UCL Last 16: Manchester City vs AS Monaco

Meh majority of the attacking based teams will have a weak defense, were as most defensive teams will have a weak offense, there aren't many teams that have a balance of both. You'll have to usually sacrifice one for the other.

Lol no you don't. Not like this. There is a reason why you don't see 5-3 in the CL knockouts that often. Most teams are way more balanced than City and Monaco.

Of course there are teams that are more balanced compared to the two, however my point is that if you look at BM, RM, Barca, or PSG (attacking orientated teams) their defenses are by far weakest part of their games, were as you can look at more defensive teams and see the offensive is one of their weakest part compared to the above.

It's alright saying you just want your team to outscore the opposition be it 1-0 or 5-3. Yeah in a one off instance that's fine. How often can you rely on your team to get you 4-5 goals in a CL knockout tie?


Fun game. Sure.

Entertaining as hell, especially if you were there live.

But it was embarrassing. If you want consistent stupid scorelines you'd love non league football. Seen a fair few double digit losses back in the day watching my local team for banter at the park.

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Also lol at Chemicalclown hyping up City by saying Monaco are much better than the PSG that just ruined Barca.

Three teams we've beaten at the Etihad in the last year so a legit comparison.

Like beating Barcelona at home is a faptastic feat nowadays

Good luck in the Europa "Dream Sixteen"

Bump.... Falcao back in training still a doubt to start for Monaco.

City everyone fit except for Jesus and Gundogan.

Think City will win this

Who subs for Falcao?

rincon wrote:Who subs for Falcao?

Germain or Mbappé.

Both

Let's put this to bed

Pep till I die

Monaco to advance

Jardim for once in your worthless life do something relevant, please

Monaco got this. 3-1

City got this sadly. Will be a draw tho, Pep never wins away in CL.

Monaco: Subasic; Sidibe, Raggi, Jemerson, Mendy; Fabinho, Bakayoko, Lemar; Bernardo Silva, Germain, Mbappe. Subs: De Sanctis, Jorge, Dirar, Moutinho, Cardona, Diallo, Toure.

Manchester City: Caballero; Sagna, Stones, Kolarov, Clichy; Fernandinho; Sterling, De Bruyne, Silva, Sane; Aguero. Subs: Bravo, Zabaleta, Otamendi, Delph, Toure, Navas, Iheanacho.

Germain City got this

No Bravo. City got this.

Is he seriously still playing Kolarov at CB lol?

I understand their CBs are *bleep* trash but this is ridiculous.

Still better than Otamendi TBH.

He's playing his offensive lineup, 4-1-4-1/4-3-3. Actually would have thought he'd field Fernandinho and Toure to make it more tikinaccio.

Maybe he has finally figured it out

Still, there's no way City don't concede so it will be entertaining and maybe even close

Believe it or not Kolarov has better win percentage at CB then as a FB this season and City defense is better with him being paired with either Stones or Ota.

Otamendi has been pretty shocking in buildup when I saw him this season. Does stuff like passing a simple pass instead to full back straight into out of bounds, a couple of times a game.

Maybe Pep knows there's no way this City team can keep the ball secure enough to be defensively sound. They need to outscore their opponents.