added that we did well defensively despite some obvious mistakes Kepa also saved face when he gave the ball away in the 2nd half.
Well that was fun, wasn’t it? We looked overmatched in the first half, but managed to keep it 0-0. The second half makes you frustrated they don’t play that way all the time. Great win, but to be fair, no Aguero and no Debruyne. Still, if we can continue to win the games we’re supposed to win and pull off good results like this in half or better of our ties with the Top Five, the Champions League will be a lock.
Shocked how little City created. I do wish people stopped pretending Eden played as a “false 9”. We played him as a striker.
You do realise that I'm going to have to watch EVERY game from behind the sofa from now on! What a great 2nd half performance that was!
Again, we play up to big teams. Down to small. Azpi, Rud, Luiz looked like all-world, all time players for the most part. Alonso was also very good, though he's not best utilized in this system. Kante made a lot of pundits shut the ******** up this week, but it's still not his best position. By a longshot. He's not Lampard. Hazard does not like playing as a striker. We have no other options. We need to get a striker. Jorgi had the fewest touches he's had all season but Sarri knew that City would focus on him and he adjusted his tactics and found a way. Still not 100% that we had a really good game or City had a terrible one. Kepa is a very good keeper.