Champions League 23/24

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 BrendanD88 wrote:

 notpropaganda73 wrote:

 Roberto Baggio wrote:

 Stones is good, Doku is a bit meh, did well last night but flatters to deceive more often than not. Alvarez added nothing, Kovacic is a tidy footballer but didn't show much either. 

Madrid's four subs are hardly sh*te, Brahim Diaz a great little player, Modric had an impact on both legs when he came on

agree to disagree on the gap in quality between them anyway, Stones is better than just good for me, he would be Madrid's best defender by a good distance if he played for them imo, regardless he's easily ahead of a Militao who has barely played this year. Modric had an impact on the first leg but wasn't as good last night.

Doku and Alvarez are much much better options than Diaz and Vasquez. Doku was the reason City got an equaliser and he also sucked in defenders to free up Akanji for the KDB chance of a winner in the 80th minute.

I'm not saying Madrid are paupers in terms of quality here but City's squad options are a world away from Madrid last night

Militao was brilliant last couple of seasons prior to his injury, Rudiger excellent too! 

Can tell someone watches too much Premier League football when they think Stones is far superior to Militao/Rudiger. 

I'm talking about last night, Militao and Rudiger are both good defenders but both are rash at times for me, and as I mentioned already Militao has barely any football in him this year

From a Real Madrid POV, Rudiger was really poor for City's equaliser, really poor. Doku forces the issue with the cross but you expect your centre half to clear that ball easily. It's the sort of mistake I don't really see Stones making. I'm a lapsed Chelsea fan too so I know everything there is to know about Rudiger. 

I watch a lot of La Liga as my partner is from Spain for what that's worth, but you can just assume I'm an armchair PL fan if that makes it easier for you to understand that I don't rate Madrid's defensive options as being as good as Stones.

My general point anyway was that City have the luxury to have a player of Stones' calibre sitting on the bench for as long as he was, whereas Real are scraping around for defensive options due to injury and suspension. Again, it's not to say poor little Real - just that City were spoilt for choice last night in comparison.