Champions League 23/24

First half was all crossed or chipped balls to the back post….second half was slow,sideways predictable passing in the last third.the main problem i see is defenders getting into positions were their advanced up the pitch but unable to play the “through” ball and therefore go either back or sideways thus slowing the play down allowing teams to get back and reform.

Walker was poor for the real goal.haaland a passenger again.grealish was workmanlike but he doesn’t possess the skill to go by players or if he does he doesn’t have the head to know when to do it.rodri quite aswell tonight.silvas penalty was a disgrace…I’m not buying that crap about the crowd holding onto the ball.

There also seems a lack of confidence to shoot when in good positions but the glaring thing is that city are actually a better side with foden in the middle.

Armstrong is so bad. He sais sfter Real goal that they scored with their first shot on target. When they just had two shots on goal before that. And one was a second before the shot that scored. Clueless. 

De Bruyne's miss was the key one I thought. 

The game sort of petered out in extra time and I never fancied City on penalties. Would have kept Haaland on. He wasn't involved much but was creating a bit of space on the edge of the box as Rudiger and Nacho were glued to him. There was no real shape to the team when Alvarez came on. 

Juiced up to his eyeballs. 

Red carding Modric wouldn't have had much impact on the outcome at that stage. But it was cute by him. 

Bernardo's never taken a penalty before in his career. Agree on Rodri not taking one, he took 2 cracker ones for Spain a few weeks ago. 

Walker was very good bar the mistake for the goal, but has been caught a few times this season trying to play offside with teams on a counter attack. Age has to catch up with him at some point, overall he was one of the better players last night. Probably heads to Saudi soon! 

Agree on Haaland, a drop off from last season. His link up and hold up play was pretty good last season but has gone to pot recently. I'm sure he'll regain form soon. For all how quiet he was I still think City looked a better side with him in it than in extra time with Alvarez on. 

Wouldn't be surprised if Chelsea win on Saturday, maybe extra time and penalties again. Brighton away next Thursday is a bigger game now

An unprecedented 4 titles in a row would be a great season, especially given most players have had a drop off in form following last year. Long way to go, but I suppose at least the fixture calendar is a bit lighter now!

You think a 34 year old out sprinting a 20 something in the 110th minute is normal