Why the heck in the world Pep put Grealish on the field in the beginning?
For what? To score, to keep possession, or to defend?
So Obvious it was because of his attacking, not his defending.
Otherwise he would not (and should not) put Jack on the field.
Jack had one shot clear on the goal line, and one shot barely saved by keeper’s toes… more about unlucky than incapability.
I agree that Grealish could have done a “better” job on closing down his opponents, but I don’t agree that it was really all his fault. We all know his style, and Pep even knows better. He knew what kind of player he was putting on the field.
He came close with a good effort then literally had one cleared off the line. On any other day it might have been a really good substitution that put some spark back into them when they were faltering.
Gab and Juls mentioned today that City have struggled a lot after going a goal down.
It is interesting Pepe’s City team doesn’t know how to react in these situation.
It happened with us too when we played them, if we didn’t gift them that pen and got that silly sent off then they wouldn’t have won that game. Could be said that we beat ourselves in that game.
I guess that’s what you get for being a control freak. City looked absolutely clueless when Madrid scored that third goal yesterday. They even had the ball but couldn’t do shit with. They only had one really worthy chance with Fernandinho.
Guardiola spends 100m on Harland after last season spending 100m on Grealish to go with the rest of the billion pound squad he’s assembled and then wonders why everyone supports Liverpool rather than him.
Haaland is great and all but I think people need to be a bit more open to the idea of him taking some time to get used to PL and especially Pep’s system.
Pretty much all recent Bundesliga imports have flopped and we’ve just seen a Grealish that everyone was drooling of last season struggle at City.
Interesting to see if this is more a 2017-18 revival where they absolutely dominated the league or a 2019-20 where they still scored 100+ Goals but had too many hiccups.
Oh, he is. But Pep isn’t a normal coach.
He’ll want certain things from Haaland that Haaland isn’t accustomed to. The level is much higher too.
I think he’ll eventually come good but I do see a period of him settling in.
He scores for fun and has a ton of presence. He won’t struggle here.
Confident as hell in himself and going into a winning team like this will be a cakewalk.
Yes, I can see that, he has that potential.
But he won’t be Kane level good instantly. Will probably take him a couple of season to run wild in the league.
Playing alongside players like KDB, Mahrez, Foden, Grealish, Sterling, Bernado, Rodrigo, etc, for a team that regularly scores around hundred goals a season, I think Haaland will be ok.
timewasting free kick winner.
