Pep Guardiola arrived at City in 2016.
”Pep ball” won’t work in England. ”Tiki taka” won’t work in England.
”Pep needs to learn his team to tackle”. ”Pep’s team has to be more physical”.
10 years on, he sits at 20 trophies.
May your apologies be as loud as your disrespect.
O’Reilly and Ait-Nouri as our LB options are really special.
NOR is better suited for when the opponents push us deeper & the RW vs. LB duel is more frequent/of more significance than the average game — think bigger games (Arsenal, Pool, certain UCL matchups)
Whereas RAN is more suited for when the opponent sits deeper as he has more tools than NOR in unlocking low blocks — decent amount of PL teams (Brentford, Everton, certain UCL matchups).
And in no means does that mean RAN shouldn’t start in bigger games and NOR shouldn’t start against low blocks: RAN is a really good 1v1 defender and NOR offers a lot of tactical flexibility going forward.
Deciding who should play when is a GOOD headache to have but we’re also very lucky as they both offer different characteristics suited to certain game states.
One bad season isn’t the end of the world.
After winning 4 titles in a row, this season was due. You can’t win forever. Even the best teams need to reset.
We’ll be back. Stronger and hungrier. 🩵💪🏻
The calmness in midfield has simply been brought to you by Nico González. Just look at his duelling prowess, his ball-winning mentality, and how brilliant he has been in possession — those line-breaking passes, the short-circuited circulation. The confidence he exudes. That’s your midfielder, that’s your metronome.
Manchester City Football Club is my very existence. It’s what I live for — to watch, to support, to love. It’s ingrained in me. Without it, life loses meaning. So I'll say it again: I love you, @ManCity, and I'll be here, unwavering, until my last breath.
🔵🩺 Medical tests day at Man City for both Vitor Reis and Khusanov as announcements will follow soon.
Both centre backs join Man City with immediate effect.
It hurts knowing he was fighting his own battle at home the past months and we attacked him for causing the dip in performances 💔
Moral of the story: Be nice to everyone and never assume anything, they might be going through things privately as well
🔵🇺🇿 Manchester City have now planned medical, contract signing and formal steps in terms of documents to sign for Khusanov deal.
It will be all sealed in 24/48h. Here we go, confirmed.
“MaNChEsTeR CiTy ArE BuYiNG ThEmSElvEs OuT Of TrOuBlE”
Mfs if we have money, we aren’t just gonna keep looking at it.
We are gonna spend it,
Just like Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal have.
If you have a problem with it,
Keep crying, we couldn’t care less 😘
Horrendous officiating and game management. Waves of Bahraini attacks were just allowed despite the game very clearly going past the initial 6 minutes of injury time.