Looking back through the years it's clear that certain teams dominate for periods of time, who's to say in 10 or 20 years from now a different 4/5 teams won't do the same. Oil won't last forever
Would anyone really be surprised if they put more than 3 goals against us though? They are odds on to qualify despite us leading the tie.
Yes we are a threat and an away goal could be key but City rightly expect to beat everyone at home, and often win by more than a 1 goal margin, including against us.
You'd think there'd be more nervous fans for sure, but it's not a massive leap of faith. That said the last two games between the sides were very tight, hopefully we can do the same again. I can see us nicking a draw of scraping through 2-1 to be fair...
I'd love to see that thread if we do knock them out though. Hope the lads beat some respect into them over the next two games.
I have said a few times when we played Liverpool and man city in the last few seasons we been playing more defensive which just doesn't suit us. If we go after city playing our game then I think we get a draw or snatch a win. If we play to nullify man city by being more defensive then we lose cos they have players to unlock any defence
I have said a few times when we played Liverpool and man city in the last few seasons we been playing more defensive which just doesn't suit us. If we go after city playing our game then I think we get a draw or snatch a win. If we play to nullify man city by being more defensive then we lose cos they have players to unlock any defence
IMO that is what we have been doing wrong before. Naively going to City/Liverpool thinking that we will just play our game.
In the same sense Madrid had the players to unlock and defense last season and we beat them 3-1. Which is why I want us to employ similar tactics against City. Catch them napping on the counter, score a goal and the pressure is all on them. We just have to be defensively sound and be ready to pounce on any mistake.
Do you think we can hold out by sitting back? We need to press.
Do you think we can hold out by sitting back? We need to press.
City want us to press. They know they are good enough to play their way out of it.
I'd be quite interested to hear what our opponents fans think about this
Do you think we can hold out by sitting back? We need to press.