eph12:
Yesterday I posted it here that I wasn't sure about today's game and I sense we going to lose but all I wanted was to see how we turn out against a top team. I was really disappointed with how we played. It's too early for the result to have a say in the title race bur being out played, out fought and beaten is the worst thing that can happen to a united side against a city side. I only hope Mou and the team learn their lesson and treat the next big game with all seriousness.

We were only outplayed in the first half

dmcdad:

I be wan call am make we deal sef, but something just take my mind off and before I remember again, them don start match. By then sef I no come fit go viewing centre again. I had to stream the match.

Lol...next time dey na!!

kokaneprodigy:

£90M should be slapped and benched.

Ya, Ibra, free transfer, still has more goals than Sanchez + Giroud + Perez (3 players that has played CF for you guys)

Skimpledawg:

I dnt know why am happy
elrony, chill man. your team seriously messed up big time. The space in your midfield was just so bad.

I dey chillax since na...yea we got it wrong from our first half play!!.. na so e dey be at times!!

SailorXY:
@AdisaOwala
The second half which I saw was very good. I hear the first was total crap, this is the third time we will be playing a game of two varying halves. I think it a phenomenon that should be arrested immediately.

Having said that I think Jose's tactics were spot on. The personnel earlier deployed made it ineffective. Obviously the plan was to encourage them hold possession & become arrogant while stinging precisely by hounding unannounced & finishing off counters when they least expect.

At least we have shown up to be capable of varying patterns & made a tactical switch in the second period which limited City to defend-counter approach. Mourinho need to be more bold & find a starting system that will house as many of his best legs as possible.

SAF shaking his head at the death suggests he wasn't happy about something that happened today & I'm sure it wasn't exactly about the loss.

Maybe na bcoz u no watch first half. With the way we were setup to start the game, we weren't gonna defend and counter. But we lost the possession waaaaaaay too much and we couldn't even string up to 5 consecutive passes. Plus our wing play was dead. And City soon capitalised on that and we were soon on the backfoot defending and being forced to play to City's own gameplan

Can we go fnck the barca thread up please

dopeJemi:


We were only outplayed in the first half

The match was won and lost in the first half.

dopeJemi:
Can we go fnck the barca thread up please

Na me dey dat keke wey pass you now now!!!

If you are still mourning your defeat, Barca thread is the place for you to party hard

Lana1:
Maybe na bcoz u no watch first half. With the way we were setup to start the game, we weren't gonna defend and counter. But we lost the possession waaaaaaay too much and we couldn't even string up to 5 consecutive passes. Plus our wing play was dead. And City soon capitalised on that and we were soon on the backfoot defending and being forced to play to City's own gameplan

it is not unexpected if two or three key elements in your game plan decided not to turn up.

kokaneprodigy:
Yeah we've deleted them and we are still in shock. Scummy jati-jati

Guy you no go leave me in peace?
How far assnal mid-table battle? Specialist in failure jati-jati.

chrisley024:
That left from epl na

How many games did he play in the EPL before Bundesliga?

Apparntly, Mkhitaryan wasn't even fit for today's game. He's having an MRI scan tomorrow

AdisaOwala:


The urgency and momentum in the second half was a major positive - if we had started with that tempo, the outcome might have been different.

Despite the horror show from Miki & co in the 1st half, I think Mourihno's tactics were partly to blame for the poor performance. Yeah, we know Pep usually sets up his teams to dominate Possession but I think that we allowed City too much space and time on the ball - we shouldn't be doing that in a home match!


Dont you think Rashford should rather play alongside Ibra upfront whenever the team is in search of goals?

True. The second-half had everything that United lacked in the first-half. We're more vibrant and urgent. I think Mourinho had the mindset of attacking City from the get-go, but Mhiki and Lingard failed him. Coz once he got rid of them, we matched City's pace for pace and pegged them back. To me, Mourinho never planned his team to defend, he only chose the wrong players at the most crucial time.


As for your question, everyone on here except for Rooney fanatics want that. But the major blockage is that Mourinho can't bench Rooney. IMHO, they'd both start. We shouldn't create the mentality of using Rashford to chase goals only, we need him to interlink with Ibra and use his pace to complement Ibra who's not too pacy anymore. Rashford will be a good partner to Ibra, but unfortunately, Rooney can't be benched.

Elxandre:

Promise me you won't overdose on your cocainee when we win the league

pipe dreamers everywhere

martineinstein:
pipe dreamers everywhere

Bros, I think you are not in the right position to mock United.
Have you finally found the leveling goal against Almighty Alaves?

Elxandre:

Bros, I think you are not in the right position to mock United.
Have you finally found the leveling goal against Almighty Alaves?

good knockout response from u....i blame my complacent coach for d woos....we all know barca owns laliga....in case u dont know,pep doesnt win only league,he dominates d league with everlasting monopoly

martineinstein:
good knockout response from u....i blame my complacent coach for d woos....we all know barca owns laliga....in case u dont know,pep doesnt win only league,he dominates d league with everlasting monopoly

Is dat so?

martineinstein:
good knockout response from u....i blame my complacent coach for d woos....we all know barca owns laliga....in case u dont know,pep doesnt win only league,he dominates d league with everlasting monopoly

In case you don't know Madrid are on a long La liga winning run with players returning from injuries.

This season won't be a cake walk.

Triple G is a beast, i did not expect less from him, I like K. Brook's heart however, GGG was too much power and speed. Canelo's camp should be happy they skipped this fight, they better keep running.

SYNOPSIS!



Men that peps 4- 1- 5 attacking formation was risky but not bad!



But at the end of the day "daley blind" also let us down for the 2 goals! City deserved to win though, they were excellent in the 1st half!

dopeJemi:


We were only outplayed in the first half

The second half was what it is because City boys ran out of gas. Especially KDB.

Meanwhile, Sane is a shit player. All skills no sense.

Spy360:

The second half was what it is because City boys ran out of gas. Especially KDB.

Ehn...Na so. City outplay us in the first half. Its bcoz they are good. We outplay dem in the second, its bcoz they ran out of gas.

Meanwhile, Sane is a shit player. All skills no sense.

Reminds me of one Oxlade Chamberlain. All pace, no sense! Sane is still better than overrated English piece of shîte!!

Thanks y'all was so happy yesterday, for the first time in my life took part in sport betting, I played bet9ja when I saw the odd was 3.5 for man city hated these scummies so much I placed a substantial amount on City to win and was handsomely rewarded.

Troll aside what I realised abt u peeps game prior to city is that there was nothing so spectacular abt it other than the fear factor.

Teams were playing against u guys conservatively perhaps due to the fear of the new manager or the big names and the noise ur transfers generated hence they hardly really attack. Your games were won not cos of some tactical genius.

Now that City has shown the world the fraud y'all are, I expect to C Watford run riot next week.

From our match yesterday, one thing is clear, against big teams who have that bit of extra quality we cannot afford to go with a two man midfield because of Pogba's positional naivety. With Herrera along side Fellaini, we look much more compact and I'd love to see Pogba do the simple things first like release the ball on time and not try to over do everything.
De bruyne is so deadly cos he passes when he is suppose to pass and shoots when he is suppose to shoot, closest player to Lampard I've seen.
Lingard shouldn't be a starter for us, he is at best a squad player. Our biggest problem going forward will be Pogba and Rooney, for the Pogba we payed huge money for, he has to be further up the pitch (a position Rooney occupies) flanked by Martial and Rashford/Mkhitaryan especially against skilled opposition.

Pogba after 3 games-0 goals,0 assists,0 chances created.
The french Mikel cost £89.3m.ki iku ma pa Maga wa

Spy360:

The second half was what it is because City boys ran out of gas. Especially KDB.

Meanwhile, Sane is a shit player. All skills no sense.

Oh! So they went to climb mount everest during the half time break ba?

We don shït for church oga we don mess up.

dopeJemi:


Oh! So they went to climb mount everest during the half time break ba?

apparently each one of them had marathon sex with Brazilian prostitutes

sinizia:


Oya, we don lose. Make we move on.


Any positivity from today?

Plenty.

From Thursday we will have an opportunity of acessing more players. Smalling, Jones, Young, Darmian, Mensah, Schneiderlin, Mephis will have a chance to start.